For cold noodles with sesame sauce, the main ingredients are mung bean sprouts and diced celery, with a little bit of diced radish and soybean sprouts.
Then, Concubine Yi placed the prepared noodles in front of Kangxi.
Kangxi looked down and couldn't help but smile: "Do you still remember this?"
In the early years, when Concubine Yi was young, she often went to the Qianqing Palace to accompany her. She knew Kangxi's taste. She didn't like strong food, nor did she like the beany taste of soybean sprouts. She basically didn't like either of these two things. However, in the past two years, she started to Eat some.
Concubine Yi chuckled and said: "As long as it's the emperor's affairs, I remember them firmly in my heart, and I don't worry about anything else the whole day. Can't you remember these?"
Kangxi glanced at Concubine Yi.
Among the four concubines, only Concubine Yi always puts herself first, while the others mostly put their children first.
Yifei lowered her eyes. Her bowl also contained a lot of mung bean sprouts and diced celery. In fact, she felt that the mung bean sprouts were watery, and she preferred the toughness of the soybean sprouts.
She was not as reckless as she appeared, and was actually very careful.
She never forgot that she was the fifth and ninth elder brother's support.
A meal of tenderness.
When the dining table was removed, Concubine Yi held barley tea in her hands and said, "I'm still greedy. I used a few more kuaizi noodles and it became a bit overwhelming."
Kangxi paced on the ground, glanced at Concubine Yi, and said: "Now that you are in the garden, don't be as restrained as if you were in the palace. If you have nothing else to do, go to the garden more, or take the concubine and the noble prince with you." They play cards..."
Concubine Yi looked at Kangxi and said, "Their annual salary is just that. When the time comes, is it better for Sister Hui and Chen Concubine to win, or not to win?"
Kangxi said generously: "I will ask Liang Jiugong to prepare a money box for you two later."
Concubine Yi couldn't help but smile and said: "Okay, then I will be ordered to disperse the wealth and make my sisters happy..."
After chatting for a while, Kangxi sat down by the kang. He called Concubine Yi to come and sit down, and his expression turned solemn.
Concubine Yi also suppressed the smile on her face and looked at Kangxi, feeling uneasy in her heart.
Yesterday Princess Kejing met in court. Is there really any bad news about Khalkha?
"Guo Luoluo's Duopuku is hateful and resents Lao Jiu in his heart. Yesterday he went to Ke Jing to instigate him. The three official guards could not restrain his son." Kangxi said thoughtfully.
Concubine Yi couldn't help but get annoyed and said: "You bastards, you really don't know what to say. Lao Jiu is not lenient enough to them? If it were someone else who was so rude, Lao Jiu's temper would have been dealt with long ago..."
After saying this, she suddenly said: "Am I still condoning this? Yes, this is because I resent Lao Jiu for interfering in the ginseng lawsuit and redeemed Guiyuan. There is no one to top the cylinder. This...this...is really The old lake has been wiped out, who is Guiyuan? He is the only child in my uncle's house. If he really gets trapped in it, I'm afraid my uncle won't be able to survive it..."
Kangxi looked at her and said: "I don't care about others, but I can't tolerate this instigation of Ke Jing. Ke Jing is not a child of Hutu. I don't care about the one or two times. What about the three or five times?" When the time comes, there will be a rift between the siblings, which is not what you or I want..."
Concubine Yi nodded and said: "I won't tolerate it! The bastard who has a dark heart has received so much favor from the royal family, but he has become more and more of a bastard. He should have been taught a lesson long ago!"
In fact, starting from the year before last, the brothers of Guo Luoluo's family were gradually relieved of their official positions.
At the beginning of this year, he stopped serving as a Sanguanbao and moved to another family. He had long since lost his job.
However, the Guo Luoluo family has been a local gangster in Shengjing for decades, and they have long developed a arrogant spirit. They only have resentment and no introspection.
Kangxi looked at Concubine Yi and said: "This morning I asked Zhao Chang to pass the order and asked the three officials to take their children and grandchildren to Dalinghe as the ranch manager..."
After hearing this, Concubine Yi couldn't help but frown and said: "Your Majesty, you have to arrange for someone to watch. There is a precedent of privately growing ginseng. Who knows what other ways they will come up with to make money..."
Kangxi nodded and said, "Okay, I've made a note of it and will give an order to the capital of Jinzhou to keep an eye on it."
Concubine Yi looked at Kangxi and said with guilt on her face: "They are all useless concubines. I cannot restrain and advise them, so let the emperor worry about them."
Kangxi looked at Concubine Yi gently and said: "It's not your fault, it's because they are too arrogant. They don't know that the Guo Luoluo family's wealth comes from you..."
Guo Gui must have not played a good role during his lifetime.
Thinking that Concubine Yi did not have any private property, Kangxi planned to give Concubine Yifei part of the money from the inspection of Guo Luoluo's house...
*
The gifted house of Guo Luoluo's family is at the base of the imperial city.
First, the guards blocked the door, then the carriages took away the Guo Luoluo family, and then boxes of belongings were pulled out.
It's all in everyone's eyes.
The big news yesterday was that the children of the Ma family and the Wei family were suspended and dismissed. The big news today is the changes in the Guo Luoluo family.
Cleaning up a mother-in-law’s house today?
This incident happened continuously. It was the guards who came forward, and the members of the Guo Luoluo family sent many more to the Criminal Punishment Department. Some smart people guessed it.
This indicates that the Guo Luoluo family also made mistakes and fell into the hands of the third elder brother, so the third elder brother made a big deal out of it.
Is it also to cover up the Ma family’s shame?
As a result, no one paid attention to the Ma family's affairs.
