On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Shu Shu followed Brother Jiu to Guo Luoluo's house for the funeral.
This time the deacon at the door wore a filial robe and a filial belt.
My nephew wears a mourning robe for his uncle. It is made of bleached cloth. The cuffs are blue and must be turned up.
Shu Shu wears a similar filial piety robe, but she also wears a filial piety belt with her hair tied up on her head.
Compared with the deserted situation the day before yesterday, Guo Luoluo's house was full of people today.
As soon as the two princes and nephews moved, more people came to pay their respects.
Some of the Tutong Mansion followed him, and other princely princes' mansions also sent their chief ministers or chief ceremonial officers to attend the funeral.
Brother Ten came in person with Shi Fujin.
Naturally, what they looked at was not the friendship between the Guo Luoluo family, but Brother Jiu.
In addition to the prince's residence, several descendants and related families such as the Nala family and the Wuya family also have children coming to the door one after another.
This is just a matter of course. You can come and have a meal without announcing the funeral.
It was lively, but just looking at the three or two kittens of the owner's house, everyone looked at each other.
In just two or three years, times have changed for the newly wealthy Guo Luoluo family.
So much has changed in recent years.
Isn't it the Guo Luoluo family that has fallen...
Thinking of the Hesheli family, the Ma family, and the Wuya family, Wei family, etc. whose children were all cleared out of the palace.
Someone thought about it.
There seem to be a lot of unlucky people.
The prince’s maternal family, the maternal family of the third elder brother, the fourth elder brother, the fifth elder brother, the eighth elder brother...
Everyone was looking at Nala's house in a hurry.
Concubine Hui’s natal family excludes dissidents, so it shouldn’t have this weight, right?
That leaves the tenth elder brother. The Niu Hulu family has been reprimanded several times in the past two years, but it has not hurt them.
Many people looked at Brother Ten and saw an arrogant prince with a straight face.
He looked dust-free. Except for the fifth elder brother and the ninth elder brother, he didn't open his eyes to look at anyone else, and he had no intention of greeting anyone.
In a noisy morning, a small funeral was held and the coffin was sent to the Beiding Empress Temple for burial.
The mourning relatives and friends dispersed.
People like Jiu Age and Shu Shu who did not accept relatives went directly to the filial robe and filial belt, which was regarded as an exception to the floating filial piety.
Daobao and Guidan personally delivered it.
Daobao didn't know the inside story of the Ninth Prince's Mansion, but Guidan knew that the head of the family was Jiu Fujin.
He looked at Shu Shu and said, "Excuse me, Fujin."
Shu Shu said: "It's nothing, it's all because Master Jiu cares about you. You should take good care of your body, hair, and skin, and your parents. My uncle and wife will feel at ease here."
Guidan agreed honestly.
Brother Jiu said: "When I return from my filial piety and serve as an errand, I still have some errands to tell you."
Guidan now knew himself and said: "This slave is just a useless snack. Master Jiu should arrange it for someone else. Don't delay your errands."
Brother Jiu hummed softly: "What are you afraid of about waste snacks? I also want to use waste, so I can't just get money and rice for nothing..."
Guidan wanted to say more, but Dao Bao scolded him: "Just obey Master Jiu's orders, why are you so long-winded?"
He finally understood. The fifth elder brother looked at Kuan He and seemed to be very soft-hearted, but it was really disrespectful to say that he ignored Guo Luoluo's family.
On the contrary, Ninth Brother's words are harsh and his actions are mean, but his heart is soft.
Now he has no dignity in front of the two princes and nephews, so he can only look at Guidan.
Daobao's little thoughts were written all over his face, but no one was too lazy to talk to him.
Shu Shu saw Shifu Jin drooping, took her hand and got into the carriage, and said, "Is Taiji still not well? What did Le Fengming say?"
Shi Fujin said with red eyes: "My brother can't speak, and he's not very agile. Doctor Le helped find an old doctor who is good at acupuncture and said he would need to put acupuncture in for a while before looking at it."
Shu Shu didn't know how to comfort her.
Taiji is the eldest son of Prince Fujin and the heir of the Abahai tribe. If his aphasia cannot be cured, he will most likely have to change his heir.
It would be better if they were brothers from the same mother. If they were half-brothers, their children and grandchildren would be suppressed in the future.
Shi Fujin himself continued: "Master Shi persuaded me, saying that as long as the person is still there, there will be a turning point. Like Prince Ping'ao, there is not even a turning point."
Shu Shu said: "Yeah, don't be too anxious, otherwise Taiji will inevitably be anxious when he sees it. You can spend three to five months to treat it first, and then we can talk about other things."
According to the practice in previous years, the Mongolian prince Taiji, who works in shifts, arrives in Beijing at the end of September and leaves the capital at the end of February.
By that time, we will have a conclusion on whether it can be cured and how well it is cured.
