As usual, Brother Ninth came back from the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a somewhat troubled expression on his face.
Shu Shu looked at his expression and was a little curious.
Are you happy or unhappy?
It seems very complicated.
Brother Jiu rubbed his face and said, "I want to be happy, but I feel it's inappropriate. I think it's time for the teacher to give me a bachelor's degree."
As early as the first month of the year, news came out that Ma Qi had entered the cabinet.
Now it's September and there's no movement.
"Isn't this a good thing? Why is it so inappropriate?"
Shu Shu felt that she might have really become stupid and couldn't find the logical relationship.
"Alan is dead. This morning..."
Brother Jiu said with an expression as if he had a toothache and said: "The bachelor is about to die, and there will be no one left if Khan Ama doesn't help him."
There was a man who was seriously ill and was resting, and he could not go to court for a long time.
There was also a man who was implicated by Suo'etu in the first month of the year and took the initiative to complain.
There are also two nominal bachelors, both of whom are old and frail. They only retain the title of bachelor and do not go to court.
Alantai was originally the only one to have great achievements in the dynasty, but as a result, he withered away due to the cold.
"Khan Ama didn't expect it to happen so soon. In the morning, he got a discount from the Alantai family. He sent his eldest brother to bring the royal doctor to visit him. He also planned to go there in person at noon. But when he and the others went there, he was already unconscious. When he came back, Reports and reports of loss come one after another..."
Brother Jiu said: "Really speaking, he is only in his 60s, and he is still a few years away from retirement."
The great scholar is the prime minister. Although the king has more power now and the prime minister has less power, he is still a pillar of the country.
No wonder Ninth Brother's expression was Dong.
Shu Shu said silently: "Winter is coming before our eyes, and this winter will be colder earlier than every year."
The end of the year is sad, that’s all.
Every winter is a difficult time for the elderly and infirm.
When Brother Jiu heard this, he looked at her with concern and said, "Do you feel the room is cold? Ask someone to start burning the charcoal pot. You don't have to wait for Earth Dragon."
Shu Shu looked around and said, "How many charcoal pots are needed to support such a big house? It's full of smoke and smoke, and it won't get much warm."
Brother Jiu glanced at her, pointed to the study and said, "Isn't there a study? It can isolate the heat in the summer, but can't it isolate the cold air in the winter?"
Shu Shu rolled her eyes at Brother Jiu and said with dissatisfaction, "What is that look in my eyes?"
Brother Jiu hurriedly said: "I just think you are so rare! There is no one to help you think of things you can't think of at the moment. Isn't that good?")
The prince and prince Fujin provide charcoal every day in winter, but it is not the time to supply it yet.
Shu Shu thought of the east wing of the Prince's Mansion.
Previously, we only planned to use the west wing as a clean room, and there were no plans for the east wing.
Now it seems that it is just right to be a greenhouse.
It is connected to the study room, where you can read in winter and escape the heat in summer.
Burn a heated kang below. Before winter every year, you can ask someone to burn it in advance, which also saves you from using charcoal directly in the house.
Shu Shu told Brother Ninth, who smiled and said: "We can do whatever we want with our own house, it's all up to you."
Having said this, he thought for a moment and said, "Don't worry about the charcoal. It's already late. The charcoal warehouse has been prepared. I'll have someone move the stove to the study later. I sent Sun Jin to the House of Internal Affairs to deliver some." silver……"
This is equivalent to buying the charcoal themselves.
Shu Shu looked at Brother Jiu and said, "Master, is this inappropriate?"
In the palace, there are old people and young people. They belong to the young and strong.
Even if someone gets special treatment and uses the charcoal pot in advance, it won't be their turn.
Brother Jiu smiled evilly and said, "It's better if you don't do it right, so you'll be picked on. Then you can tell the gossip to the emperor later. When the time comes, we'll have a good reputation when we move."
Shu Shu felt that Brother Ninth was unkind, so he pulled the wool over the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
However, they are not unjust. They spread many gossips in the palace to the outside world.
Regarding the reputation of Ninth Brother, there is mixed praise and praise, and they have the credit.
Brother Jiu thought that he could do it, so he gave the orders one after another.
After the instructions were given, the dining table was set up.
Today's lunch was good, and Brother Jiu felt good eating the glutinous rice noodles.
“It’s good to eat in winter, but the soup base is a little different and a bit vegetarian. It should be better if I change it to mutton soup or chicken soup.”
Shu Shu felt tired of listening to it.
But speaking of mutton, she wanted to eat barbecued mutton kebabs, sprinkled with a lot of chili powder, not lean mutton, but with the tendons attached.
She was so greedy just thinking about it. Shu Shu immediately ordered Xiao Chun to pass on a message, saying: "Go and grill a few skewers of mutton skewers. No need to sprinkle cumin, just sprinkle chili powder and salt, and grill two skewers of cabbage cores..."
Brother Jiu no longer cared about eating noodles and asked with concern: "Is this bad for your taste? What else do you want to eat? Tell me and I will buy it for you..."
Shu Shu's mind was now filled with the smell of spicy meat tendons. She shook her head and said, "Just these two things first..."
When Brother Jiu saw this, he waited with her.
In less than two-quarters of an hour, Xiaotang quickly came in with the food box.
There was a ruler plate inside, with a handful of mutton skewers, two skewers of cabbage cores, and two millet pancakes on it.
The aroma hits your nostrils immediately.
Xiaotang said: "If Fujin thinks the chili is too spicy, eat it with pancakes."
