The guests and hosts take their seats.
When he saw Si Fujin's figure clearly, Ba Fujin's eyes were a little gloomy.
In the winter of the year before last, she found out she was pregnant at Dafujin's funeral. She should have conceived at the end of September or early October. If there were no accidents, the delivery date would be last June. If the birth went smoothly, the baby would be pregnant now. It's going to be one year old.
She was so stupid, why was she so competitive at that time?
She lost Amma, Eni, and Guo Luomafa. After giving birth to flesh and blood, she had a family.
Seeing this, Si Fujin sighed inwardly, but he didn't feel comfortable mentioning this, so he just interrupted his conversation and said, "I'll send someone over later to ask Sister-in-law Three about when she will go to the garden to pay her respects."
Bafujin nodded and said, "I listen to my fourth sister-in-law..."
Having said this, she hesitated for a moment, fumbled with the teacup, lowered her eyes and said, "I want to ask Sister-in-law Fourth about something..."
Si Fujin pushed the beef tongue cake and jujube paste cake in front of her and said, "What's the matter? I've been working hard all morning, so let's eat a few mouthfuls of pastry to make up for it."
Bafujin nodded and did not speak in a hurry. Instead, he picked up a piece of jujube paste cake and took two bites.
In the past, she loved sweet things the most, especially jujube paste dumplings. She couldn't leave her mouth without eating the dumplings all day long. But when did her taste change?
The same jujube paste cake, now I feel that the jujube paste is too sweet and cloying.
She put down her pastry, nodded with her handkerchief, looked at Sifu and said, "I want to ask about Tangquan Zhuangzi. I heard that Prince Zhuang has a separate courtyard there... They say that hot springs are good for your health. …”
Si Fujin heard this and knew that Ba Fujin wanted to take care of his body.
This is also reasonable.
Which Fujin doesn't want a legitimate son?
For the prince and elder brother, anyone who gives birth to a son is a son; but for them, if they want to live a comfortable life, they still need to have biological children.
Don't talk about others, just Prince Yu Fujin.
When I got married, they blossomed first and then bore fruit. They gave birth to a pair of legitimate children. What was the result?
All died young.
Now there are two sons and one daughter in the house. Except for the little princess who just came into the world this year and was born from the concubine Fu Jin, the other two elder brothers are all adults. The biological mother of the two elder brothers also said that "son is more valuable than mother". Please seal the side. Fujin.
Now that Prince Yu is still here, there is a distinction between concubines and concubines.
When Prince Yu is gone, and there is a difference between the legitimate concubine and the concubine, if they are not biological, they are not biological.
Si Fujin said: "At that time, our father followed the actions of Prince Zhi and the fifth elder brother and bought dozens of acres of land three or four miles away from the palace. It was mainly for building a villa, and there was not much land. Realm, according to the market conditions at that time, it’s hard to take advantage of the ninth elder brother. There is a difference between elder and younger, and the emperor is watching above..."
Ba Fujin had money in her hand. What she wanted to ask was not the price. She said, "I love cleanliness and wanted to save trouble. I took my private money to buy it, but I didn't know whether it was appropriate or not. I didn't know who to ask." I’d like to ask you your opinion privately…”
After Si Fujin heard this, his expression remained unchanged, but he felt disapproval in his heart.
There are no rules like that.
After all, that is the realm where the clan prince and the prince's elder brother gather together. It is really necessary to create a private property of Bafujin, which is neither fish nor fowl.
Si Fujin considered it carefully and said: "Buying the land is a small expense, and the one that won't be lost is only a thousand or two silver dollars, but the subsequent construction is the bulk of the expense. Not to mention anything else, just a three- or four-in yard like this. We need to build several places, including rockeries and gardens. If we make it rough and live unsatisfactorily, if we clean it up, we will need tens of thousands of taels of silver. What can we do with that money? Buy two more shops. It’s also good to collect rent! If you love cleanliness, just build a few more courtyards and keep people out of the main courtyard..."
