Early the next morning, Brother Jiu woke up with his eyes swollen, leaving only a crack.
If you go to the Yamen like this, anyone who sees it will have problems.
With no other choice, Brother Ninth could only send He Yuzhu to the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get back the files that needed to be processed today and handle official business at home.
Fortunately, Mr. Zhang Baozhu, the doctor, has classified and marked all the official matters that need to be handled, so that he can see them clearly when he brings them back.
He was impatient to see people here, so all the maids were sent away.
Shu Shu suppressed a smile and pretended not to care.
Brother Ninth Brother originally had thin eyebrows and narrow eyes, but now there is only a crack left, making him look ugly and cute.
Brother Jiu held the mirror and couldn't stand it. He put down the mirror and looked at Shu Shu.
Shu Shu had previously asked someone to bring ice cubes, wrapped them in a handkerchief, handed them to him and said, "Use this ice pack to reduce the swelling faster."
Brother Jiu hummed softly: "Are you kidding me..."
Shu Shu looked at Brother Jiu several times and said hesitantly: "It's not a joke..."
Brother Jiu gritted his teeth and said, "Then what do you look like?"
Shu Shu moved her eyes away and said, "I'm just thinking, if I was like this before, then we would definitely be able to respect each other as guests..."
In that case, let alone two princesses, she might even help select four more so that they could schedule shifts together and fill their days.
Brother Jiu couldn't help but pinched her face, and said bitterly: "I know it, you are just looking at your face!"
Shu Shu smiled and did not deny it. She looked at him carefully and looked at him carefully.
Brother Jiu Maomao said: "What are you looking at?"
Shu Shu actually wanted to praise him.
He is not a bold person, but he didn't think of being afraid from beginning to end last night. He just followed Brother Ten seriously to look for clues.
very brave.
But she was afraid of making him feel uncomfortable again, so she didn't tell the truth, so she changed her words and said: "I just think that I am still too thin. I have stopped taking the medicine, and my appetite will be better in the future. Take good care of it..."
Xiaotang set the dining table.
Assorted vegetable buns, served with simple seaweed and egg drop soup, and two small pickles.
The two sat facing each other and ate.
After putting down his chopsticks, Brother Jiu saw the persimmon frost jar on Duobao Pavilion.
"Why did you give me this? Did you hear something?"
Brother Ninth said.
When Xianglan came yesterday, the two of them didn't care about anything else.
Shu Shu fell silent.
She wasn't sure whether Concubine Yi sent this on purpose or if it was just a coincidence.
With the return of the Holy Spirit, there is no stopping.
The dining room has indeed been making medicinal meals to moisten the lungs and relieve coughs.
Shu Shu said: "It's okay, just know it if you know it. Your Majesty is not someone else..."
Brother Jiu thought for a while and said, "If someone else mentions this to you in the future, just say that you caught a cold in the mountains in September and the root of the disease was..."
In September, the couple stayed in the paddock to take care of Brother Ten, who suffered a concussion.
Shu Shu understood what he meant. Even if it was just a minor problem, it would not be good if it turned out to be a "chronic illness".
Shu Shu hesitated for a moment and said: "Don't say it's okay, just say I caught a cold on the way back from Shengjing..."
It was colder at that time, so it was appropriate to say so.
To directly say that the palace was in the paddock, it seems to be blamed on the tenth prince.
Brother Jiu frowned and said, "Lao Shi won't care about this!"
Accidentally catching a cold on the road and taking care of a brother-in-law who catches a cold are completely different. The former is incompetent, while the latter is meritorious.
Shu Shu didn't want such credit, and shook his head: "I know your good intentions, but it's not necessary. Fake things can't be true, and real things can't be fake... It's not the time to talk about marriage. Picky girls are perfect, so I'll marry them all." Give it to me, let alone a small cough, even if it has serious symptoms, I can still get rid of it..."
Before she could finish speaking, Jiu Age blocked her mouth with his hand and suppressed the rest of her words.
"Bah, bah, bah! Tong Yan Wuji! Tong Yan Wuji!"
Brother Jiu raised his head and glanced twice: "The gods passing by, just pretend they didn't hear..."
Shu Shu held Brother Jiu's hand and said nothing.
It was nothing before, but when Brother Jiu said this, she felt uncomfortable in her heart, and she was also afraid that his words would become a prophecy.
"Brother Ninth, Brother Ninth!"
There were footsteps in the yard and the voice of Brother Fourteen.
"Deng Deng Deng", the fourteenth brother rushed in directly.
He no longer looked like his usual playful and smiling face. His little face was tense and his eyes were red. He didn't even look at Shu Shu. He glared at Brother Jiu and said, "What on earth is going on in the Shenxing Division? Even if we have to thoroughly investigate the night before yesterday, There’s no need to take everyone away, right?”
I haven't even gone to Jiu Age's Yamen, so I don't know what's going on in the Shenxing Division.
But when he thought about it, he could guess the reason.
The fourteenth brother is not clean around him. If he checks them one by one, it is easy to lose the confidentiality. It is better to check them all directly.
He said with a sullen face: "You made such a big noise, do you think it's a child's play? Think about it with your brain, how can there be ghosts in this world? They are just people pretending to be ghosts! Except for the people around you, who can scare you nearby? you?"
Brother Fourteen's eyes widened: "Okay, what are they trying to scare me for?"
At this point, he rolled his eyes and said: "If someone really scares me, it shouldn't be someone from outside, right? They are always trying to figure something out. What are the people around me trying to do?"
Brother Jiu rolled his eyes at him: "Then what are the people outside trying to do? You little heartless thing, if I deal with you, I'll give you a beating, no need to worry about that!"
