Here at Bei Wu Suo, Qi Fujin ate half a plate of watermelon and a handful of pumpkin seeds. Begonias and walnuts also came back.
"Sifujin is here too. The Crown Princess said that there are foreign guests, so it would be more appropriate to wear auspicious clothes..." Haitang said.
Walnut said: "The Crown Princess asked someone to pack two kinds of pastry, two bags are for Fujin, and two bags are for Qi Fujin..."
Qi Fujin said directly to Shu Shu: "Look what it is. I have been here for more than ten days and I have eaten up all the cakes I brought before."
Shu Shu told Walnut: "Just put it on the plate..."
Walnut responded and went down to put it on a plate.
The two kinds of cakes presented to the princess were ham and bergamot cakes and red bean cold cake.
One salty and one sweet.
Qi Fujin tasted it once and said: "This cold cake is delicious, but the ham cake is too dry to eat..."
After tasting the pastry, Qi Fujin stood up and was about to leave.
Shu Shu personally sent it out.
Qi Fujin stopped at the door, looked at Shu Shu, and said: "I will send Haitang to tell her later. She didn't remember it. We remembered it. It's okay, but it's not good if we don't tell her... "
It seemed like he was doing something bad on purpose.
Shu Shu said: "You are not a child. If you insist on being nice to me and not to her, then you can do whatever you want."
Qi Fujin glanced at Walnut, who was following Shu Shu, and said, "Where's Xiao Chun? Isn't it a pity for such a good girl to stay in the Prince's Mansion to look after the house?"
Shu Shu was surprised, she really didn't expect Qi Fujin to ask about Xiao Chun.
She said truthfully: "I'm training the little girl, and I'm also preparing a wedding dress. I'm busy..."
Qi Fujin said: "It's time to go out. I'll prepare some makeup for her later..."
Qi Fujin took Haitang away.
Shu Shu also realized why Qi Fujin asked this.
Qi Fujin is two years older than Shu Shu and is twenty this year. The girl next to her is about the same age as her. It is time to make a choice whether to go out or have sex.
Although Haitang has the same name as Haitang from Eighth Prince's side, they have different personalities.
Yun Haitang is frivolous and arrogant, but this Haitang girl is law-abiding and looks very reliable. Qi Fujin also relies on her.
When Shu Shu returned to her room, she was somewhat silent.
For a housewife, she will spend more time with the girl than her husband in her whole life.
It is reasonable to be reluctant to let go. Whether this can be tolerated depends on the individual.
This is Qi Fujin's private matter, and there is no reason for her to interfere.
But when it came to Xiaochun, Shu Shu thought of Xing Jiang who was currently in the security department.
Then, she glanced at Walnut and said, "Gao Bin hasn't been here for a while? Where are you busy?"
Walnut Luoluo said generously: "I'm going to Baoding Huangzhuang. I came here before leaving."
The fourth brother is responsible for experimenting with growing corn and potatoes, which is larger than expected.
In addition to several imperial mansions in the suburbs of Beijing, several imperial mansions in Baoding were also selected.
Shu Shu couldn't help but glance at Walnut's belly.
Gao Bin is not bad looking, and his walnut facial features are also pure. If these two people come together, can they give birth to a great beauty in the future...
Walnut was confused by the look. He lowered his head and looked at his clothes. There seemed to be nothing inappropriate.
Shu Shu gossiped for a while and went to the east wing to see Fengsheng...
*
Changchun Garden, Qingxi Bookstore.
The news that the ninth elder brother came here to check the room was also reported to the imperial court.
After Kangxi thought for a while, he realized that Brother Jiu was taking advantage of the situation to avoid being lazy, but he still said it so confidently.
He wanted to reprimand the traitor.
But when he thought of the filial watermelon in the garden dining room, he changed his mind and just said to Wei Zhu: "Brother Jiu is here..."
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has been in turmoil for the past half month, and Brother Ninth can be regarded as a mistake. He "governs by doing nothing" and relieves the tense atmosphere above and below.
