Chapter 162 – Qing Transmigration Tale (71)
Lin Yu Tong saw Si Ye come in with a black face. Her heart jumped. Had the events today not proceeded well? What happened?
“Nine is just a fool.” Si Ye sat down and drained two cups of tea before speaking.
Lin Yu Tong went up to help him pull off his boots and said with a smile, “You know that he was a fool, why hold a grudge against him? They all say a Prime Minister’s stomach has to hold a ship……” She leaned by Si Ye’s ear and whispered, “Is Ye just a Prime Minister? What can you not tolerate? Why hold a grudge against a fool?”
Si Ye put a hand on Lin Yu Tong’s waist and his arm tightened. A long time later, he looked into Lin Yu Tong’s eyes and made a sound of acknowledgement.
Lin Yu Tong saw this person’s anger fade and stood up, asking Si Ye what had happened.
Si Ye calmed down and he laughed, “…… I have never seen someone so unreliable.”
Lin Yu Tong could not help but laugh. “With Ninth Prince’s personality, he definitely has no bad intentions. But we just have not guessed what he wants to say.” She laughed. “It seems that people have to explain themselves clearly. If people have to guess around like this, I do not know how askew the meaning will become the future. Ye is angry, Fifth Prince is likely very angry, Ninth Prince is likely annoyed?” Then she turned and called Su Pei Sheng to enter. “Bring the new tea that was roasted and deliver half a catty to Fifth Prince. I just cooked some stewed meats, deliver some to Ninth Prince to eat with his wine. Say that our ye ordered this.”
Su Pei Sheng looked at Si Ye. Si Ye nodded. Then he hurriedly left with a smile.
Si Ye turned to look at Lin Yu Tong. With her actions, it managed to turn the page on the matter.
Fifth Prince was lecturing Nine in the establishment, “When can you start to understand things?”
Ninth Prince felt very wronged. He said anxiously, “You thought wrong.”
“Who is wrong?” Fifth Prince glared. “You are the unreliable one.” Then, he thought of how he opened the box and saw the orange peels. He immediately pressed on his chest. Without even needing to look, he knew what expression Fourth Brother had at that moment. Thinking about it now, he felt that Nine had humiliated him for a lifetime.
“Then what to do?” Ninth Prince was stuck. He just knew it, an idea from a woman was never reliable.
Fifth Prince thought, how would I know? Four’s temper was never good.
The brothers sat there, unable to find a solution. Then they heard a servant report that people had come from Si Ye’s establishment. Fifth Prince looked at the tea in front of him and the food box for Nine. He relaxed inside.
This showed that Fourth Brother did not hold a grudge. He may know that Nine had done a bad thing with good intentions.
Ninth Prince picked up a piece of stewed pig liver and shoved it into his mouth. He said to a servant, “Bring wine. Fifth Brother, the taste of food from Four’s establishment is always good.”
Fifth Prince glared. “Four, Four, where are your manners? Say Fourth Brother.”
Ninth Prince nodded. “Yes yes yes! Fourth Brother, I will call him Fourth Brother from now.” Then he sighed. “This Fourth Brother is pretty good in his methods.”
This had been delivered. It was like handing him a step to come down. Then, none of them would feel awkward because of the matter.
The brothers sat together and drank for half a night. Fifth Prince said, “Nine, you have to work hard. You have a position. Your brother will never be able to get a position in this lifetime. One of us has to be accomplished, so Eniang in the palace will be able to live well, no?”
Ninth Prince said, “Brother! Just rely on me, your younger brother will protect you after this.”
The two brothers dreamed of the future through the night. Only when it was very late did Ninth Prince leave with the people that Ninth Princess Consort sent to bring him back.
Seeing this person who was so drunk he was unconscious, Ninth Princess Consort wanted to give him a slap on the face. Tomorrow, she would go herself to Si Ye’s establishment, meet Fourth Sister-in-law and ease the situation.
So, Ninth Prince did not see Ninth Princess Consort when he woke up in the morning.
“Fourth Sister-in-law, I am too embarrassed to visit.” Ninth Princess Consort smiled embarrassedly. She called people to bring in a plate of jade pomegranates. The plate and the pomegranates were carved from the same piece of jade. It may not be very precious, but was very exquisite.
Lin Yu Tong said with a smile, “I fear that this is Ninth Sister-in-law’s treasure. Am I not stealing your treasure?”
