The third elder brother felt something was wrong.
I didn't pay attention before, and the eldest brother went out.
What did you do?
The eunuch he sent to the Ninth Prince's Mansion is back?
Is this a solitary food?
The third elder brother couldn't sit still anymore and got busy.
Sure enough, he wasn't in the yard either.
When he left the Duke's Mansion, he saw his eldest brother standing under the wall without moving.
Huh?
It can't be that I can't hold it in any longer, so what?
How shameful!
There are few toilets in the capital. In addition to the toilets set up by the three government offices in the entire inner city, there are only five paid toilets and none nearby.
However, if people have "three urgent needs", many people will do whatever they want on the streets and alleys.
The third elder brother came over with contempt.
The eldest brother heard the commotion and finished the last bite of dried eggs in his hand.
It's spicy and quite chewy.
It tastes better than pastry.
The third elder brother saw his movements, swallowed his mouth, and said hurriedly: "Is this the food you brought back? Brother, what are you doing?"
It’s really eating alone!
The eldest brother raised his eyebrows and said, "Try it first."
The third elder brother also stopped the carriage and said with gleaming eyes, "What's wrong with you? Have you cleared out the pastry shop's warehouse?"
After saying that, without waiting for the eldest brother to speak, he rushed over and opened the carriage curtain.
Then he saw clearly inside the carriage. There was a ram's horn lamp hanging in the corner, and there was a chair underneath. Under the chair was a covered bucket, and there was an empty bucket next to it.
This is a tasteful picture.
It's rare that there is no strange smell.
There is also a faint fragrance of mint.
The third elder brother couldn't help but burst into laughter and said: "This old nine is so funny! This is so exciting! It's so fussy, and it even contains flower dew!"
In the clean rooms elsewhere, the clothes smelled after entering them; in this "clean room" in the carriage, if you squat for a while, there will probably be a scene.
Throw away fees!
Money to burn!
Seeing that he had nothing nice to say, the eldest brother nodded and said: "Yes, I am about to send someone back!"
The third elder brother's hand holding the car curtain froze and he said with a sneer: "It's already here, it's Lao Jiu's sympathy."
The eldest brother snorted, ignored him, asked someone to carry the food box, and entered the Duke's mansion.
The third elder brother couldn't wait any longer and immediately got on the carriage, his eyes closed in comfort·
Wood.
Ninth Prince's Mansion, main courtyard, upper room.
Brother Jiu told Shu Shu about the funeral of the old Duke the day after tomorrow.
Shu Shu was also surprised. The suspension time was too short.
You should know that the only son of the Guo Luoluo family died, and it was delayed for seven days before being sent.
Brother Jiu was more in agreement, saying: "There shouldn't be a grand burial in the first place. There are serious principles in the Book of Rites, which can educate people's hearts and stabilize order, but some are too cumbersome and torment living people, so there is no need! And! It's not about singing a big show, you have to put your filial piety in front of others and weigh it!"
The most annoying thing is that relatives and friends have to follow suit.
Shu Shu also feels that the formality of funerals currently outweighs the meaning.
It's just that the world is like this, and everyone follows the crowd, fearing that if something is not perfect, someone will find it unfilial.
Thinking of this, she realized something was wrong.
"Second Master De is quite decisive, but aren't you afraid of being criticized?" Shu Shu asked.
Simplification saves trouble, pleases the clan members, and costs less money, but it also has hidden dangers.
When others criticize him later, he will be angry at someone who is "unfilial".
Brother Jiu's face was full of gossip, and he said: "I thought of something and thought that he might have broken the pot!"
Shu Shu said: "Does their family have any other shortcomings?"
As for the old man's case, death is like a lamp going out, so that's the end of the story.
If Kangxi continued to keep an eye on this matter and not even let go of the children and grandchildren of this branch, it would be mean.
Unless there are other pigtails, Deming will be like this.
This means that it is useless to know that everything is complete. The decline of family fortune is inevitable. If you can't get up, you will lose.