When Ba Fujin got married and showed off her dowry, Si Fujin also knew that her dowry was ten thousand taels of silver while she was still in the palace.
There are also seven or eight properties, which sounds like a lot, but some good people at that time calculated it privately.
Among the seven or eight properties, there are only two pieces of land, which are small villages of two to three hundred acres, with little profit.
The others are shops and houses, with Nancheng accounting for half.
The dowry properties in the inner city are also small shops located in slightly remote locations, and the houses are mainly second-entry properties, so rent collection is limited.
Those in Nancheng will be reduced by half.
In this way, Bafujin had enough money on hand, and there was no need to spend money on building the garden himself.
Bafujin was a little confused when he heard this number and said, "Do you need that much silver?"
She had inquired about the land price before and thought that the cost of building a house would be about the same as the land price. In that case, two or three thousand taels would be enough.
Si Fujin nodded and said: "Labor is expensive in the capital. My family has bought fifty acres of land, but I plan to plant fruit trees. Where there is a spring in the middle, I can simply build three yards and a greenhouse. At least, I have to prepare it." Give me ten thousand taels of silver..."
This does not include lake rocks and seedlings.
Hushi received a gift from Brother Ninth, and the seedlings were directly planned to be saved, and they were all used for vegetable gardens and orchards.
Bafujin nodded and said, "I thought it was simple."
Seeing her being taught, Sifu Jin said: "Those are the villas for clan members and princes. If we want to add private property, it's not easy to add it there. It's easy for others to talk about it. There's no need. My brothers and sisters want to build their own villas, so why not?" It would be more convenient and less eye-catching..."
Prince An's Mansion received a lot of land grants from Haidian in the early years, and later built Wang Garden one after another.
Ba Fujin looked at Si Fujin with gratitude and said, "Thank you, Sisao Si, for pointing me out..."
Sifujin said: "What are you heretics about? Just don't think I'm verbose..."
Although she is taciturn, she entered the palace at the age of ten and has developed some eyesight.
In her opinion, Ba Fujin was a little arrogant when she first got married, but there was also the praise of a good concubine and her son.
It’s as if the Bafujin has no faults, so it’s hard for them to convince the Bafujin.
Not a big match anyway.
It's just like how Concubine Rong promoted Tian Gege in the early years.
It's just that he is worried about his daughter-in-law's family background and is afraid that she will not obey.
The difference is that Concubine Rong is a concubine who promotes her son, and does not show much respect to Sanfujin, and she also appears mean in front of others, and everyone sympathizes with Sanfujin more. Here, Liangfei is a concubine who respects others and shows her cowardice and helplessness in front of others. , which sets off the unfilial and arrogant Bafujin, making the Bafujin even more criticized.
At this point, if the eight blessings are wrong by five points, the two of them will have to bear at least five points...
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Changchun Garden, back to Fangshu.
Yifei knew that Brother Jiu's family had arrived at Beiliu Institute yesterday, and she was a little impatient.
It's just that she is a palace official and still lives in the imperial garden. She can't go in and out on her own. She can only tell Peilan: "Take the two boxes of blood swallows that you left before and go to see Jiu Fujin and the children for me. Tell me." Jiu Fujin, I’m fine here, there’s no need to rush over to say hello, she’ll come in again when Brother Eighteen is ‘catching Zhou’…”
The Holy Master has just moved here. If there is no big event, he will not go back to Beijing easily.
In this case, it would be inconvenient for Shu Shu to come in to say hello, so it would be better to just come over during "catch the week".
Peilan responded, went down to get the bird's nest, and took a little palace maid out of Changchun Garden.
Changchun Garden has a total of four gates. In addition to the Grand Palace Gate in the south, there are also the Great West Gate in the west and the Great East Gate and Little East Gate in the east.
Beiliu Institute is just north of Xiaodongmen.
However, because the Xiaodongmen is close to Qingxi Bookstore and is used by courtiers and guards, the main entrances and exits of the palace people are the Daximen and Dadongmen.