Shi Fujin's little face looked sad and said, "This is the only way."
In another carriage, the ninth elder brother spoke more directly to the tenth elder brother, saying: "Don't my siblings have other brothers? Make preparations early. Last year, Khan Ama asked me to find out whether he could be cured after being poisoned by carbon poisoning. When I come back, it will be good if I can save my life and turn from total paralysis to semi-paralysis, but I’m afraid I won’t be able to act like a normal person.”
The tenth elder brother sighed and said: "There are two more brothers from the same mother. The older one was sent to become a monk the year before last. The younger one is only five or six years old. The others are not born to Prince Fujin."
Mongolia is bitterly cold, and few live long.
The person who is already fifty years old cannot count on the younger one.
Brother Jiu said: "The big one can just return to secular life. Let Taiji become a monk, which is the best of both worlds."
He followed the southern tour and learned that almost all the people in Mongolia were religious.
The status of monks is also respected, so the religious power is in the hands of the princes and will not be released.
The two Taiji brothers exchanged ideas and still controlled the royal and religious power in the tribe, so their lives would be stable in the future.
The tenth prince nodded and said: "We have already sent someone to deliver a message to Prince Fujin. No matter how we arrange it, it still depends on Prince Fujin's wishes."
Brother Jiu didn't say anything.
When they arrived at the prince's residence, the brothers and sisters dispersed and went back to their respective homes.
It’s the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, and everyone is busy.
Shushu is no exception here.
First, I heard from Aunt Xing, Li Yin, Xiaotang and others about the preparations for the New Year, and then I heard from Aunt Qi about the arrangements for the rotation of nanny and nanny during the New Year.
Ninth Brother's place is a lot easier. Now that Fusong is gone, Cao Shun is in charge of all the general affairs in the mansion.
He is mature and capable, and handles matters in an orderly manner.
Brother Jiu simply listened and stopped worrying. He just said to Cao Shun: "The Holy Spirit will drive the Queen Mother to Changchun Garden on the third day of the lunar month and ask someone to prepare the carriage. We will follow to Changchun Garden on the third day of the lunar month."
Cao Shun agreed.
When they returned to the main room, the ninth elder brother said to Shu Shu: "At that time, we can take Fengsheng and the others to pay their respects to the Queen Mother and the empress. If we don't go there, the fifth sister-in-law will not be able to take elder brother there. The imperial grandmother and the empress still have to go there." I have never met my nephew, so I must miss him."
Shu Shu said: "It's up to my master's arrangement."
Last year, because I was expecting to give birth, I didn't go with him, and I just stayed in the house, which was not interesting.
When we got there, the sisters-in-law were sitting next to each other, chatting and laughing together to pass the time.
Brother Jiu counted the days and said: "Over the past year, excluding the days when I left the capital, when I was in the capital, there were more and more days when the Holy Master was stationed in Changchun Garden."
Shu Shu said: "In summer, it's better to be in the garden."
During the first lunar month, when it was cold, Shu Shu didn't know why Kangxi was moving in such a hurry.
Even though the Lantern Festival feasts in recent years have been held there, there is no need to go there on the third day of the Lunar New Year.
As a result, we went early last year and the year before that, and this year was no exception.
Brother Jiu sneered and said, "Winter is good too. It's convenient to visit concubines and noble people."
The biggest difference between the garden and the palace is that it is more convenient than the palace and you can move more freely.
It's not like in the palace, where a noble person is passed down to accompany you, and everyone in the palace and harem knows about it.
Shu Shu glanced at Brother Jiu and said, "I will continue to criticize you. This may not be the case. He and his concubine are less than three months old, so they shouldn't follow her to the garden."
Brother Jiu hummed and said: "The old man is dissatisfied with me. This is because the two concubines are not satisfied with their happiness. They decided to think that the more the merrier, without talking about anything else, they only talked about the Guanyin Bamboo in front of the Qingxi Bookstore. This purpose is obvious. Revealed.”
Shu Shu couldn't comment, so he changed the subject and said: "The charcoal poison is too terrible. Let's think of a way to see if we can find something to replace the charcoal pot and smoke cage."
Brother Jiu said: "How about adding more walls of fire like those from Earth Dragon? The old house in Shengjing Palace is like that, with a wall of fire, which is convenient for burning. It is warmer than Earth Dragon..."
Shu Shu was thinking about earth heating.
In the early years before collective heating, everyone used earth heaters.
If you really want to talk about it, it is similar to the fire kang mentioned by Brother Jiu. Anyway, the open flame is not indoors.
In this way, even if the fuel is not fully burned, there will be other flues to exhaust smoke, and there will be no danger of carbon poisoning.
Shu Shu said: "The fire wall is a bit clumsy and takes up space. It would be nice if there was a replacement."
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "Let me think about it carefully. We are fine. We are using good charcoal. The people below should also be on guard against accidents..."
(End of chapter)
