Brother Ten thinks he will have insomnia tonight.
But I asked all I could, and the other sisters-in-law didn’t know either.
There was something lacking in his heart.
It would be great if tomorrow was not the first engagement ceremony but the wedding day.
Otherwise, it will still feel like a torment.
If she gets married directly, I will encourage her if she has any strengths; if she has any shortcomings, I will patiently correct them.
By then, the couple will definitely be like Ninth Brother and Ninth Sister-in-law, loving each other and making others envious.
The days in Sansuo are also getting hotter.
Don’t learn from the Eight Brothers and Eight Fortunes.
Tossing around has become a joke.
It was already time to turn on the lamp, and it was completely dark outside.
The tenth prince stood up and left.
Brother Jiu began to worry about his old father and reminded: "Don't get up too early tomorrow, so as not to be tired and lack energy, but don't be too late, Chen is going to Qianqing Palace, and the auspicious time is at Si Zheng..."
Brother Ten agreed and said goodbye.
As soon as he walked out of the door of the second house, he heard movement at the entrance of the corridor on the other side of the first house.
There were footsteps coming from far and near.
It's Brother Thirteen who is here.
Followed by two experienced eunuchs.
One was in front holding a glass lamp to illuminate the road, and the other was following behind.
There are lanterns hanging at the door of the second house.
Seeing Brother Ten standing under the lantern, Brother Thirteen started to walk quickly and said with a smile: "Brother Ten is very happy..."
Brother Ten didn't smile on his face, he frowned and said, "Why are you here so late at night?"
Zhaoxiang was located at the northeast corner of Gongting East Road. It was a small mile to get here, and it was late at night, so he had to pass through the Imperial Garden.
Nowadays, in the cold winter, the night wind is howling, and adults have to be careful about getting cold when walking at night, let alone children.
Brother Thirteen smiled and said: "Brother Ninth asked me to come..."
It turned out that in the afternoon today, before returning to the palace to join Shu Shu, the ninth elder brother stopped in the study room and mentioned to the thirteenth elder brother that he would be the best man tomorrow. He also went to ask for leave from the gentleman on duty.
Brother Ten heard this and reacted.
Brother Eight was injured and without his best man, Brother Nine really pulled Thirteen to make up the number.
But why did Ninth Brother ask Thirteen to come over?
The tenth brother was curious, so he accompanied the thirteenth brother into the second house.
Seeing the 10th elder brother go and come back, followed by the 13th elder brother.
Brother Ninth glanced behind Brother Thirteen and was surprised: "Why are you the only one? Usually Fourteen is not like a little tail, following wherever he goes..."
Brother Thirteen smiled and said, "I'm still angry. I was told by Ninth Brother a few days ago that Ninth Brother passed by the study at noon today and only asked me to come out and talk, not him..."
Brother Jiu hummed softly: "Let him be angry. I'll be quiet for a few days..."
The fourteenth elder brother is the real doting son of the concubine. The concubine is very pampered and has always loved to cling to her elder brother since she was a child.
Regardless of his age, others don't like to talk to him.
Only the eighth elder brother has a good temper and a gentle temper. He is also patient with his younger brothers, so he let the fourteenth elder brother get involved.
Along with the ninth and tenth elder brothers, they all suffered, and they were often harassed by the fourteenth elder brother.
Brother Thirteen was full of curiosity and excitement: "Brother Ninth, let's accompany Brother Ten to the ceremony tomorrow. What are we going to do? My brother has not been the best man yet..."
The ninth elder brother has been a pawn.
In March, when the eighth elder brother made their first wedding ceremony, it was the eldest elder brother who took him and accompanied the eighth elder brother to Prince An's Mansion.
At that time, everyone who came forward was the eldest brother, and he was just a make-up.
The person who will show up tomorrow is Brother Si, and it seems that he can still make up the numbers.
Brother Ninth feels that this status is quite good as he doesn't have to socialize with strangers.
He told the thirteenth brother the truth: "With the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs following us, we just make up the numbers and don't have to do anything. When the banquet is over, we can have a meal with the people on the other side..."
As for drinking, the Thirteenth Brother is still a half-grown child, and this is the capital city. The guests at the tables are all related to the Tenth Brother, so there should be no one who advises the Thirteenth Brother to drink.