To get in and out of the Great West Gate, you have to go around a big circle from the Royal Racecourse, and then around the North Garden to get to the North Sixth Gate, so Peilan chose to go through the Great East Gate.
As soon as she arrived near Dadongmen, she saw the third elder brother and the fifth elder brother coming hand in hand.
The two of them had just come from the West Garden and went to see Wuyizhai.
The third elder brother's heart moved when he saw the palace attendant behind Peilan carrying a basket.
Is this how Concubine Yi wants to send people to deliver food and drink to the emperor?
There are many palace concubines coming this time. Concubine Hui is in charge of the general affairs, so Concubine Yi is free to compete with the young concubines for favor?
It's really easy to put on airs.
The fifth elder brother asked directly: "Are you leaving the garden?"
Peilan saluted and said, "According to the master's instructions, I went to Beiliu Institute to visit Jiu Fujin."
The fifth elder brother nodded and said: "Wait a minute, I will also go over and take a look at the ninth elder brother..."
With that said, the fifth elder brother looked at the third elder brother and said, "Third elder brother, go and do your work. I'll go to Lao Jiu's place for a meal and then go back."
Third Brother smiled and said: "I have been busy all morning, and my stomach is empty. Let's go together, let's go together."
The fifth elder brother glanced at him curiously and said, "Third brother, didn't your family move here too?"
The third elder brother said: "The dining room in our house is just a lake alley. It is better than the dining room in Laojiu's house."
The fifth elder brother felt that this was not a good idea, as if Lao Jiu and his family were treating their house as a kitchen.
My brother was just going to have a meal, so there was no reason for him to stop him, so he said to Peilan: "Then you should take a few steps quickly and go over first. Also tell Brother Jiu and Jiu Fujin that I and Third Brother Then pass by.”
Peilan responded and hurriedly left with the young palace attendant.
The third elder brother glanced at the fifth elder brother and said, "I'm not an outsider. If you have anything to tell me in advance, you don't have to prepare a table. You can just eat whatever you have..."
The fifth elder brother looked at the third elder brother and said nothing for a long time.
The third elder brother was a little confused and said: "What's wrong? Because I took over as the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Lao Jiu is really angry?"
The fifth elder brother said: "Anyway, you just have to know what you are doing. I will ask Lao Jiu to pay back the eighth elder brother's money. If you go and find Lao Jiu unhappy and make him angry, I will also ask him to return the money to you." !”
After hearing this, the third elder brother couldn't help but said anxiously: "What do you call this? We are all brothers. Why should I be angry with Lao Jiu? I am different from Lao Ba. If my slave really offends Lao Jiu, I will have nothing to say. Just knock on the forty board and hand it over to Lao Jiu! That’s my biological brother, I still can’t tell the difference between distant and distant relatives?”
Seeing his sincerity, the fifth elder brother nodded and said: "That's good. Anyway, he is not happy about losing his job. You can accept it even if you are proud..."
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When the third elder brother heard this, he didn't dare to take any risk.
Even if he didn't say anything, Lao Jiu's cautious eyes would be filled with confusion when he saw him.
At that time, if you find trouble, you will have to pay back your money and withhold the dividends. Will you suffer a loss and make a fortune?
He delayed his steps and said: "I remembered one thing. Jiugege's dowry list has not been finalized yet. I have to go see Khan Ama. You'd better go by yourself..."
The fifth elder brother glanced at him and said, "Will we wait for you for lunch?"
The third elder brother shook his head like a rattle and said: "No need to wait, no need to wait, I'm busy. After Your Majesty is finished meeting, I have to go back to the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs..."
The fifth elder brother nodded and walked out of Dadongmen without saying anything else.
As soon as he went out, he faced off against the eighth prince.
The eighth prince's face was red and white, he must have heard what the third prince said before.
"Fifth brother..." Eighth brother bowed in greeting.
The fifth elder brother didn’t give a single glance and walked past the eighth elder brother without looking sideways...