After all, the matter of Guo Luoluo's family, which is shrouded in mist, seems to be more serious than the matter of Ma's family.
But in the evening, Daobao and his wife moved into Cizhai again, which made it difficult to see clearly.
If the Guo Luoluo family is guilty, isn't this a fish that slipped through the net?
But if he is not guilty, then what happened in the morning?
*
At the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the tenth elder brother came over to wait for the ninth elder brother to arrive at the Yamen.
There was a lot of buzz outside, and some of it reached his ears.
He knew that Brother Jiu was not close to the Guo Luoluo family, so he was not worried at all. Instead, he made some assumptions.
The ninth elder brother said to the twelfth elder brother: "It's getting hotter day by day. I can't keep going here. Changchun Garden also has a housekeeping service from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Starting from tomorrow, I will come here intermittently, and I will come here every other day. You also come at my own time. When I am not here, you go to the garden in the afternoon to deliver documents, and when you come back in the evening, you can go out for a walk, so as not to be stuck in the palace all the time..."
Having said this, he pondered for a while and said: "Aren't many of the shops involved in corruption in the Accounting Department closed down? Tomorrow I will lead someone to make statistics and summarize them. These shops still need to be leased from outside, and the rents will also be calculated. Just calculate it according to Di’anmen Street…”
At that time, it will be available for leasing.
As for the trousseau shop in Jiugege, Yufeng Building is not suitable no matter how good it is.
Otherwise, people outside would involve the two things together, and some people would be resentful of Jiu Gege privately.
He thought for a while and said: "Except for Yufeng Building, choose the other shops with good locations and get four candidates..."
Let's go back and ask Jiu Gege what he meant. If Jiu Gege doesn't have the manpower and just plans to rent it out, then she can choose one with a higher rent; if she plans to let the dowry family run the shop by themselves, she can also choose one or two locations.
The twelfth elder brother responded, and the ninth elder brother followed the tenth elder brother out.
Brother Ten asked: "What is going on with the Guo Luoluo family?"
Brother Jiu whispered: "I asked someone to inquire this afternoon. I heard that the old man took his two legitimate sons to the princess's courtyard yesterday. He must have said something or done something that touched Khan Ama's back scale. , and then handled it quickly..."
The tenth elder brother said: "Just don't have anything to do with the ninth elder brother."
The ninth elder brother thought of the third elder brother's reaction and couldn't help but said happily: "The third elder brother was also here in the morning, and he was still angry. It's really lard that has deceived his heart! I was deceived by the master and held the pot, but now You should have come to your senses, it’s so funny!”
The two of them talked, walked out of Xihua Gate, and got into the carriage.
The guards at the door winked at each other.
Now that this man is back, there should be peace in the Ministry of Internal Affairs!
First it was the Accounting Department, then the Imperial Kitchen. How many people were involved?
A family with a prince and grandson still has some room for relaxation, but a family without a prince and grandson is in dire straits.
For example, the Fucha family, Shang family, and Dong family did not run away this time.
The Dong family was okay, and there was Dong Dianbang, who was "righteous enough to destroy relatives", so he breathed a sigh of relief.
The Fucha family was completely defeated.
The Shang family is not much better. After two or three lifetimes, it has just begun to show some improvement, but then falls into the dust.
"The Li family is actually fine..." someone said in surprise.
Another person replied: "That is a idiot. He is stupid because of his studies. He has no understanding of economics. He has been working as a clerk for two or three years and has no idea that there is such a thing as the accounting department..."
Someone else asked out of curiosity: "Besides the accounting department and the imperial kitchen, what other yamen are more lucrative?"
"There's no need to guess, Guang Chusi..."
"The Qingfeng Department and the Construction Department are not bad either. They allocate hundreds of thousands of taels of money a year..."
"The Internal Manufacturing Office and the Imperial Pharmacy have involved a lot of money in recent years..."
Everyone whispered to each other and felt happy.
Fortunately, the third elder brother is gone!
Otherwise, going from one yamen to another will cost you your life.
Even if my own family is spared, there are still relatives and friends...
*
In the North Fifth Institute, the ninth elder brother is back. Just as he mentioned to Shu Shu about the affairs of the Guo Luoluo family and had his own speculations, the thirteenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother came together.
Instead of going directly to the backyard, I waited in front.
Brother Jiu glanced at the clock and said to Shu Shu: "These two guys must have come here to eat and drink under the slogan of caring about the master. Don't ask the kitchen to add food. Eat whatever is available to avoid attracting them. Come back later..."
Shu Shu couldn't help laughing, and said: "This is my brother, why are you starting to be stingy?"
Brother Jiu hummed softly: "For the sake of a mouthful of food, this useless look is like no one else!"
Brother Jiu went to the front yard, but Shu Shu really didn’t add any vegetables.
The meal in the evening was not enough for Brother Jiu. Shu Shu also paid attention to health care, so it was a bit light. The food he had prepared before was not enough. It was not enough for two and a half young men.
She ordered Walnut to say: "Let the dining room roast a plate of mutton, and then roast a plate of pork belly. Cut it thicker and roast it more fragrant. Add a roasted eggplant, a roasted coriander, and add some roasted cilantro." I’ll also steam two more plates of leaf cakes…”
In this way, you can make a meal by rolling the meat in lotus leaf pancakes.
Walnut responded and went down to give the order.
In the front yard and living room, seeing the ninth elder brother coming over, the thirteenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother both got up.
The thirteenth elder brother looked a little heavy, and the fourteenth elder brother couldn't wait to ask: "Ninth brother, did the third brother do it on purpose? He bit the Guo Luoluo family to make you and the fifth brother lose face..."
