Shu Shu smiled and said: "I have compassion for heaven and earth, and my heart is kind..."
In fact, she had already discovered Brother Jiu's strengths: he was hard-spoken, soft-hearted, and had a pitiful temperament.
It was the same case as early as the lawsuit in March. He was deceived by Gui Dan and thought that Dong E's bank was manufacturing and selling counterfeit goods, so he supported Gui Dan in the lawsuit.
Not at all slick and sophisticated.
Even if you are not on duty, you should know that the Eight Banners are all the emperor's confidants and cannot be easily shaken.
There is no need to offend if you don't make friends.
As a result, he went to seek justice and made a joke.
Even though he grew up in the palace and saw a limited world, his compassion was also limited.
Yesterday I met Wei Zhu. Because of Wei Zhu's life experience, he thought about the livelihood of the people in Gyeonggi Province. He only saw snow this morning and thought that "auspicious snow heralds a good harvest."
Brother Jiu felt a little uncomfortable and said quickly: "Don't say that. Good people don't live long, and disasters will last for thousands of years. I'd better be a bad person..."
I don't want to pretend to be a good person, and I will suffer a loss when I get picked on.
Shu Shu smiled and listened, silently peeling an egg and giving it to him.
Recently, the two restaurants have been preparing New Year dishes, and they have tried various dishes in the upper room. Shu Shu is a little tired of it.
Ninth Brother here had a few more bites of barbecue yesterday, and he also wanted to eat something plain this morning.
Breakfast is very simple, steamed buns with bean noodles, boiled eggs, millet porridge, and two kinds of pickles.
"I wonder how the Queen Mother is doing?"
After the dining table was moved away, Shu Shu thought of Ningshou Palace and felt a little worried.
The little sisters-in-law of their generation came back from a "small funeral". Even if they had paid a warm tribute, they should have returned to Ningshou Palace to pay their respects.
However, Ningshou Palace sent people to send messages to various places a day in advance, and the greetings were suspended yesterday.
Brother Jiu said: "Don't worry, it's nothing serious. You can't say it's just like us. We love to sleep and don't like to get up early. We've had several banquets since New Year's Eve. We have to recharge our batteries. If something serious happens, Fifth Brother won't come in." I left the palace as soon as I stopped, and the ladies had already arranged their shifts to attend to the sick..."
Shu Shu felt relieved and counted the days, planning to let Walnut go to Ningshou Palace for a walk tomorrow to meet Aunt Bai.
If the Queen Mother was happy to meet people, she would go there by herself, pay a visit to the Queen Mother, and send New Year's dishes to her.
If you are too lazy to see anyone, then ask someone to send it directly.
There is also Yikun Palace, I will go there once a year ago.
After finishing breakfast, Shu Shu asked Walnut to go to Yikun Palace and bring two plates of fried rice cakes.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, everyone went around to pay tribute. Shu Shu and Jiu Age and his wife also gave filial gifts to Ningshou Palace and Yikun Palace.
Shu Shu didn't do anything on her own, and directly asked the ninth elder brother and the fifth elder brother to ask for the gift list there.
Here at Yikun Palace, they followed the fifth elder brother's gift list, and the preparations were almost the same, except that they lost two pairs of purses as a sign of respect.
The same sons, even if one is the eldest and the other is the youngest, should be almost filial.
At Ningshou Palace, they prepared half of the gift list for Fifth Elder Brother, which was enough and not so abrupt.
This is self-knowledge.
They are also grandsons. Those who have been raised by the Queen Mother are different from those who have not been raised by the Queen Mother.
If you insist on competing with Fifth Prince in Ningshou Palace, that would be a joke.
Even though some New Year rituals may come and go, most of them come this year.
The young couple is now wealthy.
Not short of money.
After a while, the walnut came back.
"Your Majesty is free in the morning and is about to ask Fujin to come over and talk."
Shu Shu didn't waste any time and asked someone to carry several baskets of prepared New Year dishes to Yikun Palace.
That was the inner court, and the ninth elder brother was an adult prince. Even if he was a biological mother and son, he couldn't just go there if he wanted to, so he said, "Then let's go talk to Lao Shi..."
