After Kangxi sent Zhiran and Hongli, he did not intend to place him immediately.

He closed his eyes, calmed down, and then ordered Zhao Chang to go and send Longkodo and the Seventeenth Prince. Zhao Chang left, and Wei Zhu obediently replaced the hand stove that Kangxi had previously put aside with new charcoal.

In addition to the original four charcoal basins, two have already been added to the tent due to snow. In addition, in order to keep warm, the imperial tent was covered with a ground dragon, making the tent warm and tight.

Wei Zhu had already sweated a little, but because of his close service, he knew that the emperor was afraid of the cold.

Since the beginning of winter, the emperor's body has become less and less hot, and he is more and more afraid of the cold.

When Wei Zhu changed his hand stove, he held up his hands and sent it to the front and back of the imperial court. Kangxi reached out to take it. However, his arms were a little unstable, and his fingers slid across the back of Wei Zhu's hand, which made Wei Zhu's heart tremble.

He looked secretly and his eyes fell on Kangxi's hands. Apart from the old man spots, his hands were too thin, revealing blue blood vessels.

At this moment, Kangxi suddenly lowered his head and coughed.

Wei Zhu looked at Kangxi quickly and saw the terrifying blue color on his face, and couldn't help but feel frightened. He quickly lowered his head and said anxiously: "Master, do you want to pass on the imperial physician?"

Kangxi waved his hand, Wei Zhu didn't dare to say much, so he poured half a cup of warm tea and brought it to Kangxi.

Kangxi reached out to take it, took a few sips before he stopped coughing.

Because he coughed just now, his face was rosy, and his complexion looked a little better than before.

At this moment, Zhao Chang had already returned to reply to the order. Longkodo and the Seventeenth Prince arrived and waited outside the tent to see him.

"Travel." Kangxi sat upright, making a straight face, and could no longer see his old appearance.

After the two of them knelt down to pay their respects, Kangxi asked, "The day of walking around is set on the eighth day of the lunar month?"

This was reported yesterday. I don’t know why Kangxi asked again, but Longkodo and the Seventeenth Prince both bowed and said "yes" with some doubts.

"When will the return journey of the Khalkha kings... be determined?" Kangxi asked.

Longkodo looked at each other, but the seventeenth prince still came out and bowed and said, "If you go back to the emperor, because Zhebuzundanba is old and cannot withstand the bitter cold, the Khalkha kings will return to the next February after the spring begins next year."

Kangxi was silent for a while and said, "Zhebu Zundanba is well-educated and respected. I want to keep him preaching in the capital. After the birthday of the next year, I will send him out of the capital... Khalkha came to pay homage to the kings, and he will be given a banquet within three days after the siege... The Seventeenth Prince and the Sixteenth Prince arranged a banquet and reward silver, and Longkodo arranged a tour and seeing off."

Longkodo was shocked when he heard this, raised his head, and almost blurted out with doubts.

Fortunately, at the moment he opened his mouth, he remembered that the old man in front of him was not only his cousin, but his brother-in-law, or his emperor master. Therefore, he swallowed the words he said to his mouth again.

The emperor has always been arbitrary and has no room for other words.

However, in this way, Zhebuzundanba's good intentions would be wasted. He used his own health as a pretext to stay in the capital in the future with the purpose of strengthening their determination to get close to the court and preventing the turmoil in Khalkha because of their selfish intentions.

Longkodo was just full of doubts, but the seventeenth prince complained secretly.

It is now the third day of the lunar month, and the eighth day of Li is only five days, and the last return date set by the Emperor Li for the kings is eight days.

On the day of Xingwei, we would give a banquet and gold and silver, which was a piece of silver; if they returned to Mongolia, they would also give a banquet and related rewards, which was another piece of silver.

Originally, I thought that the Khalkha kings would not return to Mongolia after the New Year. The silver that the Lifan Court prepared was mostly used for the day of the siege. Datou was not prepared for the reward, and I thought I would be from the Ministry of Revenue after the New Year.

Within eight days, another silver coin was prepared, and the amount was not small, and it would cost at least tens of thousands of taels. It seemed that I could only go to the Central Government to rub Cao Yong; if the Ministry of Revenue really couldn't beat it, I had to use the other end of the Bank of the Ministry of Internal Affairs...

After leaving the imperial tent, Longkodo and the Seventeenth Prince looked at each other, with a heavy expression. Although the Seventeenth Prince was not worried about raising money, Longkodo did not care less about it.

The court has always used means of winning over foreign vassals, but he has to find a way to chase people in front of him. What is this?

However, the emperor had no room for his resignation to take back his imperial decree. Although he was a minister, he had no choice but to accept the order, but he still wanted to do his job well.

Otherwise, if something goes wrong, you can't say that the emperor's ruling is wrong. It's just that he is stupid as a minister...

After the two of them left, Longkodo went to the tent of the Great Lama. The Great Lama was a wise man. Instead of foolishly sending messages to the kings, it would be better to come to see the Great Lama directly.

The Seventeenth Prince went directly to Cao Yong's tent.

As soon as I arrived at the tent, someone sighed: "Lonkodo is a popular person in front of the emperor. I will offend him. I am afraid that some will suffer in the future. If it is too hard and cannot stand it, please help me."

It was Yiduli's voice, which involved Longkodo in the middle. The Seventeenth Prince was not convenient for him to listen more. He coughed twice and said, "Is Cao Yong here?"

In the tent, Cao Yong heard Yiduli complain for a long time, but didn't know how to comfort him. When he heard the voice of the Seventeenth Prince, he hurriedly stood up with Yiduli to greet him.