Brother Thirteen nodded, still a little uneasy.
"But my brother doesn't know anyone, so he will follow Brother Ninth when the time comes..."
Brother Jiu nodded: "Follow me, my father-in-law will go too, and then you can sit over there..."
After hearing this, Brother Thirteen felt relieved and was just happy.
It's nice to be able to go out and relax.
The retinue has been out for four and a half months. Although he is doing homework on the way and is accompanied by teachers from the Hanlin Academy, it is completely different from being cooped up in the study room.
The thirteenth brother felt that his heart was going wild, and he was not used to working hard in the study from morning to night.
The ninth elder brother remembered that he wore a prince's auspicious suit when he first got engaged and a golden python suit when he got married. He reminded the thirteenth elder brother: "There is no need to wear auspicious clothes and python suits, just wear regular clothes..."
The prince's clothes are uniformly made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If he wears auspicious clothes, he will be the same as the prince, the tenth prince.
If you wear a golden prince python robe, you will be in the spotlight.
Brother Thirteen nodded in agreement.
Brother Jiu calculated the time in his mind again.
"You estimate that you will come here before the second quarter of Chenchu, and we will accompany your tenth brother to Qianqing Palace. The auspicious time to receive the gift is Si Zheng, and the time for giving the banquet is not yet Chu. I estimate that Shen Zhengqian will be back..."
Brother Thirteen kept it in mind carefully.
The tenth prince already knew the process of the initial wedding ceremony, but he still memorized it.
Brother Thirteen came here just to ask about the arrangements for tomorrow.
After figuring it out, he took his leave and came out.
The tenth prince also came out and returned to the third house.
After the two guests left, it finally became quiet.
Shu Shu told Xiao Chun to invite Aunt Qi.
Aunt Qi, Walnut, Xiaosong, and Xiaoyu left the palace yesterday and returned to Dutong Mansion.
In order to reunite Xiaosong and Xiaoyu with their families, Shushu asked them to rest for one night before coming back, so they came back this afternoon, just in time to leave Shushu.
When Shu Shu came back from outside, she was very hungry and had no time to talk.
Brother Jiu, who was nearby, saw her asking people to invite Aunt Qi, and he felt a little proud knowing that she was thinking about the Dutong Mansion.
"This morning, I went to Dutong Mansion and visited my mother-in-law and uncle-in-law. I didn't see my father-in-law. My father-in-law went to the Duke's Mansion..."
Shu Shu was very surprised.
When Sun Jin came back in the morning, he only said that Brother Jiu would return to the palace later because he had something to do, but he didn't expect to go to Dutong Mansion.
She smiled.
"How is Ani? How does Amo look?"
Brother Jiu recalled the meeting in the morning and said: "My mother-in-law looks fatter than she did in July, with a round face. My uncle-in-law's complexion looks good, and there is no change from July..."
Shu Shu calculated Ani's pregnancy period in her mind. It was more than five months, so it was normal to be a little fatter now.
Brother Ninth said with some gossip: "My mother-in-law's face is pale. Your status as an only daughter is no longer guaranteed. She is probably a girl..."
Shu Shu blinked.
This pregnancy sign of male and female and so on...
It seemed like new knowledge that I had never touched in two lifetimes.
She asked for advice very seriously.
"Why do you think so?"
Brother Jiu was stunned for a moment, as if he had thought of something, and then his mood dropped, and he felt completely wilted.
When Shu Shu saw this, she knew what was going on. Most likely, it was related to Grandma Liu.
Even if it is a pustule, it must be picked out.
If you can't touch it, it will easily become a hidden danger.
She was thinking about how to guide.
Brother Jiu has already spoken.
"Before Xiaoqiu was born, grandma met the concubine once when she went to Yikun Palace, and she talked about it when she came back... It is an old saying outside that if she is pregnant with a pregnant mother, she will look better. If she has spots or something, then It’s my brother who I’m pregnant with…it seems like my concubine has spots…”
Shu Shu didn't see A Ni, but she only met her mother-in-law at noon.
There is also Qi Fujin, whom I met yesterday.
This old saying should be a summary of probability, and some of it is quite accurate.