Nowadays, jewelry and clothing materials from Jiangnan are very popular in the capital.
It doesn't matter whether you like it or not, what's important is that others have it, and Shu Shu should have it too.
Brother Ninth planned to take out a sum of money and entrust it to Brother Five and Sister-in-law Five to help them buy some things.
It's not hard to guess. Since the emperor's father was on a southern tour with the Queen Mother, the fifth elder brother and his wife could not be separated from each other.
*
Three.
Brother 10 is free here, thinking about building a garden in the study.
In the construction of the Prince's Mansion, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will only be responsible for the regulation of the middle road.
There are no requirements for the left and right paths, just a few steps into the courtyard.
If you want to make other improvements, you will have to pay out of your own pocket.
The tenth prince does not plan to build a garden, but plans to free up the west road and make it a school ground.
His boundary happened to be the junction between Zhenghuang Banner and Xianghuang Banner.
There is a road on the west side. Building a school field will just separate the house from the road and make it quieter.
During the past few days of the yamen's holiday, he had been thinking about this.
As for New Year's Eve and New Year's dishes, he was not polite to his brother and sister-in-law. He bought a lot of ingredients from the imperial dining room and asked people to take them directly to the Second Dining Room. He asked Shu Shu to help prepare the New Year's dishes from the Third Dining Room.
Even the people who run the three dining rooms are working here as errands these days.
As a result, the three institutes became quite deserted.
Seeing this, the ninth elder brother said to the tenth elder brother: "You should also learn how to behave, and become familiar with the rules of the New Year. I can also teach you Fu Jin next year..."
Brother Ten smiled and said: "There is Sister Ninth, please ask Sister Ninth to teach her when the time comes..."
The affection between people only becomes deeper and deeper with the comings and goings.
It seems that the ninth sister-in-law is very close to the fourth sister-in-law, the fifth sister-in-law, and the seventh sister-in-law, but there is still a difference between the ninth sister-in-law and the seventh sister-in-law.
Just like him and Brother Ninth, they have different feelings.
Please ask Sister-in-law Jiu to teach Buyin more. The two sisters-in-law will get closer as they interact more often.
How much can Sister-in-law Jiu feel sorry for Buyin?
Buyin could also be more respectful to Sister-in-law Ninth.
It's not that we have to distinguish between superior and inferior, but Sister-in-law Ninth is also worthy of respect.
Moreover, Sister-in-law Jiu's temperament is a bit "hot on the outside and cold on the inside", and she doesn't get along well with everyone.
Eat soft food rather than hard food.
If the sisters-in-law don't get along well at the beginning, it will probably be a matter of face in the future.
That's not good.
How did the ninth elder brother know that the tenth elder brother thought so far, so he just thought he was lazy and said: "We can't do this anymore. After the wedding, we have to worry about the family. I can't let you Fujin think about everything..."
Brother Ten nodded in agreement.
Brother Ninth told me about Jiangnan’s purchase of clothing materials and jewelry.
The tenth elder brother became interested and said: "This is good. My brother almost overlooked it. I will also prepare a sum of money here and ask the fifth brother and the fifth sister-in-law to watch the purchase."
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "Well, just don't like to reward people when the time comes. It won't cost you much..."
*
Yikun Palace, Dongci Room.
Shu Shu was a little dumbfounded.
What?
Let her go to Jiangnan with the Queen Mother?
Shu Shuru is in a dream.
Jiangning Weaving Mansion?
She was pleasantly surprised at first, and then she hesitated when she thought of Brother Jiu.
The solution was just completed yesterday, and the two of them also have plans to go south next year to request an order. This has changed?
Brother Ninth is too pitiful.
Shu Shu was a little reluctant to give up.
She then said: "It is the daughter-in-law's duty to be filial to the elders, but Master Jiu cannot go back this time. This trip will take several months. My daughter-in-law is worried about the two houses and does not want to go..."
Even though she longed for Jiangning Zhizao Mansion in her heart, compared with life, the life in front of her was more important.