When he saw Yiduli, the seventeenth prince said, "I didn't expect that Lord Yi is here too. I just happened to ask you to leave and ask the sixteenth brother to come over. The emperor has an oral order to arrange a banquet and silver reward with the sixteenth brother after the siege."

Yiduli responded and went out to look for the sixteenth prince without mentioning it.

The seventeenth prince casually found a chair in the tent, sat down loudly, looked at Cao Yong, and said with a bitter face: "Fruo, is there any money left in the treasury in the Ministry of Revenue? The emperor's intention is that after the siege, he will practice it for the Khalkha kings. This must be given some money, not a small amount."

"The Fujian Department's tax and silver were just put into warehousing yesterday, but there were many places waiting for the money to spend. River affairs, grain transportation, military affairs in the northwest, and relief in the southwest, and money was needed everywhere." Cao Yong thought for a while and said.

When the seventeenth prince heard this, his eyes lit up and said, "Compared with these places, the silver granted by this foreign vassal is a small witch. It is only tens of thousands of taels of silver. Furuo thought of a way to help me." At this point, he showed a bit of sadness: "You also know that I have been sick for several years. The Emperor Ama compassionately cares about me and let me hang the idle servant of the Lifan Academy. I didn't think about achieving political achievements, nor did I want to be treated as a waste snack. Please help me."

Cao Yong has known the Seventeenth Prince for more than ten years, but he can't tell that he is deliberately playing the card of misery.

However, the Seventeenth Prince had already made this gesture. Even if Cao Yong knew that he was intentional, he could only act as a "righteous" statement and said, "Your Seventeenth Master wants to do a good job, I can understand it. You have to work hard for a few days, so don't be too anxious."

Just as Cao Yong knew the Seventeenth Prince, the Seventeenth Prince was also familiar with Cao Yong, and was most afraid of Cao Yong's carelessness.

Now, seeing that Cao Yong did not refuse, he felt relieved. He thought of the sentence he had heard accidentally outside the tent, and felt a little curious, saying, "What did Yiduli do? To offend Longkodo? Look at his cowardly appearance, what can he do if he really offends? He is the brother-in-law of the Thirteenth Brother. As long as the Thirteenth Brother comes forward to protect him, will Longkodo still eat him?"

Cao Yong heard this and became more aware.

Iduli is the brother-in-law of the Thirteenth Prince, and Longkodo is the "uncle" of the Fourth Prince. The Thirteenth Prince and the Fourth Prince are the closest.

In theory, both Iduli and Longkodo are in the same lineup. Even if the two really have a rift, with the Thirteenth Prince here, Longkodo will not do anything.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong breathed a sigh of relief.

His failure to answer the words made the Seventeenth Prince even more anxious: "Hey, Furuo, don't run away from the gods, I'm still waiting to hear the reason."

"Actually, there is nothing big. The wife of the Yiduli family does not allow them to attend the banquet in Tong's mansion, nor does they allow them to send gifts." Cao Yong replied.

"Huh? Why is this? Li Sier has been officially granted the title of the court and has become the mistress of the uncle's mansion. His identity is different from the past." The seventeenth prince heard this, and there were some differences.

Yiduli was born in the prime minister's house and served in the prime minister for many years. He should know the importance of interpersonal relationships. Even though the grandmother was noble and could not stand the origin of the new uncle's wife, he should think about Yiduli and dare not be so arbitrary.

"The Seventeenth Master forgot that the wife who had disappeared from the first place in the uncle's mansion was named Hesheli, and she was the cousin of the Prime Minister's wife." Cao Yong said.

After hearing this, Master Seventeen thought about the rumors about the National Uncle Mansion and said, "For this reason, it is reasonable for the old lady to stop her son and daughter-in-law from the National Uncle Mansion to attend the banquet. It is also rare. How many people in this world can do this for the sake of her dead cousin?"

Cao Yong and Yiduli had been in contact for several years and had a sense of colleagues. During these years of interactions, they also invited the Hesheli family to have peace.

In my impression, I like quiet and elegant old ladies.

Cao Yong agreed with Hesheli's decision in his heart; if he could be more casual, he would not bother to take care of the uncle's mansion.

The two of them were talking, and the curtain pushed the door open, and the sixteenth prince brought Yiduli in.

Cao Yong and the Seventeenth Prince both stood up to greet each other, and the Seventeenth Prince nodded, as they had seen each other.

"Let the Mongolian kings return to Khalkha at this time?" The Sixteenth Prince was a little confused: "They are not in Inner Mongolia, but in Outer Mongolia. How unreasonable is the journey in this cold winter?"

"The emperor's order is difficult. Whether they work hard or not on the road is not something we can worry about; we just need to think about it and finish the job in front of us." The seventeenth prince replied.

Seeing that the seventeenth prince looked calm, Cao Yong had a little helpless face. The sixteenth prince knew that the money raising matter would fall on him.

Thinking of Cao Yong's leisurely life this year, the Sixteenth Prince smiled unkindly. He also wanted to find something for Cao Yong to do to make his brain.

The seventeenth prince ordered that the other party was invited to the sixteenth prince. Yidu immediately saw that they were about to speak and wanted to avoid it. He was left by the sixteenth prince: "The surround was held and the banquet was held. The Lifanyuan said it was the organizer, but it was just a name. Our Ministry of Internal Affairs had to do more. If there was no urgent matter, let's discuss it together."
Chapter completed!