Brother Fourteen nodded and said: "Brother Ninth said the same thing. If you are not happy with your brother moving to the fourth house, just say so directly. There is no need to go through this trouble... Then, is it Brother Twelve who thinks I am noisy?"
As he spoke, he really started thinking about it seriously.
Brother Jiu hummed and said: "Stop thinking blindly, Twelve is not that kind of person. Who knows if one of the slaves has selfish motives and deliberately scares you. I will be a caring person by your side later..."
The fourteenth elder brother no longer had the previous reluctance, but was angry: "Okay, if someone really dares to plot against me like this, then I will tell Khan Ama to beat them!"
Brother Jiu pursed his lips and said nothing.
It would be nice if it was really just a little fight between slaves.
Khan Amma personally checked and found out that no one involved was fine this time.
I'm afraid I won't be lucky enough to get hit.
Brother Jiu's eyes were cold and showed no sympathy.
Even if this wave of people are not the ones who harmed Eleven, there are countless connections behind the same method, and death would not be a pity.
Brother Fourteen did not leave immediately. He hesitated for a moment, prayed, and said: "Brother Ninth, Mother Yang who was on duty that night was an old man next to my brother. She also came from our mother's side in the early years. Even if others are plotting against her, she Me, she doesn't know how... She slept well that night because after eating hot pot here, she was too salty and drank two more bowls of rice wine when she went home..."
Brother Jiu didn't say anything.
He felt that this Nanny Yang would also be left behind.
Drinking at night is a violation of palace rules.
Khan Amma would not allow her to stay with Brother Fourteen.
Brother Jiu sighed and said: "Fourteen, there are no rules without rules. Aren't the nuns in our yard also changed a batch... We will see when the time comes. According to the palace rules, do whatever you want. If you can't bear it, In a few years, when I open a mansion and go out, I will be asked to work as an errand..."
Brother Fourteen had an unconvinced look on his face and glanced at Shu Shu.
In his mind, the nanny next to him was a small fault, completely different from the nuns from the second place.
Replacing the nanny in the second office is more like "the three things a new official takes office".
Shu Shu's expression was indifferent, and she no longer acted like a good sister-in-law.
This bastard, Fourteen, always talks like "Nine Sister-in-Law" when he is using someone, and is indifferent when he is not using him. He doesn't care about anyone.
In this case, if one is happy and pure, who doesn't have a temper?
Seeing her expression, Brother Fourteen realized later that he had been rude before, but he couldn't put his face down to apologize.
He didn't mean it.
Besides, he is still young. What does a sister-in-law care about with herself?
He stopped looking at Shu Shu and said to Brother Ninth: "Anyway, Brother Ninth, help me keep an eye on my brother. If I have any news later, let me know. My brother is going back first..."
After that, he turned around and ran away.
Shu Shu looked at the back of Brother Fourteen, and his face became cold.
She is the sister-in-law, so she should be as far away as possible. Brother Jiu is a biological brother.
From the beginning to the end, the fourteenth elder brother never asked the ninth elder brother's eyes.
It's swollen like a rotten peach. To say you didn't see it would be nonsense, but it's just carelessness.
Shu Shu didn't like to speak ill of others, but she still couldn't help complaining to Brother Ninth: "I can't compare to my thirteenth brother who is kind-hearted and acts too coolly. He doesn't think about others. From now on, we should stay away from each other... Yonghe Palace I don’t want to deal with the empress either…”
Brother Jiu nodded: "I didn't want to talk to him. I just wanted to keep my mouth shut. If he made a fuss for the people around him, it would be bad for others, so I just tried to calm him down with a few words."
Shu Shu nodded, also scared.
Not that she was worried about herself.
But at that time, Xiao Chun and Xiao Song were still there, as well as the three eunuchs beside the ninth elder brother, and the tenth elder brother was also accompanied by the Haha Pearl eunuchs.
Fortunately, Kangxi just said one sentence and did not "shut up" immediately, otherwise Shu Shu would have to bite the bullet and plead for mercy for these people.
In that case, Kangxi would definitely be unhappy.
If you don't say anything, it will leave a bad impression.
But in this world, there are always things that must be done.
If Xiaochun and Xiaosong deserve their punishment, she is not the kind who insists on sharing life and death with anyone, but in a completely innocent situation, she cannot sit back and watch something happen to them...
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Head place.
The Fourteenth Brother came back with a bang and went directly to the study room in the main courtyard. With his mouth pouted, he looked at the Thirteenth Brother with dissatisfaction and said: "Thirteenth, why didn't you stop me?"
Brother Thirteen put down the book in his hand: "I stopped you, but you didn't listen..."
Today, the thirteenth brother was going to go to the study, but the fourteenth brother refused to let him go and sent someone to go to the study and asked for another day off.
There was something he couldn't get rid of.
I felt like I was just taking a day off, as if I was pretending to be sick.
No matter what, it would take two or three days to complete everything.
But it was boring for him to stay in Tousuo by himself, so he just kept Thirteenth Brother.
Who would have thought that someone from the Shenxing Department would come and take away everyone around him with a ferocious look.
He was so anxious that he and his Thirteenth Brother borrowed someone to go to the House of Internal Affairs, only to find out that the Ninth Brother had not gone there today, so he went to the Second Office again.
Before going out, Brother Thirteen refused to let him go, saying that since the Punishment Division had been used, there must be something wrong with the people around him.
The fourteenth elder brother was unhappy and felt that the ninth elder brother was being unkind and deliberately humiliating himself.
The slap in the face depends on the owner.
But seeing Brother Jiu's stern face, he didn't dare to let it go.
He felt that this was not a small matter.
Brother Jiu had no intention of telling him the inside story, so he used Nanny Yang as a test.
The result was as expected.
Those people will never come back...
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