The main hall of Yonghe Palace, west corner.
Concubine De sat in front of the Buddhist altar and recited the Ksitigarbha Sutra in a low voice.
Today is the death ceremony of her eldest daughter.
She gave birth to three sons and three daughters, two sons and one daughter. The eldest daughter died in less than two months; the second son died at the age of six; the youngest daughter died last year and was raised to twelve years old.
There are many children who have died in this palace. Besides her, the biological mother, who else will remember them?
After hearing the news from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and knowing what happened that evening, Concubine De just sighed: "It's so pitiful that I met such a black-hearted slave..."
As for what he was thinking, no one knew.
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Zhongcui Palace, main hall.
Concubine Rong laid her head and prepared to make arrangements. After hearing the news from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, she frowned and complained to the maid on night duty: "Why is it not over yet? There was an attack on one family a few days ago, and another one today! Who really is it? You dare to give orders, not to mention the princess, even the emperor..." As he spoke, his tone became sour: "What a good mother-in-law, with such a strong backbone... She seems to be obedient, but she is very strong. ...Which Fujin caused so much drama when he entered the palace..."
The palace maid chatted with him: "I heard that he has a surname from the Eight Banners. I think he was spoiled at home and couldn't bear to be angry..."
Concubine Rong still frowned: "You are so young... No one in this palace has ever been angry... It seems that she has gained respect for a while, but will suffer in the future... She really regards being the three banners of the Ministry of Internal Affairs as a servant of the family, I thought I could deal with it however I wanted..."
She is a concubine, and her relatives are all under the three banners of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. She does not want the three banners of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to be unstable.
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The second house is the main room.
Shu Shu and Brother Jiu both drank the soothing soup.
In addition to ginseng, angelica root, rehmannia root, and Ophiopogon japonicus, the calming soup also contains coptis and licorice.
Moreover, the dose of Coptis chinensis is not small, and even licorice cannot neutralize it.
Shu Shu rinsed it with water several times, but her mouth was still full of bitter taste and her face was wrinkled.
Aunt Qi stood in the room, feeling extremely distressed when she saw this. She took out a small silver box from her purse and opened it to find pine nut candies one by one: "Fu Jin is holding this in his mouth..."
Shu Shu pinched one and put it in her mouth. As expected, she felt much better. She held the silver box in her hand and said, "Mommy, I want to eat a few more..."
Aunt Qi said dotingly: "Eat whatever you want, just remember to rinse your mouth to avoid damaging your teeth..."
Shu Shu obediently agreed.
In the past half day, the battle in the Second Institute had frightened several of the dowry people, especially Grandma Qi.
Everyone else had their own relatives to miss, except for Grandma Qi, her mother-in-law's family was gone, and all their thoughts were on Shu Shu, the little master.
Before Shu Shu got married, Mrs. Jueluo didn't want to let Aunt Qi dowry her.
After all, according to the world's standards, Grandma Qi's life is too hard.
Shu Shu then begged for mercy. She remembered and appreciated the kindness that Aunt Qi had treated her over the years, and she was also willing to support her until she grew old.
"snort!"
Brother Jiu's eyes almost burst into flames. He snorted coldly and turned his head, leaving Shu Shu with a slap on the back of his head.
Aunt Qi was startled and felt uneasy.
Shu Shu waved his hand and motioned for her to go down first.
Shu Shu hated taking medicine the most. He was so overwhelmed by the bitter taste just now that he was careless and forgot about this man's feelings.
Shu Shu pinched a pine nut candy, leaned over and stuffed it directly into Brother Jiu's mouth.
"I don't want to eat this..."
Brother Jiu wanted to spit it out, but Shu Shu blocked his mouth with his little hand: "You must eat it for me, I can't stand the bitter taste..."
Brother Jiu frowned and said, "Why not..."
Shu Shu had already stepped forward and kissed the corner of Brother Jiu's mouth.
Brother Jiu's face suddenly turned red, his eyes were round, as if he was frightened, and he stared at Shu Shu.
But there was only one sentence in Shu Shu's mind, "Fight at the head of the bed and fight at the end of the bed."
Although the two of them didn't fight today, they had ruined the atmosphere of harmonious coexistence before. This knot should not be left behind.
It would be better to resolve it as soon as possible...
This night, Shu Shu unlocked a lot of new knowledge.
Brother Jiu felt uncomfortable because of the imperial doctor's diagnosis. Who doesn't know what a kidney is?
If you say his kidneys are not good, doesn't that mean he is not good?
Again in front of my parents, brothers and wife!
It's a pity that it wasn't his turn to be awkward. After a lot of trouble, Shu Shu knew whether it would work or not, and it also made him feel a lot of gloom.
Shu Shu couldn't sleep, and with a bit of excitement, she turned sideways and looked at Brother Jiu's sleeping face.
Like a child, he looks cute and well-behaved.
Even when you're an asshole, you're a real asshole, so remember this first.
There is always a time of reckoning when you look back.
Looking at it from another angle, what happened yesterday cannot be said to be a good thing. She legitimately took over all the affairs of the second institute.
And the body of Brother Nine...
Since the kidneys are not good, women are the most taboo...
The palace lady in the backyard is really just a decoration...
There was the sound of clappers in the distance, and it was already five o'clock in the morning.
Shu Shu sat up and pushed Brother Jiu: "Master, it's time to get up..."
Brother Jiu opened his eyes in a daze, yawned and said, "It's still dark, what are you doing up so early?"
The two of them didn't sleep until the fourth watch, and they felt like they were tired as they squinted their eyes.
"I'm going to class..."
