Although Zenbo was "embezzling by imperial decree",
He wouldn't really be greedy regardless of the consequences.
After all, Qianlong was exceptionally tolerant of him for the sake of Princess He Ya. However, the Emperor's thoughts were the most difficult to guess. Didn't they say that "being with the Emperor is like being with a tiger"? Who knew that the Emperor suddenly didn't like him that day.
Besides, in the imperial court..,
Who didn't have a few political enemies..,
If someone really wanted to deal with him..,
Corruption — this was obvious evidence of a crime!
If it was in the past..,
He might have been "ecstatic" and "reckless" after receiving such a hint, but now he wouldn't.
After all, he wouldn't be alone soon.
Therefore, after receiving Qianlong's hint..,
Zenbo began to selectively embezzle.
It wasn't that he didn't love money, but "a gentleman loves money..,
He took it in the right way. "
(Most importantly, he still wanted to keep his life to marry a wife in the future.)
He was now a close official of the Emperor and a trusted aide. There were many people who asked him to do things.
Previously, Zenbo was afraid of causing trouble for the Princess, so he had always been very careful. When people asked him to do things, he would reject them as much as he could.
But now, he had the "imperial sword" in his hand, and Princess He Ya had also asked someone to bring him a message, so he didn't have to worry.
Zenbo naturally felt at ease and dared to be greedy.
But although it was greed..,
Zenbo was still very principled about his greed.
He would never get involved in anything that would cost his life..,
Usually, he would help people talk in front of Qianlong, or leak some dispensable information.
Like buying or selling official positions, hehe — in the future, he was going to push his brother-in-law to the position. How could he cause trouble for his brother-in-law?
How many good things could there be in spending money to buy official positions!
Zenbo properly recorded the money he had embezzled in an account book. He remembered very clearly who had paid him and what he had helped him do.
Then, he asked He Lin to bring the booklet and half of the embezzled money to the Twelve Brothers, and then passed it to Qianlong through the Twelve Brothers.
Was Zenbo the one who helped Siya in the beginning? Nurtured people. Previously, Siya had always dealt with some matters outside the palace and in the imperial court through Zenbo. Therefore, Zenbo clearly saw how much influence Siya and Twelve had.
Because of this, Zenbo had always believed that the Twelve would definitely be able to sit in that position in the future.
Therefore, Zenbo asked He Lin to give the booklet and money to the Twelve Brothers, and then the Twelve Brothers would give it to Qianlong, instead of giving the money to Qianlong himself.
In fact, he was just using this method to show his loyalty to the Twelve Brothers and to let the Twelve Brothers understand that although he was greedy, he was "corrupt under orders". At the same time, he was not greedy for himself.
Just as Zenbo was "happily" embezzling to save his family property to support his wife in the future, Ali and Zhuo came to the capital with his favorite Princess Hanxiang to pay homage.
Because Ali and Zhuo were defeated and went to the capital to pay homage, Qianlong released Xiao Yanzi and the others.
As soon as Xiao Yanzi and the others came out, they went out of the palace to "get some fresh air".
Because they were grounded before, they could not participate in the opening of Liu Qing and Liu Hong's guest house.
Now that there was a chance, Xiao Yanzi naturally wanted to go to the guest house to have a good look.
Liu Qing and Liu Hong were not the kind of people who knew how to do business. Now that the guest house had just opened, the business seemed to be okay, but everyone only came because of the face of "the guest house was opened by a brother in the palace".
To be honest, the dishes in the guest house were really not that good.
Xiao Yanzi had always been a restless person. After complaining to Liu Qing and Liu Hong for a while about Qianlong's "unreasonable" and her "miserable life" in the palace, she ran to help carry the dishes.
Siya and Lan Xin, who came to the guest house before Xiao Yanzi and the others, were a little speechless when they saw Xiao Yanzi carrying the dishes in the hall from the side room upstairs.
Lan Xin looked at Siya in disbelief and pointed at Xiao Yanzi with a trembling finger.
"Huanzhu is actually doing this kind of lowly work in public, and Fifth Elder Brother just watched Huanzhu there — 'showing her face in public'?"
Siya looked at Lan Xin and felt that Lan Xin was still too inexperienced.
Perhaps at this time, Fifth Elder Brother still felt that Xiao Yanzi was not pretentious and was really cute?
Normal people would never understand the world of brain-dead people.
Zenbo and Harlan, who was pulled by Zenbo, were also dumbfounded when they saw Huanzhu snatching someone else's sword downstairs without saying a word.
Although it was that person who first read a pretentious poem to deliberately "tease" you, as a "Gege", you can't snatch other people's things in front of so many people!
Of course, it was not in public, and you can't snatch people's things!
