nycdaug Chapter 266 Jealous 4
Chapter 266 Jealous 4
The prince waved to all the servants in the palace, "You all go down, He Zhu will guard outside the door."
Only the princes were left in the hall. "Ninth brother, are you hiding something here?
All the princes looked at Yinzhen as the crown prince asked. Yinzhen laughed and said, "I still can't hide it from my second brother. There is indeed something hidden from my younger brother for a long time. But if I tell you, I'm afraid it will shake the stability of the Qing Dynasty."
The Crown Prince and the eldest brother looked at each other, the Third Master and the Fourth Master looked at each other, and the surrounding princes looked at each other, then their faces became serious, and the Crown Prince said: "You said, we can't do it, and we still have the Emperor."
Yinzhen did not continue to keep his brothers in suspense and breathed a sigh of relief. "Yaoyao said that close relatives cannot marry. This is a rule in later generations because the children born after close relatives marry are very likely to have defects. Six fingers and toes are considered good. Many are even mentally retarded and hermaphroditic and missing arms and legs. In later generations, close relatives within five degrees of mourning are not allowed to marry."
For a moment, the room was very quiet, and one could even hear each other's breathing. Yin? was unaware of this. After hearing this, Yin? also put away his previous carefree attitude.
"But it's not just us Manchus, the Han people have been passing it down for thousands of years," finally, after a moment of silence, the Fourth Master spoke first, "If there were any problems, it would have been avoided and banned long ago."
"I have had people secretly investigate a lot these days. There are indeed many problems. Most of the families have dealt with them secretly, or directly said that the woman they married is unknown. As for whether they are close relatives, no one thinks about it." Yinzhen also looked helpless, "I also hope that everything is fake, but I didn't expect... It's almost the same. Yaoyao would never make such a joke."
"In fact, the Ming Dynasty already banned close relatives from marrying. I remember that there was a rule in the Ming Dynasty Law that forbade marriage between cousins of the same generation, and the prohibition of marriage between close relatives of different generations and cousins should have existed before the Ming Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, it is forbidden to marry a concubine with the same surname as the mother. If the marriage is already decided but not completed, the marriage will be changed. We actually have the same here," Third Master looked at his brothers. He read many books and they were all messy, but he had basically read all the books on laws. "But it's almost the same whether there are any or not. The emperor took the lead in marrying his cousin."
"You dare to talk about the Emperor," the prince didn't know what to say to his third brother, "Are you learning from your ninth brother's wife again? Learn something good, learning everything will only harm you." The prince was helpless. Why learn something else, why learn from your ninth brother's wife?
Wen Yao: What the hell! I’m not exaggerating!
It’s a pity that Wen Yao is not here.
The Fifth Master looked at his Third Brother and said, "Then report this to the Emperor and have this matter thoroughly investigated. In the face of all the evidence, even if the people cannot accept it, it will not work."
The Fourth Master tapped the tabletop lightly with his fingers, his face serious, "If this happens, I'm afraid that the fact that the Empress Dowager died young after giving birth to the princess will be linked to this matter."
"Fourth brother, isn't this good enough? Do you know that some people have heard some rumors among the people that the reason why Empress Xiaoyi couldn't give birth to a child was because the Tonggiya clan had committed too many sins and couldn't even grasp the wealth and honor," the prince said with a serious face, "Fourth brother, calm down."
The fourth master was slightly startled, then smiled, "Second brother is right, I was overthinking."
Little Fourteen stared at his fourth brother for a long time and then lowered his eyes. When talking about Empress Xiaoyi, his fourth brother became very nervous. Even if Empress Xiaoyi was not mentioned, his fourth brother would think of her.
Little Fourteen could see clearly and understood that his fourth brother truly regarded Empress Xiaoyi as his biological mother, but as for their mother, now Concubine Uya, his fourth brother only regarded her as a ceremonial mother in his heart.
Little Fourteen knew that he could not blame Fourth Brother. Mother had gone too far. He was now Concubine Ping’s son. Even in front of Mother, he could only call her… what?
Call her Wuya E'niang, or call her nothing at all.
Xiao Shisi knows that his mother is not good in every way, but she is very good to him. Although his mother always loves himself, Xiao Shisi does not blame her. Who doesn't love himself the most?
He was a little angry before, but he was not angry anymore later, because he could not deny his mother because of one thing. He knew all the good things his mother had done for him, so why should he be obsessed with why his mother loved herself more than himself!
He himself enjoyed the favoritism of his mother, while his fourth brother was the one who was not favored. In the eyes of Empress Xiaoyi, his fourth brother was the favored one, so it was understandable that his mother in his heart was Empress Xiaoyi!
But I can understand it, but...will Fourth Brother still treat him as his closest brother?
Little Fourteen felt very aggrieved, and lowered his head, looking somewhat frustrated. The Fourth Master over there had already seen Little Fourteen's expression, "Fourteen, listen carefully, you will also enter the court in the future, so hold your head high and chest high. It is not right to be dejected and hunched over."
Little Fourteen suddenly straightened his chest and raised his head, his eyes lighting up. Fourth brother still cared about him, "Yes, Fourth brother!" His voice was unusually loud, which scared all the brothers.
Yin? patted his chest hard, and after finally swallowing it, he suddenly looked at Xiao Shisi who was grinning foolishly, "Xiao Shisi, are you crazy? Why are you shouting so loudly? You scared me and almost choked to death!"
"How can you blame me, Tenth Brother? The brothers are all talking about business, but you only care about eating. Ninth Sister-in-law has already gone to prepare delicious food. Look at you, you are full. How can you eat anymore?" Little Fourteen smiled proudly. His Fourth Brother must have been looking at him just now!
He is still the fourth brother's only biological brother! No one can compare to him. Look, the fourth brother only scolded him, not anyone else!
have a look!have a look!
Little Fourteen was very proud and complacent, and regained his previous arrogant look, which made Thirteen on the side feel helpless. In fact, Fourth Brother was just reminding Fourteenth Brother. Looking at his own Fourth Brother who was shaking his head at him, he thought, forget it, this is fine!
The fourth brother also dotes on the fourteenth brother!
Fourteenth brother seemed very happy too. Every time he talked about fourth brother, he always looked disdainful and said that fourth brother didn't need to care about him. But if fourth brother really didn't care, fourteenth brother would probably hide away and cry!
It's not like he hasn't seen before that when his fourth brother was nice to him, his fourteenth brother would still be indignant, like an angry kitten!
The Fifth Master looked at his Fourth Brother, then at his Fourteenth Brother, and finally at his own brother. He saw Yinzhen looking away from the Fourteenth Brother with a look of disdain, and just then his eyes met his own. Yinzhen raised his eyebrows slightly, "Fifth Brother, don't follow the example of Fourth Brother and lecture me. I won't fall for that!"
He is much older than them. After all, he has lived a whole life. How can he let them preach to him!
impossible! Absolutely impossible!
Master Wu smiled slightly, "You did a great job. Why would I joke with you? You do household chores better than I do. I am still a mess here. Can you teach me when you have time?"