Chapter 1237: The Battle of Nine Dragons, the End of the Fourth Master

The two girls made too much noise.

The Crown Prince, the Fifth Prince, the Eighth Prince and others who were listening to the opera in front, as well as the wives, young princes, and princesses heard the noise and ran over to join in the fun.

In order to prevent Ruoxi from following the old path of the plot and exposing her "domineering" side in public, Su Mingzhe put her on the ground and called her maid Qiaohui:
"Why don't you take your master back to change clothes?"

"Thank you, Fourth Master!"

Although Qiaohui looks clumsy, she is actually very sharp-eyed. After looking at Su Mingzhe with gratitude, she pulled Ruoxi, who had taken the advantage in the fight, away from the scene.

At this time, the Eighth Prince came over, and Mingyu's maid came over to add fuel to the fire and report the situation.

Su Mingzhe did not give her any room to maneuver and spoke directly to the Eighth Prince:

"Eighth brother, Mingyu and Ruoxi just accidentally fell into the water. Quickly have someone take her back to change clothes. Don't let her catch a cold!"

The eighth prince Yinsi was not a fool. He knew that his two sisters-in-law were not easy to deal with, so he immediately asked the maid who came over to take Mingyu away.

As a result, Mingyu obviously didn't understand the situation yet. He just felt that he was at a disadvantage in the fight just now, so he wanted to get back at them.

However, when she looked around, she did not see Ruoxi. At this time, the maid came over and she was immediately furious. She slapped the maid in the face and started scolding her:

"Where were you just now, you little bitch? Why didn't you come to help me when I was fighting with that bitch?"

As Mingyu's scolding was heard by everyone, the Eighth Prince seemed to have heard the laughter of the crowd and could no longer remain calm. With a gloomy face, he signaled the other maids to help and quickly pull Mingyu, who was still making a lot of noise, away.

At this moment, Su Mingzhe spoke again:

"Eighth brother, I need your space for a while. Let me and Tenth brother change our clothes!"

Although he knew that if he did not intervene forcefully, Lao Ba would definitely have a dispute with Ruoxi, Su Mingzhe still chose to help if he could.

After hearing this, Yinsi had no choice but to take the two of them to his residence to change their clothes.

After changing their clothes, everyone returned to the stage to play again.

After waiting for the prince to leave, Su Mingzhe found an excuse and left.

In the blink of an eye it was August.

With the help of some people, the news of the fight between Ruoxi and Mingyu gradually spread.

No one cares about the truth anymore.

Now all the nobles in the capital know that the second daughter of the Maertai family is extremely fierce. She doesn't even take the eldest daughter of the Guoluo family seriously and beats her at will.

When Su Mingzhe heard the women in his family discussing this topic, he could only secretly curl his lips and didn't even want to help dispel the rumors.

After all, Maertai Ruoxi was the sister-in-law of the eighth prince Yinsi, and had nothing to do with her. If she forced herself to speak, there would probably be trouble.

Today was Yinxiang’s birthday.

Su Mingzhe invited Yinxiang to come to Prince Zhen's residence, saying that he was going to prepare a birthday banquet for him.

Yinxiang was a little curious. When he was in the Eighth Prince's Mansion, they had agreed not to hold a birthday ceremony, so why were they doing it again now?

However, Yinxiang was always obedient and always came on time for the appointment.

As soon as he entered the hall, he saw an old man there, and he immediately clasped his fists and bowed, saying:
"So Lord Fei is here too!"

"Good luck to Master Thirteen!"

This old man is Wen Da, the Minister of Works who just took office this year. His surname is Fei and he is from the Bordered Red Banner. He is very humble and cautious in his dealings with others, and is very similar to the previous Fourth Prince Yinzhen. After everyone finished greeting each other, Su Mingzhe invited everyone to sit down together.

Yinxiang was still a little confused as to why his fourth brother invited an outsider over since it was his birthday today.

Seeing Yinxiang in a daze, Su Mingzhe guessed what he was thinking and immediately explained in a gentle voice:
"From today on, Wenda is one of us!"

"A few days ago, the old lady of the Fei Mansion was seriously ill. When the Fei family went to invite the imperial physician, I happened to run into them. I remembered that I still had a thousand-year-old mountain ginseng at home, so I sent someone to deliver it. You know Wen Da's temper. He insisted on coming over to express his gratitude. I thought to myself that my family has no worries about food and clothing, and my father and the prince have trusted me and entrusted me with important tasks. There is no need for Wen Da to thank me. But it was also a coincidence. I suddenly remembered that your birthday is coming soon, and I was worried about what gift to give you."

"Then I thought, aren't you worried about Lu Wu? So I tried to talk to Wen Da about it, to see if he could adopt Lu Wu as his daughter. Wen Da heard about you and Lu Wu, and after returning home, he reported it to the old lady, and now the old lady has adopted Lu Wu as her daughter."

Lu Wu, a descendant of the Ming History Case, a literary inquisition during the reign of Emperor Kangxi, grew up in the Jiaofang Division and was trained to be an oiran.

Later, Yinxiang went to the Jiaofangsi to do some work and met Luwu. As soon as they met, they fell in love with each other.

However, the Qing Dynasty law stipulated that no one, whether royal relatives, nobles, or civil or military ministers, was allowed to visit prostitutes.

Therefore, even though Yinxiang used some means to rescue Luwu from the Jiaofangsi, he was unable to take her into his mansion.

Now, Wenda's mother adopted Luwu as her adopted daughter and changed her into a bannerman, which resolved the troubles between Yinxiang and Luwu.

When Yinxiang heard about the great gift that Su Mingzhe had arranged for him, he could no longer contain his joy and kowtowed three times respectfully to Su Mingzhe to express his gratitude.

"Okay, okay, just show your appreciation!"

Su Mingzhe stood up and helped Yinxiang up, and told Wenda more, saying that when Mr. Kangxi was happy, he would tell the old man about this, and then let Luwu enter Yinxiang's mansion and become a concubine.

In the next few days, Lu Wu can only temporarily live in Fei Mansion.

Wenda has now joined Su Mingzhe, so naturally he would not refuse such an arrangement.

After the banquet.

Wenda said goodbye and left.

Su Mingzhe brought Yinxiang to the study and asked with a smile:

"Thirteenth brother, you have been fidgeting just now, but what is it that confuses you?"

"Have!"

Yinxiang was not polite either. He stared at Su Mingzhe and asked what was in his heart:
"Fourth brother, do you have any idea about that position?"

"Yes, Not Bad!"

Su Mingzhe did not deny:
"If the Crown Prince can secure his position in the Eastern Palace, I will naturally be willing to assist him. However, since Prime Minister Suo passed away, the Crown Prince has become more and more absurd. The eldest prince and the Eighth Prince's party have been constantly collecting various evidence of the Crown Prince's crimes. I estimate that within ten years, the Emperor will definitely depose the Crown Prince!"

"Tell me, if the eldest brother or the eighth brother takes that position, what will happen to us?"

Yinxiang thought about the temperaments of the eldest prince Yinzhen and the ninth prince Yinzhen, and all he had to say turned into a sigh:
"..."

Seeing that he was unwilling to answer him, Su Mingzhe did not force him, but said earnestly:
"Since ancient times, the parties have fought against each other in order to eliminate any possibility of the other party being defeated!"

"Thirteenth brother, I dare not put the lives of my entire family on their mercy, do you understand?"

Yinxiang sighed again, and then slowly said:

"Fourth brother, I understand what you said! Don't worry, I will always support you!"

(End of this chapter)