In the front yard, banquets were also set up.
There are no separate seats, just a special large round table with a turntable on it.
There are thirteen seats around, which is very spacious and not crowded.
Prince Gong takes the throne. On the left are Qi Xi, Prince Kang, Prince Shuncheng, Zengshou, Seventh Elder Brother, and Ninth Elder Brother; on the right are the eldest elder brother, third elder brother, fourth elder brother, fifth elder brother, and eighth elder brother. , Tenth Prince.
Since it is a family banquet, we cannot just talk about superiority and inferiority, the elders and the younger are also at the forefront.
There are also distances and distances between relatives.
In terms of status, Qi Xi, the second-class uncle, had the lowest status, but he was the father-in-law of the ninth elder brother and a guest of the in-laws, so he had a higher position.
Other foreigners have the same idea.
The prince, who was one of his own, gave up his seat.
The cold dishes on the table have been placed, a total of twelve six-inch plates.
Just saying that this amount is very impressive.
With their status, they are tired of eating.
There are many relatives and friends, weddings and funerals, and we have to eat three or five times every ten days.
Nowadays, at the banquet, there are four-to-bottom ones, three six-to-one ones, two eight-to-eight ones, and three eight-to-eight ones. It is really rare to have twelve side dishes on the table like this.
Prince Gong looked at Brother Ninth, who was sitting at the end of the table, and joked: "Everyone says your food is good, and I can see it this time."
Brother Ninth moved out of the palace in the winter of the previous year. He only held a housewarming reception in total. He invited his brothers for one day and his in-laws for one day, but not his clan relatives. Today was the second time to treat him.
Brother Jiu smiled and said: "Many of the dishes in our Baiweiju are recipes sent by the government. If you want to eat them, just send someone to Baiweiju to order noodles and put them on my nephew's account."
Among the restaurants in the capital, Baiweiju can be regarded as one of the best in the past two years.
Prince Gong also ate it, and there were indeed many new dishes. He couldn't laugh or cry, and said: "That's your Fujin dowry property, why are you still responsible for it? How can you be so embarrassed..."
Even if Brother Jiu had the nerve to be filial, there was nothing he could do to accept it, he was shabby.
Brother Jiu said cheerfully: "It's okay, my nephew will go directly to the imperial palace to settle the bill."
"Ha ha……"
Prince Gong couldn't help laughing out loud and said: "You are really filial."
In the past two years, Prince Ninth Prince's reputation as the "loved son" has grown more and more. Prince Gong and Prince Yu talked about it in private and found it admirable.
Prince Kang sat under Qi Xi, almost face to face with Brother Jiu.
He looked at the unstable Ninth Brother and felt a little complicated.
When he was in the main hall just now, there were so many people there that he couldn't go to see his cousin, so he just looked at his cousin's husband.
He loves his children, respects his wife, and shows respect to his father-in-law.
Brother Ninth's performance is remarkable.
The couple has a tacit understanding that no one else can get in on.
Brother Jiu noticed Prince Kang's gaze, looked back, and said, "I'll toast you with a toast later. The village in Baiwang Mountain has helped us a lot. Now there are livestock farms, poultry farms, vegetable gardens, and orchards there." Once it’s connected, if it wasn’t a little far away from Changchun Garden, we would have built a separate courtyard there.”
Prince Kang said: "Jiu Ye is very polite. My mother always loves my cousin. A small village is nothing."
Prince Kang thought about the gifts he had received from the Ninth Prince's Mansion in the past two years, including watermelons in the summer and Dongzi vegetables in the winter. They were a little unique and a little cute. He never thought that his favorite thing was reading, watching his innocent and bright cousin living like this.
They were obviously a distinguished royal couple, but they became a fireworks couple.
If my cousin had entered the palace back then, the palace would have already had rules and regulations, so my cousin would not be tired or troubled.
But, is that the quiet years?
Prince Kang himself had no idea.
Not to mention anything else, just looking at the emperor's behavior in the past few years, all the flags have been changed frequently, except for the red flag, which has not been moved much.
If my cousin marries into the prince's palace, my uncle's reign as the Manchurian governor will probably not last long.
Dong E's family has lost Peng Chun. If his uncle's government is no longer stable, he will be reduced to a second-class family.
He has a gentle temper, and after he understands the truth, he suppresses his last bit of regret.
The eighth prince's eyes wandered between the two of them. He knew that the Dong E family was related to the previous generations of Prince Kang's family.
This generation's Chun Tai and Dong E's, cousins, are of the right age, so why didn't they get married?