Shu Shu was worried that she was speaking tactfully, but Concubine Yi thought she was being polite and expressed her opinion straightforwardly.
Concubine Yi didn't feel dissatisfied after hearing this.
After being with mother-in-law and daughter-in-law for half a year, she also understands how her younger daughter-in-law behaves.
Whenever something worthy of credit is encountered, he will push it onto Brother Ninth without competing for the credit. When encountering something that requires responsibility, he will not push it onto Brother Ninth and directly take the responsibility himself.
Looking at Wen Jing, he actually has a sassy temper.
Concubine Yi smiled and said: "The Emperor has so many things to do, how can he go for so long? I asked someone to ask, the Emperor's first two southern tours, one lasted for 60 days and the other lasted for 71 days, this response should be about the same..."
That's two to two and a half months?
If you leave in early February, you will come back in early April or the end of April.
Who doesn’t want to hang out?
But when she saw Concubine Yi's belly, Shu Shu's excitement died down again and she said: "The Queen Mother has no shortage of people around her to show her filial piety. She has a fifth sister-in-law, but she also needs someone to take care of her."
Concubine Yi waved her hands and said: "It will be six months later. Besides, with so many people around me, how can I support a child? Don't be nagging, I have already said hello to the Queen Mother and your mother, Concubine Hui. List of palace family members." There is only you in it, and you can bring six people to serve when the time comes."
Shu Shu was a little anxious after hearing this: "Mother, I'm afraid Master Jiu won't be happy. Yesterday he just felt bad that he missed it this time. If his daughter-in-law leaves again, Master Jiu will be so pitiful!"
Concubine Yi hummed and said, "Why are you pitiful? Don't pay any attention to him. If you let him mess with you and have children, will you lose your reputation?"
Shu Shu's face flushed red and she hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Madam, Master Jiu is behaving himself."
Concubine Yi shook her head and said: "You are too used to it. Just listen to me and don't blindly follow a man's thoughts! You have to put yourself first so that you can last a long time. Go out with the Queen Mother to relax and pass the filial piety period. , in the future, you two can get as close as you want, and I won’t care about you anymore!”
Yifei's tone was solemn, what could Shu Shu say?
If you say any more, it becomes sophistry.
You can't tell Yifei about the difference between one, two and three, right?
Before the age of three, you can’t have a child!
She felt extremely embarrassed, but she also knew that Concubine Yi had good intentions and really thought about her, so she made such an arrangement.
She could only look shy and shy, lowered her head and said, "It's our fault that made the queen worry."
Yi Fei took her hand and said: "Don't worry, I came here when I was young. I am happy to see you young couple loving each other, just this time... With your appearance in front of Lao Jiu, if he can sit still , then I have to worry..."
Now that it has been decided, Shu Shu doesn't have any worries.
Seeing Concubine Yi wearing a hairpin with two dotted green hairpins on it, Shu Shu praised: "My Majesty's hairpin is beautiful, it seems to be Jiangnan style. If your Majesty likes it, will my daughter-in-law buy more this time?"
After hearing this, Concubine Yi was filled with joy and said: "I'm from Jiangnan. If you don't mention it, I would have forgotten about it. Buy, buy, buy... It's okay this summer, there are many kinds of jewelry, and I have my own preferences; in winter, , just wear gold hairpins, gold flowers, etc., everyone wears the same style, it’s annoying..."
What woman doesn’t love beauty?
Even though she has grandchildren, Concubine Yi doesn't recognize her age.
She felt that if she took good care of herself, she could still be decent and respectable for twenty years.
Not for the emperor's favor, but to not be outdone by young concubines and nobles when paying respects.
From jewelry to clothing materials, from clothing materials to rouge powder.
At the end of the sentence, Concubine Yi sighed: "I didn't think so earlier. Put it this way, the capital city is like a big village. All good things have to come from the south of the Yangtze River. Next time, I have to follow them. Once."
Shu Shu said: "The world is at peace and the waterways are smooth. In the future, I won't be able to go back only once in two or three years..."
Yi Fei smiled: "Then I'm looking forward to it..."
(End of chapter)