The Ninth Prince's Mansion, in the back building, in the west room.
All three cars have been suspended.
Today is the fourth day of March, the seventh day after the birth of the triplets, the day of "getting in the car".
Shu Shu was able to get off the ground, but her head and neck were still tightly wrapped, and her clothes were still a quilted vest, unlike the others who had changed into spring clothes.
The earth dragon has been extinguished in the palace, and the same is true for people in Beijing. The earth dragon and the furnace have been extinguished at the end of February.
The surrounding areas of the Prince's Mansion were also extinguished, and only the back building was still burning.
Today, in addition to Mrs. Bo and Jueluo Shi, Shifujin, Jiugege and Guizhen are also here.
Needless to say, Guizhen moved to the small courtyard at the back and came over right away.
Shifujin and Jiugege came specially from Changchun Garden.
On the second day of March, the Holy Emperor accompanied the Queen Mother to Changchun Garden, and many people also went there.
So Shifujin and Jiugege got together and came together.
Shi Fujin had met the children three times, and he had already distinguished them clearly. This time he introduced them to Jiu Gege: "The one who is fairest and has a good stature is the eldest brother, and the one who is a little smaller is the second brother. There will be more soon." The eldest of the two elder brothers is Da Gege..."
After saying that, she looked at her second elder brother several times.
Earlier he looked like a little old man, red and wrinkled and unattractive. Now he is still small, but the wrinkles on his face have opened and his facial features can be seen clearly.
"Like the eldest brother, also like the ninth sister-in-law..."
Shifujin gave the conclusion.
Jiu Gege looked at it again, and finally looked at Da Gege with great joy.
Da Ge Ge’s eyebrows and eyes resemble those of Brother Jiu. He looks very cheerful and his little hands and feet are kicking around.
Jiu Gege touched her little hand, and she held her fingers tightly.
There are several strings of colorful silk hanging on her carriage. On the right is a string of golden Ruyi as big as a thumb, which is a gift from Guizhen to ward off evil spirits. On the left is a gold lock, sent by Jiu Gege.
It wasn't until the nanny tied up Da Gege that she calmed down and was put on the carriage.
The small pillows on the car are not the millet pillows commonly used by children today, but soft, sewn ring-shaped pillows.
When all three children got in the car, not all of them were sleeping on their backs, some were sleeping on their sides.
Within half a year, by sleeping in this way, you can keep your little round head.
Jueluo Shi said to Shu Shu: "According to your fallacy, Da Gege will have a back spoon later. When I blame you, you have to bear it yourself."
Shu Shu thought about it for a moment and said, "My daughter was wondering, did the earliest flat-headed child become a big flat-headed child because the adults were not diligent when taking care of it and would not put it down when they were brought to the carriage?"
Then everyone discovered that after flattening the head, the front became a Chinese character face, and it became a custom to look at the round sky and the square place.
Jueluo Shi ignored her and left the juniors to talk.
Seeing Shu Shu sitting, Jiu Gege felt uneasy and said: "Sister-in-law Jiu, please lie back, don't be tired..."
Shu Shu smiled and said: "It's okay, I can't lie down all the time."
At this moment, Walnut came in and said, "Fu Jin, do you want to prepare the meal?"
Shu Shu nodded and said, "It's time to wait."
This morning she fed her three children once and then drank the medicine to restore milk supply.
It's not that they don't want to insist, but that both Mrs. Bo and Jueluo Shi don't allow it.
Before, Shu Shu thought she could hold on for a few more days, preferably ten days and a half, since it was only daytime anyway.
As a result, even if she doesn't feed her at night, she can't rest well.
Anyway, it’s just all kinds of inconveniences.
If you don't sleep well, you will be in big trouble, and you will feel drowsy all day long.
Even if he eats well and eats a lot, his face doesn't change much.
Shu Shu was also worried about her health, and the second elder brother seemed to have calmed down, so he was obedient.
