The next day, the holy driver inspected the outside of the fortress, accompanied by the eldest brother, the third prince, the fourth prince, the fifth prince, the eighth prince, the thirteenth prince, the fourteenth prince, the fifteenth prince, and the sixteenth prince.
Brother Ninth got up at five o'clock because he was going to see off the driver. Seeing Shu Shu also dressing up, Ninth Brother said: "You go on sleeping." Shu Shu said: "Sleep after I leave." Not only Ninth Brother wanted to see him off, but also all the princes in Beijing were going to pay their respects. deliver.
The prince took the lead and led all the princes, great scholars, and six ministers who had stayed in Beijing to gather at the Meridian Gate. Those who leave the palace through the Meridian Gate will use the Daqing Gate to leave the city.
It's just Yinzheng time now, and the sky is dim and bright. The ninth elder brother stood behind the seventh elder brother, and next to him were the tenth elder brother and the twelfth elder brother.
Seeing the Holy Driver and the team drifting away, Brother Jiu covered his mouth and yawned. He couldn't help but curse in his heart.
The emperor's father is really good at sneaking around. He has no idle time every year. Fortunately this year, last year’s Southern Tour, Tour Beyond the Great Wall, and Ye Ling were all connected.
This year we will do two things: patrolling the Yongding River and patrolling outside the Great Wall. When the holy cavalry was far away, everyone dispersed. Starting today, the prince will supervise the country and listen to the government.
Although the imperial court still has the final say on major affairs of the government, it is the prince who has the first say. This was the rule many years ago, and it was the same every time the Holy Driver went on tour.
The ninth elder brother did not go to the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. There was no one there at such an early hour. He went directly to the Ganxi Fifth Institute with the twelfth elder brother to catch up on his sleep. After arriving at Chenzheng, he had breakfast and then came to the front with the twelfth elder brother.
Without the Holy Emperor, the atmosphere in the palace was different, and the atmosphere in the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs became more relaxed. The twelfth elder brother handed the ninth elder brother a booklet, which was Jiu Gege’s dowry booklet. It was finally sorted out.
There are six categories in total, including court hats and jewelry, clothes and fabrics, furnishings, antique calligraphy and paintings, daily necessities and medicinal materials, and real estate shops.
The first part is relatively trivial, so Ninth Brother will focus on the land store. This is a special instruction from the Queen Mother, so be careful.
Baoding Huangzhuang covers an area of 40 hectares, with six rent-collecting shops in Huangcheng and four houses, two with three entrances and two with five entrances, one in Daxing Zhuangzi, one in Haidian Zhuangzi and two in Tongzhou Zhuangzi.
Brother Jiu was stunned when he saw it. The potential of these properties was enough for Jiu Gege. Marrying a man to marry a man, dressing and eating, is suitable for ordinary people, not for nobles, let alone royal princesses.
The ninth elder brother pointed at the dowry list and said to the twelfth elder brother: "You have also read it, and you know that marrying a girl costs a lot of money. In the future, you must strive to do your best. Don't go back and marry a girl who can't afford it." Brother made a mistake and said: "If Brother Ninth had five or six daughters, he would be more diligent than he is now..." Brother Jiu touched his chin and said: "It's really the same. As a face-loving person like me, I must not let my daughter's dowry be lower than others. Now..." As he spoke, he shook the dowry booklet in his hand and said, "I asked you to prepare this alone, right?" The twelfth elder brother nodded and said, "Yeah, but the bottom bracket hasn't been put in yet, so be careful. There are some deletions." Brother Jiu said: "Then I will take it home, and I will ask your sister-in-law Jiu to show it to Jiu Gege later." The couple could also refer to it, and they had an idea in mind. According to this dowry, The list was reduced to prepare a dowry for Ni Guzhu.
After staying up until noon, the ninth elder brother had no intention of continuing and told the twelfth elder brother: "I will go back directly and won't come in the afternoon. I will take a break tomorrow. If there is anything that can't be solved, you can send it to the prince's mansion." ." The twelfth elder brother felt a little helpless and stood up to answer.
