The beginning of the forty-first year of Kangxi was different from previous years.
In recent years, most of the saints have gone to Changchun Garden with the Queen Mother on the third or fourth day of the Lunar New Year, but this year is an exception.
On the third day of the first lunar month, apart from Shengjia, the only people who went to Changchun Garden from the palace were Concubine Yi, Concubine He, Concubine Min, Wang Guiren and others.
The Queen Mother did not go over, and the princes also divided into two groups. Some went with them at this time, and some did not go at this time.
Shu Shu and Brother Jiu are the same as in the past.
The couple were self-aware that the person they relied on in the palace was never the Queen Mother, but Kangxi.
Like them, the eldest elder brother and his wife, the third elder brother and his wife, the fourth elder brother and his wife, the seventh elder brother and his wife, and the thirteenth elder brother and his wife also moved to Haidian.
The fifth elder brother was very uneasy and took Wu Fujin to the palace to pay his respects.
They only got the news yesterday that the Queen Mother was not going to Haidian today, but it was just too late, otherwise she would have come to visit yesterday.
The Queen Mother has grown up, and she is also tired during the New Year. The fifth elder brother is worried about the Queen Mother's health.
"I'm fine. It's the concubine who's feeling a little uncomfortable. I'll wait for her for a few days before we go together..."
Seeing that the fifth elder brother and his wife were worried, the Queen Mother directly explained the reason: "The ninth elder brother sent the young eunuch over this morning to ask. I asked him to tell you that this must be a split."
The fifth elder brother felt relieved after hearing this.
There are two concubines in the palace, Concubine Duanshun and Concubine Shuhui.
The Queen Mother directly skipped the title, and the one who deserves the title of Princess Shuhui should be Princess Shuhui.
That one is the Queen Mother's biological sister, and she often took her fifth elder brother with her in the early years.
The fifth elder brother looked worried and said: "What does the imperial doctor say? Then my grandson should go and see the imperial concubine?"
The Queen Mother waved her hands and said: "You are under Chinese New Year, don't cause trouble. The imperial doctor said that there is nothing serious. It's just external wind evil and some food accumulation. Just clean your stomach and intestines and it will be fine. Xiao Qi sent them to your mother-in-law yesterday. No, I’m just afraid of getting sick!”
The fifth elder brother stopped insisting and just said: "We are seeing the beginning of spring, but it is easy to get sick at this time. Grandma, please be careful."
The Queen Mother nodded and said: "I know, you are all well, don't rush to Haidian, wait until the weather gets warm in February before going there."
The fifth elder brother said: "We also want to go there early. Chaolu Society has called for someone, and my grandson wants to carry him over to pay his respects to the imperial grandmother."
Chaolu was the legitimate son of Wufu Jin, and was nicknamed by the Queen Mother.
Chaolu means stone in Mongolian.
The Queen Mother hoped that her great-grandson would be as hard as a stone.
The last time I saw the Queen Mother was last summer.
After hearing what the fifth elder brother said, she thought about it, but she still insisted: "There's no rush, the house is damp in winter. Adults can bear it, but children can't. I'll wait for someone to burn the house and let it dry out for a few days." , you go over again.”
The fifth elder brother said: "Then my grandson will go over first and wait until the house is dry before sending someone to pick up Fujin and Chaolu..."
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Changchun Garden, the Holy Driver and his party have arrived.
Brother Jiu yawned and got out of the carriage.
He went to Ma Qi's house to pay New Year's greetings the day before yesterday afternoon and learned something. Ma Qi's head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was resigning.
A dignified bachelor, he did not have the name of chief assistant, but he had the actual status of chief assistant. Ma Qi was busy with many important affairs of the court, and naturally he had no time to take care of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
He had resigned as the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs once at the beginning of the year, but the emperor was not sure at that time; at the end of the year, Ma Qi resigned again.
Now, we have the confidence.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs will recruit another general manager, and it will be none other than Ma Qi's eldest brother Masika.