At lunch today, she could eat normal salty food, and she was looking forward to it.
Over the past seven days, her biggest feeling is that salt is the king of flavors.
No matter how good the food is, if it lacks salt and flavor, it will not taste good.
She has just taken medicine and will have to eat a clean diet for a week or two.
Today's dish includes chicken, duck, and fish because there are foreign guests.
However, the recipes here in the Prince's Mansion are either exquisite or strange, and are not the common way to eat them in the palace.
Today's chicken is chestnut stewed chicken, the duck is duck in five-spice sauce, the fish is non-spicy boiled fish fillet, and the meat is cherry meat.
As for the side dishes in the greenhouse, I also made a cabbage platter with cucumbers, peppers, coriander, and green onions, with tofu skin and soybean paste on the side.
There is also a hot dish, an improved version of "Di San Xian", except that there are no potatoes, replaced by beans, which are beans, eggplants, and peppers.
The only thing left is river freshness and tree freshness in March.
The river delicacies are dry-fried loach and soft-fried small river shrimps, and the Shu delicacies are toon tofu and sesame paste.
Guizhen has seen these things before, Shifujin and Jiugege have seen them for the first time.
Shi Fujin only glanced at the two plain ones and then looked at the two fried ones.
Shu Shu couldn't eat these two dishes, they were prepared for others.
"The fish and shrimps from the Kaihe River don't have any earthy smell at all. They are at the right time when they are plump and tender..."
Shu Shu introduced, and then said to Shi Fujin: "Your ninth brother made a lot of it and kept it in the dining room. When you go back in the afternoon, bring two buckets over, just in time for the emperor's grandmother to have a taste."
Shifujin nodded in agreement.
Shu Shu said to Guizhen again: "My cousin will bring some back to taste, there is plenty left."
Guizhen said with a smile: "Then I won't be polite to you. The year before last, I had people plant more than a dozen white mulberry trees on Changping Village. Last year, there were some fruits sporadically. This year, there should be quite a lot. There will be fruits at the end of March. I’ll send you some later too.”
Shu Shu had eaten white mulberry, which was sweeter than black mulberry, with a milky aroma, and said: "Are these seedlings easy to live? If they are easy to maintain, I will also ask people to transplant some..."
Guizhen said: "It's a good job. The seedlings bloomed in the first year and started to bear fruit in the second year, but they were sparse. It should be better in the third year."
As long as it's food, there's nothing Shifujin doesn't love.
Now that Shu Shu praised it, Shi Fujin also became interested and said: "Sister-in-law Jiu, when the time comes, we will divide the seedlings between two and plant them directly in the garden."
The place on the Tenth Prince's side is larger than the one in the Ninth Prince's Mansion. Except for the houses in the middle road that are full according to regulations, the east and west branches are still empty. The area of the garden is twice that of the Ninth Prince's Mansion.
Shu Shu shook her head and said: "If you don't plant mulberries in the front and willows in the back, it's not easy to plant them in the house. It's better to plant them in the village. Later, ask someone to move some pomegranate trees and crabapple trees to you. The ones that won't be in the way."
Shifujin also knew that there were many rules in the capital, so he nodded and said, "Then we won't do it at home."
When it came to planting trees, Young Master Guizhen thanked her and said, "What's the price of Guanyin Bamboo in the capital? There's no place to buy it for hundreds of taels of silver, but this time we took advantage."
Shu Shu waved her hands and said: "Why are you so polite? I'm not someone else. I was thinking about giving something as a housewarming gift before, so I just gave this to get some luck..."
The so-called "Guanyin Bamboo" refers to the bamboo from Hongluo Temple.
Because Hongluo Temple renovated the Guanyin Temple next to it and established the "Guanyin Way" for praying for children, the bamboo in Hongluo Temple is now also called Guanyin Bamboo.
I heard that Hongluo Temple has stepped up the recruitment of patrol guards, and the remaining bamboo forests have also been numbered.
