Since the Holy Emperor is not in the capital, everyone is at ease. Although the ninth elder brother has not changed it to half a day every day, he has made an appointment with the tenth elder brother to have one day off every fifth day.
In front of the tenth elder brother, the ninth elder brother was still plausible.
"Officials in all dynasties have never been as tired as those in the Qing Dynasty. Is this what it means to be an official? They are like donkeys in a mill, and they are not allowed to rest easily. But look at the Han Dynasty, they only went to bed for five rests and took a bath. Holidays; in the Tang Dynasty, the main focus was on leisure, going out to the Yamen in the sun and half a day in the Yamen at noon; in the Song Dynasty, there were even more various holidays, with a total of four and a half months; in the Ming Dynasty, there were fewer holidays, but Some officials can also have synodic leave, two days a month..."
"When we arrived in the Qing Dynasty, except for the annual leave, we didn't have a few days off in total at other times..." Whatever the ninth elder brother said, the tenth elder brother could only support him.
"It won't work if this goes on, let's not get exhausted..." At the end, Brother Jiu concluded.
The tenth brother asked: "How about the ninth brother give me a discount?" It doesn't matter whether he succeeds or not, so as not to search for information in vain.
If you really give him more vacation time, Brother Ninth's laziness will not be so obvious. Brother Ninth immediately shook his head and said: "That won't work. Those who should work still have to work. We can rest on our own." Brother Ten glanced at Brother Ninth and followed his thoughts and said: "Brother Ninth, this Are you afraid that Khan Ama will suffer a loss?" Brother Jiu nodded and said: "Yes, and the salary will not be reduced, so it should be more or less!" Salaries are given on an annual basis, and you work for eleven months a year. , or nine months of work, which one is more cost-effective? Do you still have to choose?
The tenth prince was silent. He had a strange thought, and perhaps the emperor's father thought the same way. The emperor's father was not very generous with money either.
Brother Ninth seems to have found the root cause of his energy to calculate carefully...*
"Hahahaha..." Ningshou Palace, the whole room was filled with Shifujin's cheerful laughter. Today is the day of greetings, and the Queen Mother is curious about their sister-in-law's small gathering.
After everyone paid their respects and dispersed, the Queen Mother left the princes Fujin and Jiu Gege, as well as the crown prince and junior female Juan in the palace here.
There is no way around this. If we talk about getting close, the Queen Mother will definitely keep Jiu Gege with Wu Fujin and Shu Shu.
Then there was no concubine in Shifu Jin. Every time he paid greetings, he followed the example of the crown princess and came directly to Ningshou Palace, so it was hard to leave her alone.
But now there are only seven granddaughter-in-laws who came to pay their respects. Four of them have been kept, and it is hard not to keep the other three.
The fourth lucky Jin is sensible, the seventh lucky Jin is smart, and the Queen Mother likes them better. Even though Sanfujin was very competitive, she was not as annoying as Bafujin, and the Queen Mother also treated her with respect.
Jiu Gege talked about how powerful Shi Fujin was a few days ago. If one person fired three cannons, he would lose every time. After hearing this, the Queen Mother couldn't help but pull Shi Fujin's little fleshy hand and said: "Why is this old saying inaccurate? Doesn't it say that small hands grasp wealth? How come the wealth is scattered?" Shi Fujin said proudly: "Your Majesty Grandma, my grandson’s daughter-in-law has made a lot of money from her small fortune. After most of this year, not counting the peak season of the two months at the end of the year, my granddaughter-in-law’s foreign goods shop has earned five thousand taels of silver, which is equivalent to the salary of the county prince. Our tenth master I said, I’m waiting for my grandson’s daughter-in-law to support her!” After hearing this, the Queen Mother praised: “That’s quite a lot, enough for the whole family.” With their current status, they will not be short of money, and they can use more or less envoys. Not the same yet.
Why are the maids and eunuchs from various palaces willing to go to the Ninth Prince's Mansion to run errands? It's because Brother Jiu and Shu Shu are both rich and generous.
Jiu Gege married a lot of land and rented shops, but the income in a year was only four to five thousand taels of silver.
Shifujin is just a shop. The Queen Mother felt very good. This was established. From now on, regardless of the relationship between husband and wife or the fate of their children, life would be easier these days.
Otherwise, no matter how rich the dowry is, it will be nothing. Shu Shu and others were present and listened with smiles.
They all have marriage properties in their names, but their income is not as good as that of Shifujin's foreign goods shop. San Fujin couldn't help but touch the amethyst earrings.
Today she is wearing an eggplant-purple Shu brocade cloak, an amethyst rhinestone flower on her head, and new earrings.
Last year, several princes Fujin followed her on a tour to the south. She still lingered in Ji's Baibao Pavilion. Why didn't she think of the foreign goods shop?
Now the shop down there is not a loss, but it’s a worry and the income is limited. Sifujin also thought of her dowry.
Her dowry was not very generous, but what was rare was that Fourth Master gave her two shops at the beginning of the month and told her not to be too frugal and to be more filial to her.
Although this was out of gratitude for her coming to accompany the childbirth, and to avoid trouble, she was named Sifujin, but with this heart, Sifujin was already satisfied.
She was a stepmother and a daughter of an untitled clan, and her early dowry was all subsidized to Sifujin. Si Fujin is also filial. Even if there is no shop provided by Si Age, he will still give some filial piety to the old lady on a monthly basis.
It's just that the old lady has a strong temper and refuses to accept money for anything except clothes and food. Now that I have obtained these two shops, I have passed the Ming Road, and the old lady has accepted them.