Brother Jiu whispered: "Fu Jin from Deming is Mingzhu's eldest daughter."
Shu Shu was surprised, she had never heard of it.
The Mingzhu family and the Dong E family are also related by marriage, and they usually have a lot of affection.
The third grandma over there is Shu Shu's cousin, the princess of Prince Kang's Mansion.
According to Shu Shu's knowledge, the Mingzhu family only had two daughters in this generation. One daughter married into the clan, Prince Fujin of Wen County, and the other daughter married into the Li family of the Han Army Banner.
Do you actually have an eldest daughter?
"Is she a concubine? Why haven't you heard anyone mention it?" Shu Shu also became curious.
Mingzhu's legitimate wife, Jue Luo, was the daughter of Prince Azig of England. She was known in the capital for being jealous and tough during her lifetime.
The three sons and two daughters of the Mingzhu family are all legitimate children.
This Mingzhu family is not an ordinary family.
According to later generations of red scholars, the prototype of "A Dream of Red Mansions" is not the Cao family, but the Mingzhu family.
Rumor has it that Qianlong read the manuscript of "A Dream of Red Mansions" and once said, "This is a matter of Mingzhu's family."
There is another thing that Shu Shu paid attention to, which is the famous seaside attraction "Prince Gong's Mansion Garden" in Shicha, the capital of later generations. Its predecessor was "Heshen Garden" and its predecessor was "Pearl Garden".
Someone mentioned that it was the prototype of the "Grand View Garden".
Brother Jiu shook his head and said: "She is not a concubine. That Nalan Gege is Nalan Xingde's sister. She married into the palace in the tenth year of Kangxi's reign. I only found out about this last year when I looked through the Dong family's files... "
After that, I was busy with other things and forgot about it. I only remembered it today.
Shu Shu was extremely curious.
Regarding Mingzhu, later novels and novels all described him as a maternal relative of the eldest brother.
Some Mingzhu belongs to the eldest brother's uncle, and some Mingzhu belongs to the eldest brother's great-uncle.
It seems that there are also film and television works, which are more bloody. Among the imperial concubines Kangxi and Hui Fei, a great talent Nalan Rongruo is added to interpret the touching story of Kangxi beating the mandarin ducks and the lovers' separation and death.
In fact, it's quite nonsense.
The "Nalan clan" of the Mingzhu family is the famous Yehenala clan.
There is "Old Lady Yehe" in the front and Empress Dowager Cixi in the back, the Miao descendant of the leader of the Yehenala tribe.
Concubine Hui's "Nala clan" is the Ulanala clan. She is a member of the main clan of the Ula Kingdom. She is of the same clan as Taizu's concubine Abahai and Sifujin. It is said that she is also distantly related to Shushu's mother clan.
It turns out that there was once a Nalangge who married into the palace and stayed in the palace for a long time.
"At that time, a total of six Manchu noblewomen were welcomed into the palace, and a 'Gege' status was added, below Fujin and above Xiao Fujin..."
"At that time, in addition to the queen, there were two Mongolian Fujins who were in charge, and then there were six princesses. Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong were still 'little Fujins' at that time..."
"The first one is the princess of the Bilong family with the red flag, then the princess of the Mingzhu family with the zhenghuang flag, then the princess of the Varda guard family with the zhengbai flag, the princess of the Huashan family with the red flag, the princess of Tong Guoxi's family, and finally the princess with the zhenglan flag "The Princess of the Li Family"
Brother Jiu thought as he spoke.
Shu Shu thought of the Bahrain Taifu Jin and said, "Is that the Gege of Niu Hulu's family? Was she pointed to Mongolia by the Empress Dowager?"
As for the time when the successor entered the palace, it was three years after the death of Empress Yuan, which was already the fifteenth year of Kangxi.
Brother Jiu shook his head and said: "No, Bahrain Taifujin came out of the palace in the fourth year of Kangxi's reign."
Shu Shu 囹.
Kangxi's harem actually had so many "child concubines"?