Shu Shu said softly: "Even if I want to take two days off because I have to take care of me, I have to ask the master for leave, right? Besides, I'm fine here. It's just a false alarm. I go to school as usual... to save time." The love between children is long, and if others talk about it, it will hurt me again..."
Brother Jiu's expression became clear, and he thought of Kangxi's words yesterday, his head drooped, and he said in a low voice: "It's me who is obviously not good, but he pushed you ahead..."
"I don't know if Master is okay or not?"
Shu Shu said openly: "The emperor's loving heart is just because he doesn't want me to be chewed over..."
She was relieved, but she didn't forget to remind herself that she would send Nanny Qi out of the palace to report to the Dutong Mansion today, otherwise the elders would be frightened if this news reached Dong E's family.
Brother Jiu hid his head in the pillow: "What if? What if... I really don't live long..."
Shu Shu looked serious and fell into deep thought.
When Brother Jiu heard that there was no movement, he turned to look at her. He couldn't help but get angry and sat up angrily: "What's there to think about? Do you still want to remarry?"
Shu Shu did not nod or shake his head: "The "Qing Code" prohibits widows from remarrying...According to the "Eight Banners Regulations", if the female members of the clan do not marry, they can receive a 'widow's money' from the Ministry of Internal Affairs every year...
Brother Jiu was very angry: "You little heartless boy, I treat you so well, but you really want to remarry! Dreaming, now you are not outside the customs, Khan Amma also admires Confucianism, and the royal family is a model, I'm gone, so you have to take good care of me..." At the end of the sentence, I was crying.
Shu Shu immediately reached out and blocked Brother Jiu's mouth, and at the same time said "bah bah" twice: "Children's words are unbridled, children's words are unbridled..."
Brother Jiu, however, relented. He didn't know why he thought of Wang Anchun, Prince Fujin, who became a widow before she was twenty and lived a lonely life for more than ten years.
"Forget it, I will ask Khan Amma for grace and allow you to return home..."
Brother Jiu raised his head and said hoarsely.
Returning home, what is your destiny in history? !
For that Dong E family, the "great return" could not be said to be truly a blessing.
Otherwise, she would be a sinful woman who has been expelled from her clan.
Shu Shu's eyes lit up, the real history might not be so tragic.
Yongzheng had many crimes, which were summarized into the "Ten Major Crimes".
Don't talk about anything else, just "kill brother" and "slaughter his brother". "Slaughter brother" refers to the deposed prince who died in the second year of Yongzheng's reign, and "slaughter his brother" refers to the person who died in the confinement area of Baoding. The ninth elder brother.
In fact, the deposed prince was over fifty at the time, had been imprisoned for more than ten years, and his political influence had completely disappeared. What was the need for massacre?
If he really couldn't tolerate this lineage, he would not favor his sons so that this lineage could be passed on as princes.
As for Brother Ninth, he is such a naive fool with no scheming, and he has already been expelled from his clan. Is he still worth killing?
Brother Jiu had a misunderstanding and said angrily: "You are still smiling... You are really looking forward to your return..."
Shu Shu glanced at him: "Okay, don't be pretentious... Even I can see what Taiyuan's methods are, and I don't believe that you can't see it..."
"What means?"
Brother Ninth feels that his brain is not enough.
"What else can there be? Call it a minor illness if you are not sick, call it a serious illness... It is their credit to take good care of it this way; if something goes wrong, it cannot be blamed on them..."
Shu Shu disapproved and said: "So don't try to take advantage of this to be lazy... The emperor knows what you are doing and will make a note of it carefully..."
Brother Jiu's eyes flickered: "Really?! The people from Taiyuan Hospital are lying..."
"That's not possible. That's the crime of deceiving the emperor! I've told you before that I eat less and it's easy for me to suffer losses when I'm growing up. That's the truth. But to make up for it..."
Having said this, Shu Shu hesitated for a moment: "Don't even think about interceding with Grandma Liu... There are so many mothers and ladies in the palace. The emperor's heavy punishment is also to 'kill the chicken to scare the monkey', otherwise no one will dare to attack the master." …”
No one can say whether there are other conspiracies behind the scenes.
The corners of Brother Jiu's mouth drooped: "I'm not really stupid..."
What bullshit loyalty?
Since his ancestor was a doctor and he knew how to do this, didn't he know that it would be harmful to his health?
It's just a hypocritical act, trying to control him, and even his heirs.
No matter what, Brother Jiu got up to wash up. After all, he delayed a little and hurried out.
As soon as they arrived in the front yard, they saw the eighth elder brother and the tenth elder brother standing side by side, with Yao Zixiao, the eunuch of the study room in the front yard, standing next to them.
The eighth elder brother took a few steps forward and looked the ninth elder brother up and down: "Are you okay... I came back late yesterday. I heard that you have something going on here and it's not easy to come..."
The ninth elder brother waved his hand, glanced at the tenth elder brother, saw him shaking his head slightly, and then said: "It's okay, it's just that some servants disobeyed, made a noise, and made a false alarm..." After that, he glared at Yao Zixiao: "You Why did this slave let the Eighth Master and Tenth Master wait and not spread the news to the backyard..."
Yao Zixiao was not aggrieved, he bowed and said, "It's my slave's fault."
Shu Shu followed Brother Jiu, so he knew the reason.
It’s because of her younger sibling!
Due to the confusion among the royal family, the uncle and aunt, the sister-in-law and the brother-in-law, who are about the same age, all have to avoid taboos.
The tenth elder brother looked heartless: "I told Brother Bazha, but Brother Bago just didn't believe it... My brother howled yesterday because he felt scared. Fortunately, it was Sister-in-law Ninth who plotted the scheme. What if it was Brother Ninth who was harmed... …”