Now go to Hongluo Temple. Unless you get the emperor's handwriting, you must not dig bamboo again.
For this reason, the value of those bamboos that were released before has increased again.
There are a lot of bamboos here in Shushu. In addition to moving two pots for Brother Ten, the rest were planted with more seedlings.
When the three families in the backyard moved in, Shu Shu asked people to prepare a housewarming ceremony, and they all prepared a pot of Guanyin Bamboo.
The three couples are all husband and wife, two are young couples, and one is an old husband and a young wife. The request for a son is also suitable for the occasion...
*
Changchun Garden, Qingxi Bookstore.
Kangxi stood in front of the window, looking at a clump of bamboo outside.
Others can no longer dig bamboo from Hongluo Temple, but those in front of the emperor are not affected.
A few days ago, I transplanted two bushes here.
Guanyin Bamboo, Qiuzizhu.
Kangxi first laughed, and then looked into the distance, where the accompanying concubines lived.
In the early years, concubines would be happy every year in the harem. The most recent year was when five princes and princesses were born in the palace, which was the year when Lao Jiu and Lao Ten were born.
But since the 32nd year of Kangxi's reign, there have been less and less good news from the harem, only once a year.
Since Concubine Yi became pregnant the year before last, there has been no news of Concubine Concubine becoming pregnant.
In the past year, Kangxi could not say that he was the only one who favored his concubines. Half of the time, he looked at the names of his concubines and hoped that the young concubines would give him a son.
But there is no movement every month.
Kangxi decided to read more about Zhang Bin and Wang Guiren in the future. Both of them were good-looking.
Just as he was thinking, he saw Ma Qi following Liang Jiugong from the corridor.
Kangxi turned around, returned to the kang and sat down.
Ma Qi followed Liang Jiugong in, bowed and said: "Your Majesty..."
Kangxi pointed to the seat, asked him to sit down, and asked: "Construction will start in several places along the Yongding River this spring. Workers will gather here. There will be more people in need of rice, and the price of grain will inevitably rise. Can we send people from the Department of Household Affairs to Shandong and Henan?" 20,000 shi of rice will be left along the river, and together with the local officials, the current price will be slightly reduced compared to before..."
Ma Qi responded and said: "The leader also asked the local officials to buy rice and stones from local villages to sell them."
Nowadays, the biggest expenses of the Ministry of Household Affairs are these two items, river construction of Yongding River, and relief for people in flood-stricken areas in Huaiyang.
Kangxi sighed: "It's the spring flood of the Yellow River again. I just hope it will be stable this year..."
Ma Qi is a bachelor and the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. He is in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Thinking about the income and expenses of the Ministry of Household Affairs every year is a headache.
Kangxi picked up the teacup, took a few sips, and said, "I heard that the land price in Xiaotangshan has risen to thirteen or forty taels of silver per acre. What does Aiqing think?"
Ma Qi did not answer immediately.
The situation in the court is not right now, and the ninth prince is not suitable to join the court.
Otherwise, with Brother Jiu's temperament, he would have offended many people.
And those of them related to Ninth Brother, their relationship will be awkward at that time.
Ma Qi thought about it in his mind and said, "I'm afraid it's too high. I'm afraid it won't last long. After one or two years, the price should fall back..."
Kangxi glanced at Ma Qi, but he didn't expect Ma Qi to think of this.
Seeing the worried look on his face, Kangxi snorted and said, "Don't worry about your disciples. You're a thief. Most of them have been sold long ago. You won't throw those pieces of land into your hands..."
Ma Qi breathed a sigh of relief and said: "That's good. Brother Ninth is young and thinks less. This time it's too risky..."
*
On the tenth day, I kept asking for a guaranteed monthly ticket. I couldn't sleep well for a whole day and burst into tears.
Say sorry and mark it as 10 a.m., so you don't set the alarm that early. This is a terrible memory.