The eighth prince glanced at Qi Xi.
Dutong Mansion and Prince Kang's Mansion have become completely different from each other.
Qi Xi became Khan Amma's confidant, which is inexplicable in itself.
There was Peng Chun in Dong E's family, and Ga Li, who was close to the royal family, so Qi Xi should not have been able to reach him.
He had no military merits, not even an uncle in his early years, but he had a certain title. However, after Peng Chun lost the capital of Manchuria, he took over the capital of Manchuria.
How could such a scheming person give birth to a daughter that his fortune could compare to?
The eighth prince was very upset.
If time could come back again, he would definitely not despise the Dong E family.
Seeing that everyone was about to make a move, the eldest brother asked the ninth brother: "Where is the wine? No more wine? Aren't you still thinking about Shan's toast?"
Brother Jiu shook his head like a rattle and said: "What kind of wine are you drinking at this noon? Everyone is still busy in the afternoon, so my brother is going to have tea instead of wine!"
The eldest brother disapproved and said: "This is too careful."
No feast is complete without wine.
No matter how good the food is, it will be less interesting if you can't drink alcohol.
Brother Jiu then said: "This is my brother's house, not outside. If anyone gets drunk and gets upset, when I treat my brothers to dinner in the restaurant later, I will have enough wine to drink whatever I want..."
The key is that once the wine is served, it's easy to get into trouble, so forget it.
He doesn't like drinking himself, and he can't accompany him to drink, so he saves the trouble.
The eldest brother said nothing more, and the other princes and brothers also had their own thoughts.
The aftermath of what happened in the first month is still there, and Brother Fourteen is still under lockdown.
Except for the eldest brother, no one else is addicted to alcohol, so it doesn't matter.
It was the third elder brother who slandered a few words, thinking that the ninth elder brother was too timid and didn't look promising.
But now Brother Jiu has dignity in front of the emperor, so where can he reason with him?
Just saying that this time "grabbing Zhou", Khan Ama also showed preference to the ninth elder brother. In addition to the eldest son's additional gifts, there were also two younger ones.
Could it be that Khan Ama just likes Jiu Age’s good-for-nothing character?
The third elder brother was a little stunned.
The fourth elder brother thinks that the ninth elder brother is more careful, but he also has to divide his time.
Although it is said that guests are welcome to host, but today there is an elder like Prince Gong, as well as two clan kings, Prince Kang and Prince Shuncheng. Even if they want to drink rice wine, they should not be served at all.
It was also the first time for Prince Gong to eat such a banquet, and he couldn't help complaining to Qi Xi: "The young people today are really different from us back then. When we opened a palace, we followed the rules of the palace. There are also eunuchs and nuns accompanying me. After a few years of restraint, Lao Jiu and his brothers are living a more leisurely life."
This is the difference between the current prince and the former prince.
But Prince Gong is also content.
Emperor Shizu had few princes, and the emperor only had one brother and two brothers. The young princes born from concubines like them became more valuable and they were directly granted the title of Prince Heshuo.
There are now eighteen princes in the Emperor's favor. How about ennobling eighteen princes?
Isn't that nonsense?
The prince's annual salary is nothing, ten thousand taels of silver per person, but there are not so many banner people to divide it among.
Most of the left collars under the Five Banners were in the palaces of princes and princes. There were quite a few left collars among the princes who did not have a master.
If, like they did back then, they all led the left from the Shangsanqi and weakened the Shangsanqi, the emperor might not be able to sleep well.
then what should we do?
Prince Gong was still smiling, but looking at the table full of imperial nephews, he felt a chill on his back and a bit of a bitter taste in his mouth.
His eyes fell on Brother Seven.
The seventh prince took over the left-collar population under the name of Prince Chun's Mansion...
Since there is no fine wine, the food has been upgraded.
There are no bird's nests or shark's fins on the table. The food is expensive and not tasty.
The next twelve stir-fry dishes were served, including yellow beef, four-month-old lamb, and six-month-old piglet, plus chicken, duck, fish, and shrimp.
Behind them are six pots and six large ocean bowls.
The fifth elder brother felt that his eyes were not strong enough.
The Prince of Shuncheng County was having dinner at the Ninth Prince's Mansion for the first time. He tried to remain calm on his face, but he felt uncertain in his heart.
Of the thirty-six dishes, I didn’t recognize any of them.
How does he play fast?
This is the royal heritage, why is it so different from the county prince's palace?
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Next update on August 11th around 12 noon
