Capital, Fucha's house.
Brother Ninth was talking to his wife, Dai Jia.
Dai Jiashi was worried about her daughter these days, whether she was eating or sleeping well, so today she couldn't help but send someone to send a message to the Prince's Mansion, wanting to go there and ask questions.
As a result, the post was returned directly, and there was also a ninth brother attached.
Dai Jiashi was Ma Qi's first wife. She was about the same age and was about to turn fifty. She didn't have any taboos. When her family was away and there were no other adult sons, she went directly to the front living room to meet the guests.
"It was the slave who was rash."
She was a little embarrassed and said: "The master asked me to rest assured. Wherever I can let it go, I thought of asking Fujin to ask what the regulations are about staying in the palace."
Brother Jiu said: "It was my negligence. I should have come over and told my sister. Sister, you don't have to worry. This group of beautiful girls live in Xian'an Palace, which is spacious. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is renovating the house these days. As for the Japanese Use the supply, and I will ask people to keep an eye on it when the time comes, so that no one can deduct it."
After hearing this, Dai Jiashi was half relieved.
As a housewife, all she cares about is food and housing.
As for his daughter's future, it can only depend on the emperor's wishes.
Even if the ninth elder brother is the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he can't get involved.
Brother Jiu said again: "The person in charge of the palace affairs now is the Crown Princess. She is kind and considerate. Even the nuns and eunuchs arranged by her are nothing to worry about. In this draft, three princes, Fujin and one prince, will be selected. The clan prince Fujin, a county prince Fujin, as well as Prince Yu's Mansion and Prince Gong's Mansion also have to choose two generals' wives, that's seven. Those maids are very careful and will not offend anyone easily. , not to mention the status of junior sister, she is considered to have a high status among this generation."
In Dai Jia's heart, there are thousands of twists and turns.
Although the Fucha family followed the eighth prince, their father was a bachelor and a confidant of the emperor. The emperor would not point out their daughter to the prince of the clan, most likely the prince Fujin.
There is an age difference between her and the eldest brother, and her daughter is a young girl, and her status is higher than that of the first eldest brother Fujin, so she will not be referred to as his stepmother.
That means referring to the twelfth elder brother or the thirteenth elder brother.
The two elder brothers are similar in age, but their backgrounds are different.
Dai Jiashi also thought of her thirteenth brother.
The son of Concubine Min, the emperor's favored youngest son in the past two years, is excellent in both civil and military studies. It is said that he is good-looking and one of the best among the princes.
She didn't want to ask more questions, so as not to be confused and appear to be delusional.
Ma Qi was originally in the palace, and the steward of the family came to report. He knew that Brother Jiu had gone to the house and left lunch, so he came back.
It's true that you are a student, but if you really want to just be a student and act like a teacher, you are ignorant of current affairs.
When he came back, Brother Jiu and Dai Jiashi had already put aside the draft and mentioned the Fu Qing family's bamboo.
Although Fu Qing was not a legitimate child, he was raised by the Dai Jia family, almost like a biological son.
Children and elders all treat them similarly.
When there is no marriage, press for marriage.
After getting married, they give birth.
Fu Qing has been married for several years, but there has been no movement between the couple. Dai Jia is inevitably worried.
Brother Jiu brought the good news to her and said: "When he moved, I prepared a pot of Guanyin Bamboo as a housewarming gift. Not only did he have one, but Erhe and Zhang Tingzhan also had one. Now both families have one." Good news, the only thing missing is Fu Qing, it should only last a year and a half."
As I get older, what I like to hear most is the good news about a new baby.
Dai Jia said happily: "I forgot about Guanyin Bamboo. I heard it is extremely efficacious, so I will just wait for them to announce the good news."
Nowadays, Guanyin Bamboo is also sold in the world, but the price varies.
We are not fools, so we naturally know where bamboo is grown.
Jingui, who was raised in Hongluo Temple, was praised by the emperor, and it was also fulfilled by the prince.
Those bamboos of similar varieties shipped from the south are Li Guizhu.
Brother Ninth said proudly: "My family was divided into several pots last year, and there are some who are rich. Now that junior sister has decided on a big deal, I will send two pots to be a dowry for junior sister!"
As for the twelfth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother, he has also prepared them.
There is no need for elder brother.
The year before last, the fifth brother had sent gifts from one house to another, and naturally he did not miss the Prince Zhijun's house.
Dai Jiashi smiled from ear to ear and said, "If it were anyone else, I wouldn't be greedy for Master Jiu, but I have to accept this Guanyin Bamboo shamelessly."
Brother Jiu said: "That's good. I'm not an outsider."
The two talked so warmly that they didn't even notice the person coming in at the door.
When Ma Qi heard these two sentences, he couldn't help but cough slightly.
Brother Jiu and Dai Jiashi both looked at the door, and then they realized that Ma Qi was coming, and they both stood up.
"master……"
"teacher……"
Ma Qi nodded to his wife, looked at Brother Jiu, and said, "I have learned Master Jiu's "Book of Rites", how come it's like I haven't learned it?"
How could someone come so unnoticed?
The more valuable your status is, the more measured you must be in your actions and not wanton.
The key is that Brother Nine is getting older and is no longer a child.
Even if they have the title of teacher and student, they should not keep in close contact, otherwise they will cause trouble to each other.
Brother Jiu smiled and said: "Teacher, don't worry, you have memorized everything, and you follow the rules on weekdays. Isn't this just a coincidence? I am on vacation, and I thought I should come to visit my wife, so I came here in a hurry."