She was a little worried: "My mother-in-law and my seventh sister-in-law have smooth skin and no spots..."
Princess Huangsun still has a chance to ask for grace.
Princess, it is not easy to stay in Beijing.
"ah?"
Brother Jiu had not thought about this before, but now that he thinks about it, he is worried.
However, he had always thought about it. He counted the time with his fingers and said, "Even if the queen gives birth to a princess, it will take twenty years to get married. Then I will just ask Khan Amma for a favor..."
Shu Shu nodded.
It is indeed many years later, and it is too early to worry now.
Brother Ninth fell into deep thought.
Huh?
At that time, apart from this, grandma seemed to be talking about other things...
It was said that the empress was very favored, and the emperor felt sorry for her pain of losing her son, so he placed the pregnant concubine in Yikun Palace.
In this way, there are three brothers in Yikun Palace...
Brother Yi Kun Palace?
Brother Ninth looked at Shu Shu: "It seems that the officials at the Ministry of Internal Affairs called me 'Brother Yikun Palace', but why did the Eight Banners call me me?"
Shu Shu thought for a while.
Before the marriage was announced, not much was said about Brother Jiu.
"I have never heard anyone mention the name of the palace. I just say that I am the son of a beloved concubine..."
After saying this, she paused: "Why do you think of this..."
As for the words "incompetent in literature and incompetent in martial arts" and "a dandy prince", there is no need to tell Brother Ninth.
Brother Jiu touched his chin and said: "I have long known that in the palace, 'son is more valuable than mother' and 'mother is more valuable than son', but I never thought that there would be such a distinction..."
Use biological mother to divide elder brother.
Shu Shu said: "Isn't it always like this? Even in the previous generations of clans, the branches from the same mother are naturally close, and they are more united... For example, Prince Lilie and Guanglue Baylor, and Shang Sanqi have the same mother. The two descendants of the princes... like the descendants of Prince Ying and Prince Yu, who have a deadly feud and have not interacted with each other for the rest of their lives, are the aliens..."
Brother Ninth was thoughtful.
After a while, he said: "Then Brother Six and Eleven Shang died..."
Although Shu Shu also felt that this was possible.
But he didn't want Brother Nine to fall into persecution paranoia.
The previous eleventh brother had made him speculate.
If the death of Sixth Brother is revealed again...
Don't know yet what will happen.
Shu Shu consoled him: "It shouldn't be the case. When the sixth elder brother died, the fourth elder brother was raised by the empress of Jingren Palace. There was no fourteenth elder brother. The only one beside the empress of Yonghe Palace was this son..."
Brother Ninth's face relaxed.
"It's because I'm confused and think about conspiracy... The sixth elder brother died in twenty-four years, and the fourteenth elder brother only came to power in the twenty-seventh year..."
Shu Shu took his hand and said: "There is an idiom called 'suspicious neighbor steals axe'. Don't be anxious, just explore slowly... It's hard to raise a child. If you really want to talk about it, in the past ten years, the palace preface has Brother Zhi didn’t suffer much, but he lost a lot of princesses. Twelve Gege is already twelve, and he recovered from a serious illness last year...Okay, who harmed the princess and did what?"
Counting forward, the seventh daughter of the emperor by Concubine De, the eighth daughter of the emperor by Empress Xiaoyi, and the eleventh daughter of the emperor by Concubine Wen Xi are all less than a year old.
The year before last, Concubine Yi had lost her eleventh brother, who was twelve years old.
Last year, Concubine De gave birth to the twelve-year-old daughter of the emperor.
Brother Jiu nodded.
He knew what Shu Shu said made sense, but sometimes people's hearts were hard to control.
I got suspicious, and everything felt wrong.
Grandma Qi has been waiting at the door for a long time.
Shu Shu looked up and saw it, calling her in.
Xiaochun moved her stool over.
Shu Shu asked Nanny Qi to sit down.
Aunt Qi glanced at Brother Ninth, her face became more respectful, and she said to Shu Shu: "My wife and my uncle praised me for being so good... My brother was considerate and bought mutton and Dongzi vegetables. He made a whole I bought lamb with the skin off, half a basket of Dongzi vegetables, and a batch of chess piece pancakes that Brother Fusong and several young men love to eat..."
