The first day of March.
The southern patrol fleet anchored at the mouth of Qinghe River.
On the second day of March, the fleet did not move and continued to anchor at the mouth of Qinghe River.
The saint got on the royal boat and went to inspect the muddy shallows of the river.
But this time the Queen Mother wasn't too worried, because it was along the river embankment and not going far.
We will arrive in Huai'an tomorrow, and there will be no need to patrol the river for the rest of the journey.
After lunch, Concubine Hui came over with two concubines.
The three of them played cards with the Queen Mother.
Aunt Shu Shu became the one who helped read the cards.
The Queen Mother and the Dowager Princess were old and their eyesight was a little blurry, so they couldn't see clearly while holding the cards.
So Jiu Gege sat next to the Queen Mother, Wu Fujin sat behind Princess Shuhui, and Shu Shu sat behind Princess Duanshun.
It can be regarded as a junior serving.
This time, the Queen Mother not only did not give the money box to the two concubines, she also told Jiu Gege: "My eyes are sharper. I have to win against them today. They are both rich men."
Let’s not talk about the dowries of the two, but let’s talk about the silver rewards in the palace every year. The two concubines are receiving first-class gifts, but unfortunately they don’t have much to spend money on.
Concubine Duanshun, who was sitting opposite the Queen Mother, smiled and said to Concubine Shuhui: "It's over. The money I brought with me when I went out this time has caught my attention..."
Concubine Shuhui smiled, looked at Concubine Hui opposite, and reminded: "Be careful, don't give cards to the empress on purpose."
Concubine Hui happened to be sitting at the head of the Queen Mother, which was the easiest position for the Queen Mother to take advantage of.
Concubine Hui patted her money box and said, "Don't worry, Concubine, we will eat from the big ones today."
Shu Shu sat behind Princess Duanshun and looked at the card game in front of her, feeling that it was a little less interesting.
There is no "clatter, clatter" of shuffling.
When did Mahjong begin?
It seems to be in the 19th century, during the Tongzhi and Guangxu periods.
Today's playing cards are very similar to the mahjong of later generations.
Added "southeast, northwestern", and also added "middle white".
Shu Shu thinks that when she returns to the capital, she can figure out mahjong.
When all materials are available, they will be considered a luxury product of the Qing Dynasty.
Shu Shu felt that her little treasury was thicker, and a smile appeared on her face.
Concubine Duanshun was by her side, sensing her good mood, and praised to the Queen Mother: "I just like Jiu Fujin's temperament. He is happy and cheerful all day long, and it makes people feel comfortable just looking at him."
The Queen Mother smiled and said: "Shu Shu has a great heart, Xiao Fang has a good temper, and our Xiao Jiu'er is also pretty good."
Princess Shuhui said: "It is also our fifth elder brother and ninth elder brother who are blessed."
Concubine Hui said from the side: "Prince Fujin is carefully selected by the emperor. His temperament and behavior are naturally good and he has a generous mother-in-law like sister Yi Fei and a loving mother-in-law like the empress. His life is like a honey pot. Aren’t you going to be happy all day long?”
Jiu Gege sat calmly, looking at his two sisters-in-law and smiling.
Wufujin was a little shy.
As a prince, Fujin, his performance was not up to standard.
That is to say, the fifth master is honest and kind, and the mother-in-law is tolerant, so he does not argue with her.
When Shu Shu saw this, she also acted embarrassed.
If you really want to count it out, she has been married for less than a year and is still a new wife. However, this is not the case at this time. If you turn over the year, it will count as one year.
She is now in her second year of marriage.
Under normal circumstances, if you are unable to conceive and have a child next year, even if you are not directly induced to give birth, it will attract people's attention.
Because of Brother Jiu's health, Kangxi and Concubine Yi would not rush this, so she had no sense of urgency.
When Princess Duan Shun saw this, she thought she was really embarrassed, so she stopped boasting and said to Shu Shu: "I'll have to remember the cards carefully in a while. It's a big game today. Let's not play randomly. As long as we touch ourselves, we will win." Three families!”
Very high-spirited.