In his early years, this man also served as the General Manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but it was a part-time job. He was the Minister of Internal Affairs and the General Manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Later, he participated in the Pingzhun War and made meritorious service in the thirty-fifth year. In the thirty-sixth year, he was seized from the official position due to inability to recover the goods.
So far, Musca has been idle for five years.
This time, Muskar was granted the title of Commander-in-Chief of Mongolia at Xiangbai Banner, as well as the Director-General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Brother Ninth was secretly delighted. This man had been the head of the House of Internal Affairs for seven or eight years.
In this case, even if you are a proficient person, neither you nor the twelfth elder brother will be tied to the yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and you can free up your hands to do other things.
The royal chariot was at the front of the team and drove directly to Xiaodongmen.
The accompanying concubines entered through the Great West Gate.
He knew that his mother was there, but Brother Jiu couldn't follow him, so he could only wait for Concubine Yi's carriage at the gate of the palace, planning to pay her respects.
In front of Concubine Yi's carriage sat the chief eunuch of Yikun Palace.
Seeing Brother Jiu's presence, he hurriedly stopped the carriage, jumped out, and said, "Slave, I would like to ask Brother Jiu to greet you..."
Brother Jiu gave him a hand and looked at the carriage.
Concubine Yi heard the noise and opened the carriage curtain.
In addition to Yifei, there are also seventeenth prince and eighteenth prince.
"Brother Ninth..."
Brother Seventeen gave a crisp cry.
The eighteenth elder brother followed suit and shouted, but his eyes fell on the ninth elder brother's purse.
Every time he saw his brothers, Brother Ninth would dig into his wallet. The little guy took note of it and knew there was something delicious in it.
Seeing this, the ninth elder brother took out his purse, handed the oil paper bag inside to the seventeenth elder brother, and said: "You two share it!"
This time I changed snacks to honey hawthorn pills.
During the Chinese New Year, we eat a lot of food, and this is for digestion.
Concubine Yi looked at Brother Jiu and said, "It's cold outside now. I'm telling you, Fujin, there's no need to rush to bring the children over to say hello. They can live here for a long time. It's okay to wait until it gets warm next month before entering the garden to say hello." Not too late."
Brother Jiu nodded in agreement, looked at the two younger brothers and said, "After these two days, we have settled in. My son will pick up Xiao Qi and Xiao Shiba and go to my elder brother's place to stay for a day..."
Brother Seventeen listened with bright eyes.
He is five years old this year and has already begun to remember things. He remembers the words of the Queen Mother and the Dowager Princess, and knows that his brother's family has several auspicious nephews and nieces.
The eighteenth elder brother was still confused. Hearing his ranking, he tilted his head and looked at the ninth elder brother.
Concubine Yi said: "Well, let's talk about it later after you have settled down."
There is also the palace concubine's carriage behind her, so it's not easy for the carriage to stop for too long.
After his biological mother said hello to his brothers, Brother Ninth stepped aside and watched the carriage leave.
The regulations for the carriages of concubines and concubines are different.
Behind Concubine Yi's carriage is He Concubine's carriage.
Brother Jiu saw this and took a few steps back.
If Min Bin was the biological mother of Thirteenth Brother even though they were different in age, he would still be able to say hello; if He Bin was the same age as him, he would have to avoid it more.
It was bright outside, and as the carriage moved, there was a gap in the carriage curtain.
He concubine looked outside and saw Brother Jiu bowing down.
He and the concubine thought of Jiufu Jin and the days when they stayed in the palace in the spring of thirty-seventh year.
Among the group of beautiful girls at that time, the most outstanding one was the eldest daughter of the Niu Hulu family.
The queen of honor, the daughter of Fengchao.
Jiu Fujin, on the other hand, does not stand out and does not compete with the beautiful girls.
Now four years have passed.
There were some vicissitudes of life with the concubines.
She didn't envy Jiu Fujin for being the prince's legitimate son, but she envied him for giving birth to three children.