Shu Shu looked at Brother Jiu softly, feeling weak in her heart.
It’s really rare.
After trying to please my mother-in-law, I didn't even ask for credit to show off when I came back.
Brother Jiu felt uncomfortable being stared at and coughed lightly: "What does this mean? It's still worthy of my mother's words..."
Ha ha!
He is also a wise man.
Shu Shu was so filial to the Queen Mother and the empress, why couldn't he be filial to his mother-in-law?
Aunt Qi has a bit of a temper and is not very smart in her words, but she insists at this moment: "When I do this for Fujin, I must let Fujin know that it is all out of love..."
Shu Shu is more than grateful?
It also brings warmth.
I sent people back ten times and talked about the days in the palace in great detail, but none of them could make the elders feel at ease as much as Ninth Prince's trip.
Thinking about Grandma Qi’s description.
A lamb...
Half a basket of Dongzi vegetables...
A batch of chess cakes...
Shu Shu had a picture in her mind.
Background music is also automatically generated.
There are also older lyrics.
There is a chicken in the left hand, a duck in the right hand, and a fat baby on the back...
Brother Jiu was so considerate, and Shu Shu reciprocated the favor.
This night.
The pair unlocked new knowledge.
The fog of Ninth Brother has cleared away, and all that is left is satisfaction.
When he woke up the next day, he was in high spirits.
He stopped wearing the peacock blue uniform he had prepared earlier because he disliked the dark color, so he changed into a brown mink cloak, which looked much brighter.
He adjusted his cuffs, tied on a black gold-threaded treasure vase purse, and muttered to Shu Shu.
"I've been wearing these two purses for half a year and they are no longer bright. Is it time to make a new purse for me?"
Shu Shu looked over.
The purse is made of satin, which is a little light and thin, so it can be worn with clothes in spring, autumn and summer.
Winter fur clothes are a bit thin with this purse.
Shu Shu nodded happily and said: "I'll ask people to find materials soon to make a new bag for me..."
Brother Jiu smiled, and then thought that Shu Shu was not good at needlework, so he reminded him: "Don't be anxious, and don't choose a complicated look. I like simple things..."
"Um!"
Shu Shu didn't bother to say that his aesthetics had always been gorgeous. He silently accepted the compassionate offer and helped him straighten his hat.
Brother Jiu wears a sable warm hat with red coral beads on his head.
Shu Shu asked someone to get the end mask and lambskin gloves.
Today they went to the inner hall to accept the lottery, and they had to ride horses instead of cars.
Fortunately, we walked from the front, not far from Daqing Gate, which is the inner pavilion, otherwise we would have suffered a lot.
At this moment, Brother Thirteen arrived.
There was helplessness on his face, followed by the angry Fourteenth Brother.
The fourteenth elder brother bowed slightly to Shu Shu, indicating that he had seen him before, and then glared at the ninth elder brother with condemnation.
"What's going on with Ninth Brother? It's so unloyal! We are the same brothers, why are we treated differently? You called Thirteenth Brother but not me..."
The ninth elder brother held down the fourteenth elder brother's head and pressed down.
"What do you think you're doing? It's serious business. Why are you, a little brat, following along?"
Brother Fourteen struggled to open his head, feeling dissatisfied.
"Who's such a brat? I'm already eleven..."
The ninth elder brother pulled him towards the thirteenth elder brother and asked them to stand together.
"Take a look for yourself to see if it's a child..."
Thirteenth Brother is thirteen years old, tall and has the appearance of a teenager.
It is very obvious that the fourteenth brother is two years younger, only reaching the thirteenth brother's chin.
The fourteenth elder brother curled his lips and his eyes were red: "I don't care, I want to go too. I will be twelve next year, and they won't take me with them. They won't take me with them during the Northern Expedition, and they won't take me with them now..."
Brother Jiu felt a headache: "It doesn't matter what I said. Thirteen will be the best man. It was Khan Ama who nodded. If you want to follow, go to Qianqing Palace and ask Khan Ama..."
After hearing this, Brother Fourteen's eyes lit up and he nodded quickly: "I'll go right away..."
After that, he ran away in a hurry.
Brother Jiu couldn't stop him in time, and felt as if he had owed something...
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