It's just that I asked him to resume his work, not because he was lazy. Regarding how to take over the accounting department, Brother Jiu had to think of a way.
At this moment, the twelfth elder brother has arrived and has gone to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to check in.
Brother Jiu looked at him and said, "I didn't come over this morning. What's going on down there?"
The twelfth elder brother said: "They all came to inquire..."
Seeing that, I was very worried that Third Prince would make a comeback.
Knowing that Brother Jiu just went to Changchun Garden to check in, they felt more at ease.
Brother Jiu curled his lips and said: "Those who bully the weak are afraid of the strong, just because I have a good temper!"
The twelfth prince did not deny it.
It seems that the outside world really thinks so.
It is said that Ninth Brother looks sour when he looks at Ai, but during his three years as a junior in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he has never really made things difficult for his subordinates.
As for the promotion of the children of relatives, it was also due to public spirit, but he won the admiration and gratitude of many middle-class people.
But Third Brother, who usually smiles and speaks in a gentle manner, but this method is too harsh.
Especially the incident with the Accounting Department, where he "dressed up as a white dragon fish" and went to Yufeng Building to find trouble, which led to what happened next...
The ninth elder brother looked at the twelfth elder brother and said, "Come back with me for lunch and ask your sister-in-law to add more food. We will go back in the afternoon."
The twelfth elder brother nodded and followed the ninth elder brother out.
Wei Zhu arrived just in time and said, "Master Jiu, the emperor's biography is here."
The ninth elder brother nodded and told the twelfth elder brother: "Then wait for me here, and you will also be familiar with the general affairs here in the garden."
If it had been anyone else, he could have been sent directly to Beiwu Institute. If it had been the twelfth brother, he would have been more considerate.
This younger brother is a thin-skinned person, so he might be too embarrassed to go directly there.
The twelfth elder brother nodded in agreement, watched the ninth elder brother leave, and then turned back.
Wei Zhu smiled and said: "Jiu Ye really looks like an elder brother..."
Brother Jiu said proudly: "There is nothing I can do. Who is the identity here? Before, I thought I was the younger brother, and I was the older brother. But when the little eighteen fell to the ground, I counted and reacted. Come here, there are eight brothers at the top, but there are nine brothers behind you. I will be considered the elder from now on. I am so energetic, I can’t keep track of how many younger ones are behind me. I, this brother, have to show off his appearance. come out!"
Wei Zhu couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and said: "Master Jiu, you are good at math."
Brother Jiu glanced at him and said, "Why do you talk so old-fashioned? You are two years younger than me. In my heart, I treat you as half a younger brother."
Wei Zhu hurriedly bowed and said: "I don't dare, you old man, please be more restrained and talk about it!"
Brother Jiu patted his mouth and said: "Okay, I know the taboos, so I won't talk about it anymore. Just know it in your heart. I see that no one dares to bully you now. As for whether you will be promoted or not, On the contrary, it’s not important. You have to work hard to get the qualifications. Liang Shuda was promoted after he defeated the previous eunuchs, but he is only a deputy general manager. If he wants to become a general manager, he has to work hard again..."
Wei Zhu is actually still young, only sixteen years old.
Therefore, even if he became a eunuch serving the emperor, he would still be classified as a junior eunuch.
Wei Zhu said: "I don't ask for that. This is already good."
He was an orphan before and had to live in a temple to earn a living. Later, the temple collapsed and he was deceived by his relatives. He was deceived into purifying himself and became a chamberlain.
Now that the relatives who had harmed him were not left behind, he felt at peace.
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "It's good to be content..."
The two of them talked in low voices and arrived outside Qingxi Bookstore.
Just then Ma Qi came out from the imperial palace.
"Teacher..." Brother Jiu saw this and hurriedly stepped forward to say hello: "I want to say hello to you..."
Although I know what the censor's impeachment is about, others don't.
After the tenth prince went to flog the censor, it was not only the tenth prince who was impeached by the Supervisory Council, but he himself was not left behind.