The concubine's eyes were wet.
She also wants to raise a little brother.
When will there be twenty princes in the palace?
As for the 18th and 19th elder brothers, they are not something she can imagine.
She is here at this age and has no experience in raising children. The good thing is that she is the head of the first palace and is qualified to raise the prince born by the concubine. If there is any news about the grand promise of the Qianqing Palace, then in order to enhance the child's status, the child will be placed in There is also a precedent in Chengqian Palace...
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After the concubine's carriage passed by, Brother Jiu entered Changchun Garden and went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to check in.
When he saw the officer on duty, Brother Jiu ordered: "Prepare the charcoal fire and supplies provided by Brother, and sweep the vacant yard."
The Gege Suo to the south of Beiliu Suo was built last year.
It's just that the ninth elder brother made some calculations in his mind. There shouldn't be that many princes' elder brothers who can live with him in Haidian this year.
South Five and North Six are enough to live in.
The twelfth elder brother has an errand for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and will not live here.
Even if the Thirteenth Brother comes to live here, it won't last long. If he is a retinue, it would be difficult to leave the women living alone outside the palace. It would be more convenient to stay in the palace.
Brother Ten has a young child and will not be living with him this spring.
The "restriction" of Babeile Mansion is far away, and there is no intention to call people out yet.
He thought of Seventeenth Brother and gave another instruction: "Seventeenth Brother is at Huichun Villa, and his daily expenses will be allocated there first..."
The officer memorized it carefully.
There was movement at the door, and Wei Zhu came.
"Master Jiu, where is the emperor's biography..."
Brother Jiu followed him out and said, "Didn't we just pass on a few bachelors? Prince An and Yarjiang are also waiting, have they all seen each other?"
Wei Zhu said: "Prince An has finished meeting with Prince Jian, the Crown Prince, Master Zhang has also finished meeting, and Master Ma is still in front of the emperor."
Mr. Zhang is Zhang Yushu, the scholar of Fuque Wenhua Palace who was recalled last year after Zhang Ying became an official. He is also the minister of household affairs.
Among the several Han University scholars, Zhang Yushu, like Ma Qi, was not ranked first, but he was used legitimately.
As for Yarjiang'a, it should be for the purpose of attacking the prince.
Although the Eight Banners has been Chineseized and the service has become heavier, the Eight Banners prince Ding You is still "recovering in a hundred days".
As a result, Prince Jian's ascension to the title was put on the agenda of the Clan's Mansion.
Thinking of Yarjiang'a's arrogant temper, Brother Jiu seemed to be a younger version of Elundai.
I just don’t know what it will be like when he inherits the title and confronts the prince.
Brother Jiu thought secretly.
When he arrived at Qingxi Bookstore, Kangxi pointed to the stool opposite Ma Qi and asked Brother Jiu to sit on it.
He glanced at Brother Jiu a few times and saw that his face was rosy and full of energy and blood, and he said, "Looking at you, are you doing well?"
Brother Jiu smiled and said: "Son, people are in high spirits during happy events. Didn't this mean that he got a big deal a year ago?"
He was in a good mood, and ate various venison dishes and health soup every day, which made his face rosy and his hands and feet did not feel cold.
Kangxi pondered and said: "I had a dream yesterday about Emperor Shizu. I plan to go to Wutai Mountain at the end of the month. There are many abandoned palaces along the way. You can arrange two people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to go to Qianqian Palace to make preparations. When the time comes, you go with me..."
By the end of the month, it’s almost September, it’s not that cold anymore, and it’s not hard to travel.
If he went on tour in the twelfth lunar month, Kangxi would really not worry about taking his ninth elder brother with him.
Brother Jiu was stunned when he heard this.
Dreaming about Emperor Shizu, why did he go to Mount Wutai?
Is that statement from earlier years true? !
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I went to the hospital today. There were no updates during the day. Let’s wait and see in the evening.
(End of chapter)