Just for this, Si Fujin is only grateful to Si Age. Wufujin lowered his eyes. The income from her dowry was limited, but it was enough because she rarely had any other expenses.
However, the fifth elder brother left his private money directly with her and let her use it. She counted and found that there were two or thirty thousand taels.
She won't spend it carelessly, but in the end she feels much more at ease. Qi Fujin looked at Shu Shu. Her ready-made clothing shop and rental clothing shop are doing very well, and they don't make as much money as the foreign goods shops in Shifujin. However, after excluding the disposal fee, she can still have seven to eighty taels of silver left every month, which is about one thousand taels a year.
She is a grateful and thoughtful person, so she knows whose light she can rely on. The Crown Princess was listening to everyone talking and laughing, and she felt more relaxed.
Those who can be designated as Prince Fujin by the emperor each have their own strengths. Opening a house outside the palace, with no elders above, and being the master of the house, life has become better.
The Crown Princess actually felt faintly envious. If she was marrying an ordinary prince, would she be as calm as everyone else?
Since the Queen Mother had left her grandchildren to talk in Ningshou Palace, she designated those who would stay for meals. It can't be done at noon, when everyone is hungry and disperses.
She then told Aunt Bai: "We want a grilled lamb chop for lunch, which our little Buyin likes to eat, plus a black-bone chicken pot for soup for Si Fujin and Wu Fujin; and stewed snow clams with bird's nests, the beauty one, and the three Fujin definitely likes it; Seventh Fujin likes sweet food, so she adds shredded milk tofu; Shushu likes beef, so she asks someone to make steamed beef dumplings with a bag of meat; the Crown Princess is a vegetarian on the 15th day of the lunar month, and makes vegetarian cabbage rolls; Xiaojiu loves to eat lao rice, so she eats lao old yellow rice for lunch." Aunt Bai memorized it carefully and went down to deliver the message.
Everyone was stunned when they heard these words from the Queen Mother for the first time. The Queen Mother smiled lovingly and said, "I can't remember anything else. I remember everything I eat." Shi Fujin took the Queen Mother's arm and said with a smile, "I followed the Queen Mother, and it's the same." The Queen Mother He nodded and said: "This is all the arrangement of Changshengtian. If the old lady knows that you should be my granddaughter-in-law." San Fujin couldn't help but touch his face, then looked at the Queen Mother's face and said, "The face of the Imperial Grandmother is amazing. She has really fine hair. It would be great if my grandson-in-law could be like the imperial grandmother in the future." The Queen Mother did not dress in a younger-looking way. She wore all kinds of maroon and dark blue clothes. After all, she was widowed in her twenties and lived with the Emperor. The difference in age is only about ten years.
Let’s talk about the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager and the Emperor are cousins of the same generation. If she really wants to be younger, others will be able to arrange the flowers.
The amazing thing is that when she was in her thirties, she looked like she was forty or fifty; but in her sixties, she still looked like she was forty or fifty.
My skin is really good and a little plump, so even at the age of sixty, I still have no wrinkles at the corners of my eyes and my skin is smooth.
The Queen Mother looked at San Fu Jin and said: "Sleep at the second watch. Sleep for four hours. Eat and drink when you should. Don't always think about losing weight. When you lose weight, the skin will loosen and there will be wrinkles..." Among the Zhu Fu Jin, San Fu Jin The thinnest.
After giving birth in the spring, she became slightly plumper, but after half a year, she controlled it carefully and returned to her previous appearance.
San Fujin listened with a smile, but did not nod. Instead, he said: "My grandson's daughter-in-law is not as good as the imperial grandmother. If she goes to bed early, she will wake up at the fourth watch and become restless." The woman's figure is as graceful as hers.
What happened to the five big and three thick ones? She glanced at her sisters, only Shu Shu and Wu Fujin were better off, while the others were a little too plump.
Seeing her expression, the Queen Mother knew that she didn't listen, so she looked away. She wasn't meddling in other people's business, but she was thinking of her feelings and wanted to make a few remarks for Concubine Rong's sake.
San Fujin's beauty-loving style is not like that of the prince's legitimate wife, and the emperor will not be satisfied. Now the concubine
"Sealing the Palace", the third elder brother did not say Wugen Duckweed, but he was also affected. It's time for the couple to behave themselves.
But San Fujin didn't listen to the advice, so the Queen Mother wouldn't be nagging anymore. Nothing can be seen at the moment, but in the long run, the third elder brother and his wife will lose the helping hand of the palace, and their lives will probably lag behind others.
While chatting, at noon it was time for dinner. Knowing that the Queen Mother left the younger generation to eat, Yanxi Palace and Yikun Palace both sent people to bring food.
Yanxi Palace presented Feilong braised pine mushrooms and barley nut porridge; Yikun Palace presented braised deer tail and leek and shrimp boxes.
Everyone had lunch before coming out of Ningshou Palace. Shu Shu was held by Qi Fujin's arm, still recalling the Feilong soup.
Feilong soup is delicious, and the addition of matsutake mushrooms doubles the flavor. Due to current traffic problems, there are no fresh matsutake mushrooms in the palace, but the dried matsutake mushrooms also taste good.
Whether it's flying dragons or matsutake mushrooms, they are all tributes, not regular dishes in the palace. After Concubine Hui handed over the power of the palace, she remained quiet, but her life was good.
The card of the first of the four concubines is still stable. The prince is probably going to be upset. After returning home, Shu Shu briefly freshened up, changed her clothes, and went to Ning'an Hall...