Shu Shu also cooperated and said: "You have ordered me, then my granddaughter-in-law must work hard."
Princess Shuhui said helplessly: "Sister, it's true. Didn't you just say we were three against one? Why did we break up again?"
Princess Duanshun said with a smile: "Didn't you go out to read the almanac? It said that the God of Wealth is in the south today, and I am sitting on the God of Wealth's seat!"
The card game begins.
Shu Shu sat behind Queen Mother Duanshun, holding back without changing her expression.
Is this really the God of Wealth?
The deck of cards is sparse.
All three colors are available, and they are not even connected.
Princess Duanshun was completely unaware and whispered to Shu Shu with a bit of pride: "We are a match, so there is no need to join hands."
Shu Shu had a smile on her face.
This requirement is really not high.
Originally, she wanted to give full play to her skills, memorize the cards well, and partner with the concubine to kill everyone.
Playing cards requires losing and winning to be addictive. If everyone is coaxing the Queen Mother to play, what's the point?
But no matter how good you think, you can't do it with strength.
She kept her eyes on the table and barely let the concubine light up the cannon.
On the Queen Mother's side, they kept missing cards, and then it was Princess Shuhui who defeated both the Queen Mother and Huifei.
The Queen Mother, an old child, did not admit that she was a poor player at cards, and only said Jiugege: "Learn from your two sisters-in-law. You can't just memorize the cards, but also guess them."
Card counting is to write down the approximate number, and card guessing is to follow the cards played and speculate on the remaining cards in other people's hands.
Jiu Gege felt a headache, looked at the two sisters-in-law and said: "How did the sisters-in-law guess?"
Wu Fujin smiled and said, "I can't seem to tell. I'll tell my sister in detail when we touch a few."
Jiu Gege looked at Shu Shu again.
Shu Shu thought about the cards just now and said: "There are some rules in it. For example, just now the concubine played a five-number card in front of the Hu card. After the card was announced, you have to think about not playing a four-number card or a six-number card. Kujo, those are all dangerous cards.”
Jiu Gege thought that the one she had just asked the Queen Mother to play was a piece of nine. It was a perfect match.
She frowned and said, "Do you want to think so much? Playing cards is too troublesome."
The Queen Mother said: "You have some free time in the future, don't think about reading, learn to play cards with your two sisters-in-law, so that you can kill your time in the future."
Jiugege status here means that after marriage, you don’t have to serve your parents-in-law. It’s not a bad thing to have more hobbies to fill your days.
Jiu Gege responded and said: "Well, I'll play cards with Grandma Huang later..."
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Forbidden City, Qianxi Sansuo.
There is a wedding tent in the yard, which is bright red.
The main room and the side room in the front yard are all set up to entertain guests.
Many female relatives of the clan have come.
In the west room of the upper room, there is also a card game.
Sitting here are Prince Zhuang Fujin, Prince Yu Fujin, Prince Gong Fujin and Prince Xian Fujin.
As the bride-to-be, Prince Jian Fujin went to the inner palace to get married with the 10th prince and the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The tenth prince welcomes you personally today.
So many princes have been married in the past, and this is the first time that the prince personally welcomes them.
The ninth elder brother, the twelfth elder brother, as well as several elders from Prince Yu's Palace and Prince Gong's Palace were all pulled by the tenth elder brother to make up the number and become besties.
The Crown Princess and several Fujins from Prince Yu's Palace and Prince Gong's Palace accompanied other county princes Fujin, Baylor, and Mrs. Beizi to talk.
The Crown Princess had a smile on her face, but felt sad in her heart.
At a glance, they are all clan members, and she is the only sister-in-law.
It was completely different from last year when my ninth elder brother got married.
On June 28 last year, the ninth elder brother got married right next door, and all seven of his sisters-in-law went to the wedding room to accompany the bride, Shu Shu.
Within half a year, Dafujin passed away, Bafujin made the emperor angry and was sent back to Prince An's Mansion, Qifuxin was seven and a half months pregnant at home and awaiting delivery, and the other three followed him on the southern tour.
Originally, she and Si Fujin were here today, but on the night of February 29, the second elder brother of Si Beile Mansion died.