Mrs. Dong entered the palace in her teens, and Concubine Rong entered the palace in her teens. In addition to Concubine Niu Hulu and Concubine Wen Xi, there were actually two other daughters who entered the palace to wait for the next year.
"Then why no one mentions these six grids? Isn't there any left?" Shu Shu said.
Later generations only know the "three empresses", "seven concubines" and "four concubines" about the harem in the early Kangxi period.
This "six grids" has never been mentioned at all.
Brother Jiu shook his head and said: "There are two people left. The Princess of the Huashan family is the 'Jing concubine', the Princess of the Li family is the 'An concubine', and the Princess of the Tong family left the palace before the seventh concubine in the sixteenth year. The files of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are I made a note that I didn’t mention the time when the other three princesses would leave the palace. They should have left the palace before then..."
Twenty years after Kangxi, "Jing concubine" and "An concubine" also disappeared in the palace.
This "six grids" matter then became a taboo, and no one mentioned it anymore.
Shu Shu's hands felt itchy as she listened.
I really want to remember it.
But she endured it.
When it comes to palace secrets, it's okay for the couple to talk about them in private. If they are kept on paper, they will have nothing to cause trouble.
Mentioning these concubines who left the palace, Jiu Age said: "I only know now that the Concubine Meng who was staying in the palace at that time, in addition to Concubine Hui of the Horqin tribe, there was also a Gege of the Zalut tribe, whose rank was only Under the Queen, Kangxi should have left the palace sixteen years ago..."
As for Concubine Hui, she died in mourning and was posthumously named a concubine. Later, Concubine Xianfu, who was also born in Horqin, entered the palace.
"If you can be released from the palace, you must not be interested in it, and you won't give Mr. De a pair of shoes because of this. Is Mr. De overthinking?" Shu Shu said.
If Kangxi really cared about these things, he could just seal a position and keep him in the palace without releasing him from the palace.
Brother Jiu raised his eyebrows and said: "I feel guilty. If I get married normally, it will definitely be fine. When will that happen? After my father-in-law removed his title, they hired the princess who had withdrawn from the palace, and those who had withdrawn from other families. Gege, she didn’t marry under Khan Amma’s nose.”
At that time, the old prince must have had disgusting thoughts.
Mingzhu and his wife love their daughter very much, are reluctant to marry outside, and are happy to see her succeed.
But they also knew the importance, gave him a generous dowry, and didn't go anywhere with him.
When mentioned to the outside world, this eldest daughter is also hidden.
More than twenty years have passed, and few people remember that Deming's wife was the daughter of a pearl.
If Brother Jiu hadn't read the documents from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he wouldn't have known about it.
Shu Shu said: "The emperor promotes etiquette, but he may not care about that in his heart. Otherwise, he would not let Guo Guiren in."
Guo Guiren is the sister of Concubine Yi, and she enters the palace directly as a widow.
Kangxi's emphasis on Hanology seems to be more for the world to see, and it means "ruling Han with Han".
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "Yes, it's just that 'staying in the palace' is quite interesting. Why didn't we catch up? It would be great if you married me when you were still in your teens!"
Shu Shu glanced at Brother Jiu and said, "I still think 'outside the palace care' is interesting!"
If Brother Jiu had been raised in Dong E's house since he was a child, he would have been repaired long ago.
After hearing this, Brother Jiu showed his longing and said, "That would be better. We are childhood sweethearts. It sounds like we have a deep love for each other..."
At this point, thinking that Shu Shu and Fu Song were both talented in both civil and military skills, he said: "In that case, I can't even draw a ten-strong bow. My father-in-law can teach the children, but Khan Ama can't, so I will be delayed." !”
He had previously pretended not to care in front of others.
But for a grown man, there are some who don’t expect him to be brave!
Since you can't be brave, you can only pretend not to care.
When it comes to the next generation·
He looked at Shu Shu's belly and said: "When my little brother is enlightened, I will ask my father-in-law to teach me how to ride and shoot, and my teacher to teach me how to read..."
When the time comes, he will crush his cousins and make up for his regrets.