After Qianlong decreed the marriage of the four people, for the sake of his precious daughter's future happiness, whether it was Qianlong, Empress Nara, or Yong? Or Yong? They did not stop Zenbo and Siya from contacting each other.
After all, they were already engaged.
Siya and Lan Xin could leave the palace at will, so after the marriage was decreed, everyone pretended not to see Zenbo "bumping into" Siya every time she left the palace.
However, every time Siya left the palace, she was always with Lan Xin. Although Zenbo hated Lan Xin, this big third wheel, he had to greet her respectfully.
In the end, there was no other way. Every time Zenbo received news that Siya left the palace, he would pull Harlan out to "communicate" with him.
Originally, Zenbo and Harlan were not familiar with each other. Although they were both imperial guards, they really did not have much contact.
However, Harlan Xin and Hai Lancha were already engaged, so he could only pull Harlan Xin to distract Princess Lancha so that he could have a chance to spend some "two-person world" with Princess He Ya.
Xiao Yanzi snatched Xiao Jian's sword and ran away. In order to get his sword back, Xiao Jian naturally chased after her.
Harlan Xin frowned as she watched Xiao Jian "stumbling" behind Xiao Yanzi.
"That man? He's not simple! "
Zenbo also frowned as he looked at Xiao Jian.
Lan Xin felt a little strange seeing the two of them like this. She did not understand why a "scholar" who did not know martial arts would make them feel that he was not simple.
"That man's martial arts are obviously very good, but he pretended that he did not know martial arts."
Naturally, Harlan Xin could tell at a glance that Xiao Jian actually knew martial arts.
"He deliberately recited a poem just now to attract the attention of Fifth Elder Brother. The position of his sword was also very conspicuous. It was very obvious that he was going for Fifth Elder Brother and the others. But I don't know what his purpose is. "
Who was Zenbo? He would be the most corrupt official in history in the future, Qianlong's favorite minister.
Zenbo could see through people's hearts very clearly.
Just now, when the man called Xiao Jian was reciting a poem, his eyes clearly glanced at Fifth Elder Brother several times. It was obvious that he was going after Fifth Elder Brother.
"Then — do we need to tell Empress Ma?"
Lan Xin was a little afraid of Fifth Elder Brother's ability to court death. She was afraid that they would make trouble if she did not pay attention.
"No, maybe he's just an unsuccessful student who wants to 'get in through the back door'."
No one present believed Siya's words.
But nothing had happened now. Even if they wanted to tell Qianlong, there was nothing to say.
Unwilling to get involved in Fifth Elder Brother's matter, the four of them left after Fifth Elder Brother and the others entered the wing that had been reserved for them in the guest hall.
Because Twelve Elder Brother had performed very well in the matter of receiving the King of Tibet, Qianlong handed the matter of receiving Ali and Zhuo to Yong? Yong.
Ali and Zhuo were the defeated party. This time, they came to "surrender".
But no one expected that Ali and Zhuo's way of "asking for peace" was to offer their daughters.
Originally, everyone was watching the song and dance. Ali and Zhuo first let their daughters go on stage to dance. Then, they directly offered their daughters as gifts to the Emperor.
And their Emperor — actually accepted it on the spot! Accepted it! Accepted it!
He even said that he would treasure it well and confer her the title of "Consort Xiang" on the spot!
Tsk — this title was really "fragrant".
Your Majesty, are you sure you're not mocking Consort Xiang for dancing with a group of men in public just now?
She had already experienced it once, so the Empress accepted all of this indifferently.
Imperial Consort Shu had never been favored, so she was very open-minded. Moreover, she had her own pride. She really did not like the "gift" offered by such a foreign country.
Imperial Consort Chun had been in poor health recently. Moreover, she was old and had long stopped competing for favor.
Consort Wan had always been the first to get over it. She did not care who the Emperor favored a few years ago.
But even if they did not care, someone did!
For a long time, Imperial Consort Ling had relied on Qianlong's favor in the harem. So without Qianlong's favor, she was just a concubine born in a concubine's family.
Others could not see it, but with Imperial Consort Ling's understanding of Qianlong, she naturally saw that Qianlong really cared about that "Consort Xiang".
Imperial Consort Ling did not dare to imagine what kind of life she would face if Consort Xiang really gained favor.
Recently, because of the messy things of Huanzhu and Gege, she had been "flustered". If it were not for the fact that she still had a piece of meat in her stomach, the Empress Dowager would not have offended her so easily. After all, Huanzhu was recognized in her palace.
So now, she absolutely could not let Consort Xiang gain favor and climb over her head.
While thinking, Imperial Consort Ling looked at the other half of the seats of Little Swallow and the others.
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