Although he is the bastard of Gegesheng, there are only two elder brothers in Sibeile Mansion at the moment. It is uncomfortable to lose one of them.
A three-year-old child is in disgrace, but Si Fujin couldn't come to the wedding for fear of offending the newlyweds.
Even the fourth elder brother showed up in the morning and then returned.
The princess also gave birth, and she knew more and more that it was not easy to reach nirvana, and it was difficult to raise a child, so she was really worried.
If the confinement baby died, he wouldn't be so sad. He was three years old and would stand still when he saw it.
The auspicious time has come, and the wedding sedan outside has arrived.
When the bride was sent to her new house, the Crown Princess and her clan relatives also followed her.
Regarding this Shifu Jin, there have been rumors among the clan members for a long time.
The words were not pleasant to the ears, and the description of appearance and figure was very harsh.
When the news about Shi Fujin's dowry came out, others were a little bitter when they said it, meaning that the Abahai tribe sent an ugly girl to the royal family, so they desperately paid for it.
But when she saw the person, the princess felt that it was an exaggeration.
Where did you get fat?
It's just not slender.
She has a round face, which comes from her heart, and her eyeballs are lighter in color, but she is not without Baqi. She looks like a simple and pleasant girl.
Shi Fujin was also looking at the Crown Princess, his round eyes full of curiosity.
Sanfujin from Prince Yu's Palace introduced: "This is the Crown Princess."
Shi Fujin was sitting on the bed. He knew the rules before and couldn't get up, so he sat down and bowed and said: "Hello, the Crown Princess..."
The Crown Princess glanced at Sanfujin from Prince Yu's Mansion, took over the introducer's errand, and introduced the elders next to her.
Shifujin said hello one by one.
The rules are correct, and there are no omissions in words.
The elders of the clan were polite and went out to eat, leaving the Crown Princess and several of the palace's concubines behind.
The Crown Princess was beside him, feeling relieved.
After all, Shi Fujin's identity is here, he is marrying the son of a noble concubine, and his family is also very powerful. If he is really domineering, it will only cause headaches.
The princess felt as if she was getting old and didn't like any changes.
In the first month of this year, there were waves on the ground, which made people nervous.
The peaceful and stable life that I have now restored is quite good.
Shi Fujin looked at the Crown Princess, with confusion on his face.
The Crown Princess looked at her, worried that she would be inconvenienced, and whispered: "Do you want to change clothes?"
Shi Fujin shook his head and said: "The palace is full of empresses, empress dowagers, concubines, concubines, and concubines. Why do I still call you empress? Then do others also call me empress? Prince Fujin empress?"
She asked seriously.
Today, the tenth prince personally welcomed him, and Ehe even cried.
He said that he wanted her to be obedient from now on, be a good prince Fujin, and not let down the love of the tenth prince.
She was afraid that there was something she hadn't learned.
The Crown Princess patiently said: "You won't be called like that, and you won't be called like that in person. Others call you 'Shifujin', and the elders call you 'Old Shijia' or just call you by your last name, Borzijit." Shi..."
Shi Fujin smiled and said: "You should call me 'from the old Shi family'. If you call me 'Borjijit', I don't even know it's me."
There are several Borzigits in the palace.
The queen mother, two concubines, and a concubine.
Seeing her innocence, the Crown Princess felt much better and said: "I guess the Emperor will only call you that. Don't worry, we won't see you twice a year."
Shi Fujin smiled and said: "I'm not afraid. Tomorrow I will set off with Master Shi to meet Tian Khan!"
If the Ninth Elder Brother and Tenth Elder Brother and his wife want to leave the capital, they must report to Yuqing Palace.
The Crown Princess already knew about this. Although she was worried, there was no room for her to stop him. She just said: "Yes, we can still see the Queen Mother and the two concubines."
"And Sister-in-law Ninth..."
Shi Fujin's eyebrows were crooked and he said: "Sister-in-law Jiu reminded me last time and told me not to say 'I' directly, but also to remember to say 'you'. I know how to say 'you', but I don't know how to say 'me'." , what should I say..."