Ninth Princess Consort smiled. “As long as Fourth Sister-in-law likes it.” Then she sighed. “I am just…… Our ye……” At this, she slapped her leg and said, “Fourth Sister-in-law, you are not an outsider, I will not keep it secret from you. This was all because we bickered.”
She felt very wronged. “……Fourth Sister-in-law, you judge this. The emperor rewarded a plate of oranges. I did not compete with him to eat. But what did he mean by having people deliver the peels after eating them all? Do you say I should not be angry?”
Lin Yu Tong heard this and laughed at Ninth Prince’s strange method. She looked at the pomegranates on the table and said with a smile, “Then I made a profit. Your ye ate a good meal of mine yesterday, and you come today to bring me the money for the food. This business appears feasible.”
Ninth Princess Consort sighed in relief inside. This meant that the other was not holding a grudge against that unreliable member of her family.
After speaking about this, the sisters-in-law relaxed in their conversation.
Fourteen was sitting opposite Si Ye right now, “…… I also want to request a position.”
Si Ye raised his eyebrows and leaned back. “What kind of position do you want?”
“No matter the position, Fourth Brother will help me?” Fourteen looked unblinkingly, like he wanted to clearly see Si Ye’s expression.
Si Ye chuckled. “If you want the power over all the armies, then do not even speak.”
Fourteen choked. “Fourth Brother can have Ninth Brother in charge of the Court of Colonial Affairs, how come you cannot have me supervise the Ministry of War?”
Such a great demand!
Si Ye frowned and said, “How can you talk like this? The emperor was the one to decide Nine’s matter, it has nothing to do with Ye. Supervise the Ministry of War? Ha-ha…… You want to supervise the Ministry of War right now, do you have any brains?”
Fourteen twisted his lips, unconvinced. “How do I not have brains? Fourth Brother sent documents to Thirteen’s establishment. Do you not have intentions of having Thirteen supervise the Ministry of Justice? So what if I want to supervise the Ministry of War?”
This was just making trouble.
Si Ye did not want to pay attention to him. “If you have a serious matter, just speak of it. Otherwise, just leave, go back and dream. Maybe in your dreams, this will succeed.”
Fourteen suddenly stood up. He breathed out for a while and then said, “What if I want to go northwest?”
“Northwest? Qinghai?” Si Ye raised his head and asked.
Fourteen sat back down and rolled his eyes. Other than Qinghai fighting Tibet, where else was there any battles? Of course he wanted to go northwest.
Si Ye fell into deep thought. After a moment, he said, “What does Eight think?”
Fourteen was embarrassed for a moment but did not speak.
Si Ye waited for a while and did not hear Fourteen speak. He looked up at the other and seemed to understand. “Eight wants to recommend Nian Geng Yao?”
Fourteen’s expression grew a bit ugly. Eight did want to promote Nian Geng Yao.
Si Ye said, “I fear it is not so easy if you want this to succeed.”
He truly did not have anyone who could lead armies if that was needed. Fourteen……
Si Ye thought a bit. Fourteen may be of use. In this situation where everyone knew that Fourteen was close to Eight, recommending Fourteen did not seem to have any shortcomings.
Even if Fourteen did not have pure intentions, and could not be controlled, it was better than Eight’s people gripping onto military leadership.
Fourteen saw Si Ye silent and hope rose in his sinking heart. At least Four did not immediately refuse. This meant that Four was thinking about the plausibility of the matter.
Si Ye knocked on the table with his hand, thinking of the advantages and disadvantages.
If this succeeded, he could not completely keep Eight outside. If Fourteen had to lead the army, then the matter of the supplies would have to be given to Nian Geng Yao. But Fourteen would not be willing if Nian Geng Yao was in charge of his pulse. There was much discontent between the two. If it was managed well, they would restrain each other. However, if this was not managed well, trouble would occur.
Si Ye looked up and said to Fourteen, “At least, you need Eight willing to recommend you in front of the emperor. Then Ye will be able to work on the rest.”
Fourteen did not expect Si Ye to agrees so easily. He stood up. “Then do not worry. Eight is used to being the good person. On the surface, he will be biased towards me.”
Si Ye nodded. “Ye understands, you return first.”
Fourteen looked suspiciously at Si Ye and then made his farewells. What was this person plotting inside? Why did he feel that he never understood the other?
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