Shu Shu nodded and eagerly picked up a bunch, feeling a burst of satisfaction in his mouth.
In my previous life, when I was a child, I thought spicy food was a taste sensation, just like sour, sweet, bitter and salty food. Only when I got older did I realize that spicy food was a sensory sensation of pain.
The feeling of the chili peppers roasting your taste buds is so enjoyable.
No spices were added, and the chili pepper was enough to soften the fishy and greasy taste of the mutton.
The fatty parts of the mutton skewers are grilled to a golden brown color with a burnt aroma.
Shu Shu ate three skewers in one breath, and his tongue was numb from the spicy food. He looked at Xiaotang and said, "I want to eat something sweet to relieve the spicy food. Are there any more peaches in sugar water?"
Xiaotang said: "There are still several jars that have not been opened. I will fill them right now."
After Xiaotang left, Shu Shu slowed down and finished off a few more mutton skewers and two cabbage skewers.
At this moment, the peach meat in sugar water was also served.
It's just right to eat something cold now.
Brother Jiu was standing by, his stomach felt uncomfortable, and he asked with concern: "This is hot and cold at the same time. Is it okay to eat it?"
Shu Shu said: "It's okay."
Seeing that Brother Jiu's noodles were getting softer, he said comfortably: "Cook another bowl for me, this has been delayed..."
Brother Jiu shook his head and said, "I've almost eaten."
Shu Shu was satisfied with this meal, but Brother Jiu felt distressed.
He thought for a while and said: "You can't always think about what to eat. How can you bear to wait like this? Why don't you go back and write a list of everything you want to eat and what you might eat, and call it a meal?" The room is ready, so you don’t have to wait so long for what you want to eat...")
Shu Shu also found it difficult to order food like this.
It takes so long every time.
What does she want to eat?
Boiled fish.
Hairy blood is abundant.
Spicy Chicken·
Small crispy pork.
She wanted to eat everything on the Sichuan restaurant’s menu.
Seeing her move, Brother Jiu said, "What have you thought of? Just take your turn according to what you want to eat. I'm not picky about food anyway, so just follow the two bites."
After hearing this, Shu Shu calmed down again.
If she ate it alone, with Brother Jiu watching, it would lose the taste.
She said: "I want to drink old duck soup. I'll ask the kitchen to stew it in the afternoon. It will be just right for me to drink in the evening."
Brother Jiu thought for a while and said, "Didn't you like to eat fried bean skin when you were making pots? You can also fry the inside."
This was mentioned by Shu Shu.
Shu Shu said that children should eat more eggs, tofu and meat, as well as dried milk, so that children can grow well.
Shu Shu nodded and said, "Then add one."
By the time the dining table for the two of them was removed, the smoker had already been placed on the kang in the study room.
The woolen tapestries that were put away after the beginning of autumn were also taken out and placed again on the Duobao Pavilion in the study.
Even the best red snail charcoal used in the house was brought back in two baskets.
But it was noon now, it was warm outside and it wasn't cold inside the house, so Shu Shu didn't ask anyone to light a fire.
She laughed with Brother Jiu and said, "In less than two days, I will be an unfilial son."
Years later, Kangxi cleaned up the Ministry of Internal Affairs and dismissed many people.
Especially the natal family of the concubine in the harem, several families in the imperial dining room have been cleared out.
If you are a sensible person, you will naturally know that this is a sacred mandate; but if you are confused, or someone who bullies the weak and is afraid of the strong, you must put this debt on Brother Jiu's head.
In the past six months, Brother Jiu has become his "loved son", and there are no flaws in his actions, so no one dares to mess with him.
But if he did this "unfilial" act, would he be able to benefit from it?
Criticism is inevitable.
Brother Jiu touched his chin and said, "I'm digging a hole for them, but I'm not going to fall into it myself, so I should be prepared as well."
In the afternoon, when I went to the House of Internal Affairs, Ninth Elder Brother sent Sun Jin to bring two written notes. Starting from Ningshou Palace, the palaces went one by one to meet with the chief eunuch and pass on Ninth Elder Brother's words.
There is enough charcoal fire this winter, and the weather gets cold early. If any elder feels that the house is too cold, he can send someone to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to withdraw the charcoal fire in advance, and wait until next spring to calculate the excess total and deduct it from the next year's charcoal fire.
If there is any leftover, it will be converted into money and paid according to the price in the books of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Nowadays, Chengqian Palace and Jingren Palace in the East and West Twelve Palaces and the East Sixth Palace are empty, while Jingyang Palace has been used as a library.
The remaining nine palaces all have the chief concubine.
That afternoon, I learned about this year’s “New Deal” of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
Wood.
Yanxi Palace, main hall.
Concubine Hui nodded and said, "It's different to have someone of your own watching over you. How can a foreigner know whether it's hot or cold in the palace? It does get cold early this year."
The palace maid said: "My Lady, do we need to get the charcoal in advance?"
Concubine Hui nodded and said, "Take it, otherwise the others behind you won't dare to act rashly."
The valuable thing about Ninth Brother is that he not only mentioned that he could withdraw the charcoal in advance, but also explained the calculation of the charcoal.
In this way, even if you send people to collect charcoal in advance, you don't have to worry about being blackmailed by the minions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
If you really live in a tight situation, if you spend less money every winter, you will still have some spare money next spring.
As for whether it's cold or not.
Anyway, there will be ground dragons in October. Even if the house is not warm by then, the cold will not harm anyone...