The Crown Princess thought about it carefully and said: "Then remember two things. Address yourself as 'granddaughter-in-law' in front of the queen mother and concubines, address yourself as 'daughter-in-law' in front of the emperor and other concubines and concubines, and address yourself as 'daughter-in-law' in front of other people." It’s okay.”
The other people are either of the same generation, or their status is not as noble as theirs.
Shi Fujin's face showed surprise: "Am I also the daughter-in-law of the concubine and the concubine? Wasn't my mother-in-law buried?"
"Pfft..."
Prince Yu's Sanfujin, who was accompanying him next to him, was eating melon seeds. After hearing these words, he burst into tears.
The Crown Princess was also a little stuck.
She considered it and said: "Let's talk about it from the emperor's side. The concubines and concubines in the harem are all elders. When meeting the concubines and concubines, they must show respect. Although it is a courtesy when meeting nobles, they must also show respect to the concubines below. Be polite too.”
This is the emperor's Forbidden City. As long as the emperor's concubines, even if it is a promise, they are the concubines of these princes and prince Fujin.
In addition to respect and inferiority, there is also ethics.
Shi Fujin said nervously, "How many mothers-in-law will we have?"
She cried sadly. She had heard the rules in the capital before, and her mother-in-law had to respect them.
The Crown Princess did not dare to let her continue talking, so as not to make a joke out of her ignorant appearance, she interrupted and said: "We will set off at noon tomorrow. Is the carriage of the Ministry of Internal Affairs ready? Is your luggage packed?"
Shi Fujin nodded obediently and said, "It's all packed up. Brother Ten said I don't need to worry about it. Brother Nine has already prepared everything."
The Crown Princess felt her head hurt and reminded in a low voice: "You can't just call Uncle Ten 'Ten Elder Brother', nor can you just call Uncle Nine 'Nine Elder Brother'. These are called by the elders."
Shi Fujin pursed his lips, looked at the Crown Princess pitifully, and said, "I screamed before..."
The Crown Princess did not speak directly, but looked at several concubines.
The generals' wives knew what was going on, so they apologized and went out to serve the meal.
The Crown Princess then said: "Your Majesty, if the Emperor knew about it, he would be unhappy, so you should change your name to Uncle Ten, 'Master Shi', or just 'Master'; for Uncle Nine, you can call him 'Uncle Nine' or 'Master Nine', or just follow 'Uncle Ten' and call him 'Brother Nine'..."
Shi Fujin became even more confused after hearing this.
The Crown Princess couldn't bear it and said, "Don't think about it today. If you can't make up your mind later, just ask Uncle Ten. Just listen to Uncle Ten."
Shi Fujin nodded hurriedly, then his eyes lit up and he said: "How about I talk less in the future, and I can also speak Mongolian, so I don't have to learn so much..."
The Crown Princess shook her head and said: "That's not good, it will be difficult to learn at the beginning. Once you learn it, it will be fine."
The tenth brother already has a reputation as a playboy, but if he adds Fujin who doesn't understand etiquette, what will happen?
It's better to do as the Romans do.
"You are the prince Fujin, and you also represent the dignity of Uncle Ten. You should not be fooled like this."
The Crown Princess said seriously.
Shi Fujin already regretted what he said. After hearing this, he nodded and said, "Well, I will learn the rules well and not embarrass Mr. Shi..."
There was warmth on the face of the Crown Princess as she said, "Don't be nervous. As long as you behave yourself in front of the Emperor and the Queen Mother, it will be fine if you are negligent in other places."
The emperor attaches great importance to rules. If the emperor fails to follow the rules, he will be disliked.
The Queen Mother cannot show any slightest care, otherwise the Queen Mother will not care about it, and the Emperor will also take note of it.
The current royal daughters-in-law, including the crown princess, are all personally selected by the emperor for marriage.
Perhaps because of this, he has very high requirements for these royal daughters-in-law.
She taught sincerely, and Shi Fujin naturally noticed her friendliness, and said in a friendly manner: "Can I not call you the Crown Princess? It doesn't sound close to you, I want to call you Second Sister-in-law, the same as Ninth Sister-in-law... "
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