Dai Jiashi said from the side: "It's not the fault of Jiu Ye, it's because I have been restless these days and got confused. I wanted to go over to pay my respects to Jiu Fujin and ask about staying in the palace."
Among the current royal fortunes, the Crown Princess, the Fourth Fortune, the Eighth Fortune, and the Tenth Fortune were not drafted. The Da Fortune, the Third Fortune, the Fifth Fortune, the Seventh Fortune, and Shu Shu were all drafted and stayed in the palace.
The Dai Jia family is from the same clan as the noble Dai Jia. They have also dealt with Qifu Jin, but they are not as familiar with Shu Shu.
Brother Jiu said: "I forgot to come here. A few days ago, I saw that there was a junior sister on the show girl booklet. She will enter the palace in the middle of the year. It's right for the senior wife to be worried."
Seeing both of them excusing each other, Ma Qi raised his eyebrows, feeling a little less unhappy in his heart.
Now that the head of the house is back and the Ninth Elder Brother has someone to accompany him, Dai Jiashi bid farewell to the Ninth Elder Brother and goes back to the inner house.
The teacher and the student sat down and talked.
Ma Qi was no one else, so Brother Jiu told the truth.
"Master's wife wants to see me, Fujin. I understand what she means. It's just that two girls from Dong E's family left signs this year. Yesterday, they sent people to the Prince's Mansion, but I, Fujin, didn't see anyone. When I arrived at Master's house, she originally wanted to If you want to come over, ask me to stop you. It will be more convenient for me to order people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs..."
Ma Qi frowned when he remembered the two girls from Dong E's family.
He doesn't like Garli.
But the emperor wanted to lift up the ceremony.
Galli was greedy by nature. He even stretched out his hand in the capital, but when he got there, he would scrape the land.
But the emperor missed his old love and was very generous to Ga Li.
He said: "Jiu Fu and Jin are right. It's not easy to get close to her. It's better to stay far away."
Brother Jiu looked at Ma Qi carefully and said, "The circles under my sister's eyes are dark, but it's normal here, teacher? Did you get the news and know who my sister is going to point to?"
Ma Qi's expression remained unchanged, neither admitting nor denying. He only said: "When the Holy Master left the capital, Master Jiu gave himself a 'holiday'? Is it like he was waiting for the imperial censor to impeach him again?"
Brother Jiu said: "It's only three days. I plan to go to the Yamen tomorrow."
Ma Qi looked at Brother Ninth and said, "If Lord Ninth intends to serve as a clergyman in the Ministry of Internal Affairs for a few more years, you'd better not go too far."
He didn't often ask for leave before, even if he only went for half a day, he still went.
As a result, he handed over the errands to the new manager and started asking for leave, which seemed a bit stingy.
There have been a lot of speculations outside, even among the people in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there are also many people who are waiting for Brother Ninth to confront the new manager, so that everyone can fall in line when the time comes.
Brother Jiu looked at Ma Qi and wanted to ask, since he is the emperor, how can he not know any news about the Jin family?
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the previous dynasty were two separate systems, but Ma Qi was still the director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Pretending to know nothing, he kept his mouth shut.
Brother Ninth also restrained himself and asked about lunch.
Even for the prime minister's residence, the food was mediocre.
There were both chicken and duck, but seeing that Brother Jiu didn't like to use chopsticks, he picked two bites of sesame cabbage and ate it.
Seeing his picky look, Ma Qi could understand why the couple had been away from the palace for two years and all their thoughts were on eating and drinking in the dignified prince's palace.
When Brother Ninth came home, he complained to Shu Shu: "The teacher is dishonest, and he can't say anything accurate in front of me. He definitely knows who my daughter pointed out, and he also knows why the Jin family came to Beijing..."
Shu Shu thought of Zhang Tingyu inexplicably. Ma Qi probably didn't have a "better than Yimo" temperament. The reason why he didn't say anything private to Brother Ninth was probably because he knew that Brother Ninth would not hide his emotions.
For Ninth Brother, it was just a temporary trip.
But for those who pay attention to Brother Nine, they are a little confused.
Is there anything big going on recently?
Brother Ninth went to Fucha's house.
The one who couldn’t figure it out was Jin Yiren.
He also caught wind of the gossip outside.
It can only be said that the Jin family has been out of Beijing for too long, and the folk customs in Hangzhou are very different from those in the capital.
There are too many wealthy and idle people in the capital, so teahouses and gossiping are also pastimes for young and old men.
From national events to how much Dongzi vegetables cost per pound today, there is no one who doesn't like to talk about it.
The Jin family granted him an official residence in the imperial city.
In this teahouse in the imperial city, everyone loves to talk about the news from the palace.
Everything is explained in detail.
Some are true, some are just casually said.
Jin Yiren didn't know that many of these words were nonsense. He just thought that if he had a nose and eyes, then it should be true.
For example, if Brother Jiu is greedy for money, he is indeed making money through his status.
There are also many examples of people saying that Brother Jiu is petty and intolerant.
He was always "disrespectful". Prince Zhuang's cheap father-in-law, Prince Xin's former brother-in-law, and Longkodo, the eighth prince's wet nurse, were all convicted of this crime.
The first two were fine, they just resigned and were exiled. The last two, one died without a body intact, and the other was executed by hanging.
Jin Yiren is a little numb. Is it possible that Brother Jiu's generosity in front of him is all fake?
He felt a chill running down his spine...
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The next update will be around 12 noon on August 3rd