I thought nothing would happen, after all, there were rules for everything in the palace. As a result, in the afternoon, news came that the imperial concubine Yongshou Palace had sent a message to the imperial physician.
After hearing this, the twelfth elder brother gave up. It is not their turn for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to intervene in the affairs of the inner court, as well as the crown princess.
If other concubines were sick, it would be impossible to arrange for the prince Fujin to attend the illness; but the concubine Yongshou was Concubine Tong, who had no children, and her family was not in Beijing, so she just sent the imperial doctor to see her.
*Brother Ninth came out of the Internal Affairs Office and went directly to the Zongren Mansion. The tenth brother also woke up very early this morning, yawned and was bleary-eyed.
The brothers left early.
"The seventh son of the Sunu family has chosen a candidate for his continuation. It's from the third brother of the Dong E family..." The tenth brother mentioned the news.
The ninth elder brother frowned and said: "It's not even a hundred days yet? Does the Dutong Mansion know?" The tenth elder brother said: "They should know, but they didn't interfere in the selection of the successor." Anyway, they have already given the order. An heir has been chosen and the dowry has been sealed.
The choice of successor has nothing to do with the Dutong Mansion. The ninth elder brother hummed and said: "Is there no one in the third room of Dong E's family? It's just the left collar..." The tenth elder brother said: "We are already a respectable family. I'm afraid the princesses of other families will not look down on Beizi." The bastard of the house." Brother Ninth said: "If we don't separate the family, isn't it getting more and more chaotic? This is because we are afraid of having a good life." The grandson is already a man, but he still doesn't separate the family. This is because he is afraid that the world will love him. Not messy.
The tenth elder brother said: "I prefer the younger ones. I am not very close to the sons of my original wife. But now I admire Confucianism and pay attention to the eldest son, so I just hold off." If you have a stepmother, you will have a stepfather, under the sun Nothing unusual.
Brother Jiu saw Su Nu's fourth successor, Fujin, and said: "He is quite young, almost the same as their eldest son. Isn't the youngest son just at the age of enlightenment? He is about the same age as Sixteen. What good can he see? "The tenth elder brother shook his head and said: "No, he is the eldest son of the fourth successor Fujin. He is the tenth. He is also thirteen or fourteen this year. I heard that he is both civil and military and has a temperament similar to that of his father." The ninth elder brother shook his head and said: "What a fool. Well, it’s not hereditary, so why don’t you think about getting the title as soon as possible.” I’m not afraid that no one will be able to get it in the end... The emperor’s father has changed the clan’s title succession system twice.
The brothers said a few words and brushed aside other people's gossip. When they arrived at the prince's residence, Brother Jiu took the dowry list and showed it to Shu Shu.
"It just so happens that you can go into the palace next time and bring it in for Xiaojiu to have a look at, and also tell the imperial grandmother about it." This list is in both Manchu and Chinese. The Queen Mother cannot read and can only dictate it.
Shu Shu agreed, took the dowry list and read it. There is no woman who doesn’t love jewelry and clothes, and Shu Shu focused on these two items.
There are hundreds of pieces of jewelry, hundreds of ready-made clothes, 2,000 pieces of various colored silks and satins, four carts of various colored furs, and 400 various kinds of purses.
It’s like a lifetime of clothing has been prepared. Shu Shu pointed at the clothing materials and said to Brother Jiu: "The clothing materials alone cost two to thirty thousand taels of silver. This does not include ready-made clothes and jewelry..." The dowry is estimated to be worth no more than 20,000 to 30,000 taels of silver. The prince divided the family and had a lot of money, more than half of it.
Brother Jiu smiled and said: "What's the matter? Save it. Anyway, it's just a Nigu bead. Twelve also said that I'm not diligent, and that I'm diligent if I have five or six daughters. There's nothing I can do about it. Who can do it?" We are lucky that we only have this baby bump." Shu Shu looked at Brother Jiu and smiled.