They were all rejected by Ma Qi, and he also reprimanded the Inspectorate for fabricating charges out of thin air. Anyway, he defended his shortcomings very simply.
For this reason, the censor impeached Ma Qi.
But Ma Qi didn't have to worry about the lice, so he just let them go.
Brother Ninth had already wanted to say thank you, but he was still in the "grounding", and the teachers and students did not see each other.
Ma Qi hurriedly avoided it and said, "Master Jiu, you're welcome..."
As he spoke, he frowned slightly, looked at Brother Ninth and said, "Brother is older, so you need to be careful about what you say in the future..."
Brother Jiu was a little confused. Did he say more?
Wasn't it just a greeting?
After Ma Qi said this, he had no intention of continuing, nodded and left.
Wei Zhu glanced at Ma Qi's back, reminding Master Jiu to be careful when speaking in front of the emperor.
When Wei Zhu went in to report, he called Brother Jiu in.
Kangxi looked at him and said, "Why don't I know how many errands there are in Changchun Garden, and why do I still need you, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, to sit in charge?"
Brother Jiu took the lead and said to please him: "You should be careful no matter where the Holy Master is. My son even ordered the garden manager to fish for frog eggs in the morning. In this hot day, you can't sleep with the windows closed, but the frogs are making endless noises. This also disturbs people's purity; and then there is the ice in Qingxi Bookstore. The ice was placed too early before. There is moisture in the morning, and it is easy to catch a cold if it is too cold. It is best to move it back an hour..."
Kangxi hummed and said: "What a waste of time!"
Immediately, he pointed to the stool and said: "Sit down and talk..."
Otherwise, seeing that he was not standing straight, he would still want to continue to train people.
Brother Jiu didn't need Wei Zhu and Liang Jiugong to take action. He quickly moved a round stool and sat next to the Kang.
Kangxi picked up the folding paper on the kang table, handed it to Brother Jiu and said, "Look at this..."
Thick folded pages.
Brother Jiu took it and looked at it. It turned out to be the inspection list of Guo Luoluo's family.
He read it from beginning to end, then returned to the first page, looked at the amount of money a few more times, frowned and said: "Khan Ama, this amount is probably not quite right. According to Gui Yuan, they did it last year. The ginseng purchased under the guise is more than 800 kilograms. The ginseng on this surface alone can be sold for a lot of money. The ginseng grown below should be much more than the ginseng on the surface..."
In this way, there will be between thirty and fifty thousand taels of silver in one year.
And that’s just ginseng.
Before Brother Jiu became the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Guo Luoluo family had controlled the Internal Affairs Office for nearly twenty years.
The Guo Luoluo family has not been divided, and its wealth should be far better than that of the Fucha family, which was confiscated a while ago.
At present, there are only 50% of the Fucha clan.
Kangxi looked at Brother Jiu and said, "I don't think it's right either. I plan to borrow two people from you..."
"Gui Yuan and Gui Dan?"
Brother Jiu was hesitant and said: "Gui Yuan has just paid off, should Gui Dan forget about it? He is not a good person. Besides, using the grandson to investigate the grandfather, even if it turns out to be right, it is wrong..."
Kangxi glanced at Brother Nine and said, "It's Gao Yanzhong and Cao Shun!"
Brother Jiu hurriedly said: "You can use it as you wish. Gao Yanzhong is from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Cao Shun is also idle..."
Kangxi pondered: "Zhongguan Gao Yan resumed his post and was still the head doctor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Then he took the censor to Jiangnan to verify the accounts of the three major weaving companies..."
Brother Jiu couldn't bear it after hearing this.
This sounds like an "imperial envoy", but the quality is not good enough, especially when it comes to the three major weaving companies, the emperor's father's confidants.
He hesitated, wondering if he could ask for a favor.
This offending job should be done by someone else, such as Dong Dianbang or something...
Kangxi continued: "In addition to the official errands, privately tracing the private property of the Guo Luoluo family in Jiangnan..."