This man was also famous among his descendants, and many of his stories were used in later generations. Gege, who was supposed to be in front, had a concubine's eldest son only after many years of marriage. He was only a few years older than Du Miao from the eighth prince's house.
The ninth elder brother looked down at himself and said, "Why do you look at me wrongly?" Shu Shu said, "I just think that Fengsheng and the other three are all arrogant. What will happen to me?" After hearing this, the ninth elder brother , trapped in imagination.
In fact, it's not bad, there is a big princess like Shu Shu. But for Shu Shu, this is not a good thing. He said truthfully: "It's good, but it's better to worry less now. We can't live without having children for three or five years. We may have to prepare to go to Hongluo Temple in two years." Shu Shu continued to look at the dowry list. , but the body relaxed.
It’s different. Maybe this is another parallel space? The time for them to leave the palace has been advanced, and the time for giving birth has also been advanced.
Or a legitimate son who does not exist in history. Where is the eighth elder brother?
The foundation of the "Baye Party" is gone. She looked at Brother Ninth and said, "How many years do you plan to serve in the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Brother Ninth said, "I've been thinking about it. Ama Khan's temper is such that he doesn't want others to be idle. If I resign from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, If you can't do errands, you'll be kicked out of the Sixth Department. It's best not to move for ten or eight years." Shu Shu looked at the ninth elder brother with a bit of confusion and said: "Feng Sheng became a Ding in the 54th year of Kangxi's reign. Master Shi, do you want to go out for a walk? Go to Yunnan to see the tea gardens, and go to Guangzhou to see the foreign merchant ships?" After hearing this, Brother Jiu nodded first, then shook his head.
"Let's go out for a while and forget about Yunnan. I only heard Cao Shun say it once, and it's unbearable. It's so painful." Shu Shu thought of the roads and carriages at this time, nodded and said, "I think so. It's left." Yunnan is a mountainous area, and people in later generations will suffer when riding in a car, let alone this time.
Nowadays, the most inconvenient way to travel is to follow the Northern or Southern Tour. The northern patrol takes official roads or grasslands, and the road conditions are smooth.
Patrolling the canal in the south, the water is gentle. Brother Jiu thought that Shu Shu was feeling depressed and wanted to go out, and said, "You don't have to wait until then. After the imperial grandmother's birthday, I will take you to Mulan Paddock." At present, the roads between the capital and the paddock are relatively simple, so it is necessary to Several palaces were expanded.
It is necessary to first select a few locations among the existing palaces for expansion, and also to select sites where there are no palaces. Now that the Treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is rich, this kind of palace must be built.
"I just heard from Khan Amma that the cost of building palaces along the way cannot exceed 20,000 taels, so we still focus on the old ones. We will set off at the beginning of October and return at the end of winter. We can stay away for two months." Ninth Prince road.
Shu Shu listened with a bit of expectation. By then, it was just the couple, and they were a little less restrained. Brother Jiu said: "When the time comes, we will be able to eat fresh venison and flying dragon meat..." Shu Shu listened with excitement and looked forward to it.
A few days later, it was July 30th, the day to enter the palace to pay respects. The procedure for this trip is already fixed.
The carriage waiting for the eighth Fujin moved first, and then she and the tenth Fujin followed. After entering the Shenwu Gate, the three of them were divided into three groups.
Shu Shu was a little puzzled. San Fujin went with his retinue, but Ba Fujin did not travel with Ba Age. But seeing the scars on Bafujin's face that were much lighter, Shu Shu understood a little bit.
It should be to recuperate from injuries. According to the method of removing scars, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Bafujin will peel off old scars and apply medicine to heal them.
If you go out, it will affect the healing of scars. Although the two of them walked together to the Sixth Palace of the West, they were relatively speechless and did not have any awkward conversations...
