Inside Andingmen, Sibeile Mansion, main room.

It's already time to light the lamp.

Si Fujin was sitting on the south Kang in the East Room, with a Kang table in front of him.

In his arms was a little girl with no hair, pink and jade-shaped, and extremely delicate eyebrows.

It is the second princess of Baylor Mansion, the daughter of Princess Li.

Now Sibeile Mansion has one wife and two concubines.

The two concubines are Song Gege and Li Gege, who were born in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Song Gege once gave birth to the eldest daughter of her fourth elder brother, who died before the full term.

Li Gege gave birth to Er Gege and Er Ge.

Because Er Gege is the eldest daughter and the only daughter, the fourth elder brother also loves her very much.

After Li gave birth to his second elder brother, he had no energy to take care of his daughter, so his fourth elder brother sent his daughter to Sifujin for upbringing.

Er Gege was born in the 34th year of Kangxi's reign. He is now five years old and has not yet reached enlightenment.

Si Fujin took the ivory nine-link ring to Er Gege to play with and taught her how to unlock it.

The eldest brother Honghui is three years old, which is the time to be naughty.

He lay down on the edge of the kang table and interrupted his sister.

The siblings grew up together and have a very good relationship.

Er Ge Ge was not upset when he was disturbed, so he grabbed the puppy next to him and handed it to his younger brother.

Honghui took it and put it in his mouth.

It was just when his teeth were growing that he was drooling.

Upon seeing this, Ergege hurriedly pulled the puppy back and handed him a piece of stove fruit.

This furnace fruit is harder than ordinary ones. Si Fujin listened to Shu Shu's suggestion and prepared it for Honghui to grind his teeth.

Honghui's gums were itchy due to teething, and he had something to grind his teeth on, which he put into his mouth and chewed with satisfaction.

When the fourth elder brother came in, he saw this peaceful scene.

"Amma!"

When Er Gege saw Si Age, she immediately screamed.

When Honghui was learning to speak, he also shouted next to him: "Ama, Ama!"

Si Fujin stood up, stepped forward to greet him, and helped Si Age go to the outside cover.

Brother Si rubbed his hands to remove the coldness, then picked up Er Ge Ge, weighed him and put him down, and then touched Hong Hui's head.

When Honghui saw this, he hugged the fourth brother's thigh, raised his head and said, "Hug!"

"The Book of Rites" states, "A gentleman embraces grandchildren but not sons." This is also true for bannermen's rules.

However, this was the eldest son, and the fourth elder brother was not a rigid person. His face softened and he hugged his son.

Honghui chuckled and was very happy.

Si Fujin was beside him, with a smile on his face, and whispered to his mother to prepare the dining table.

After a while, the dinner table was set.

Although he has now moved out of the palace, Sifujin still raises his children from the palace.

That is, he was fed milk until he was six years old.

Er Gege and Hong Hui have not been weaned, but they can also eat complementary foods.

There is a plate of milk cake on the table now, prepared for the siblings.

Si Age’s here is lotus leaf pancake with eggs, and a steamed stuffed bun stuffed with tofu.

The fourth elder brother likes vegetarian food but not meat. Si Fujin has been married for many years and has a similar diet.

There is no big meat in the accompanying dishes, only a meat dish of crispy fish, a mustard shredded pickle, and the rest is a vegetable radish meatball soup.

When the fourth brother saw the crispy fish, he picked up two pieces of fish.

This is one of the recipes Shu Shu gave Sifujin years ago.

It was a return favor, thanking Sifujin for giving her the clan gift list as a reference.

Brother Si thought of the fish in the West Garden, and the news spread throughout the clan.

It was actually Brother Jiu who was making a lot of noise while fishing, and it was in broad daylight.

There were guards and military guards in the garden, as well as eunuchs and officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. How could anyone hide it?

It spread early.

There is anything to say.

Some people are envious, saying that he is the son of a beloved concubine and carries the holy scroll, so he dares to act like a fish in the imperial garden.

Those who are jealous will talk about a dandy prince who is ignorant and incompetent.

There are also those who add insult to injury, saying that Ninth Prince is greedy and takes advantage of his position as the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

When Si Fujin saw the fish, he also remembered what happened in the West Garden.

When the dining table was removed, Si Fujin said with a smile: "The ninth brother and sister said that they will make the fish later and share some with us and the fifth one..."

The fourth elder brother shook his head and said: "This ninth old man is already seventeen, and he still doesn't look like an adult. He just leads Fujin to do all the nonsense!"

Si Fujin smiled and said: "What I said is biased. I see that Brother Jiu is much more sensible than before..."

Before, I wasn't very lovable, I choked when I spoke, and I wasn't very respectful to my brothers, but I was still polite in front of my sister-in-law.

The fourth elder brother did not deny it and said: "The one who owes his son earlier is not much better than the fourteenth one!"

The fourth elder brother had long disliked him. As an older brother, it was true that he had tried to teach him. However, the eighth elder brother was very protective, and the ninth elder brother did not listen to his advice, so they became estranged from each other.

Thinking of this, he pondered, glanced at Si Fujin, wanted to say something, but hesitated when he saw the two children.

When such an old child is really learning to speak, the couple has to avoid them when talking.

Seeing his expression, Sifujin knew that he had something to say, so he whispered to his nanny to take Ergege and Honghui down to settle them.

The two of them have not divided the courtyard yet, one is placed in the east wing and the other is placed in the west wing.

Only the husband and wife were left in the room, and the fourth elder brother spoke up and said, "The relationship between Jiu Fujin and Ba Fujin is not good?"

I didn't notice it before, but a few days ago I noticed that the 10th elder brother was blocking the 9th elder brother from visiting Babeile Mansion. Then the 4th elder brother realized that unknowingly, the 9th elder brother, the 10th elder brother and the eighth elder brother seemed to be like each other.

A lot of distance.

You know, because these three brothers live close to each other, they have been in and out of the same place for more than ten years, and they have a very close relationship.

Even before and after the eighth prince's wedding last year, the ninth prince was still having a hard time.

Although he later caused criticism and acted inappropriately, his love for his brothers was genuine.

Si Fujin has a gentle temper and doesn't like to talk about people's faults, but he still can't help but say: "Maybe it's because they got married in the same year. The eighth brother and sister pride themselves on being of noble birth and always try to outdo the ninth brother and sister. The ninth brother and sister are also pampered by the family.

I definitely won't endure it all the time, and there will be a quarrel, but I see that the ninth younger brother and sister are kind and not vindictive, and I still felt uncomfortable for a while after knowing that the eighth younger brother and sister had miscarried..."

The fourth elder brother frowned when he heard the Eight Fortunes.

What he dislikes the most is Guo Luoluo's noisy temperament.

His face was tense and he said: "Lao Ba is good in everything, but he doesn't have a good fortune!"

The estrangement between brothers is not due to one of them.

Jiu Fujin is generous and does not hold grudges and does not sow discord between brothers. So who is the one who sows discord between brothers? Do you still need to guess?

Si Fujin listened with a smile and did not refute, but he disagreed in his heart.

She had grown up in the palace and was used to seeing different facial features, so she realized that Eighth Prince's request for perfection was not true.

In comparison, she actually felt that Ba Fujin was more pitiable.

With her background and generous dowry, her life would be much more comfortable if she married into another family than she does now.

Just poor people.

She looked to the west, wondering how the eight blessings were now.

On the day of the accident, Sifujin went to visit the patient.

I just sat with him and gave him some bird's nests. He didn't say anything to comfort me, and he had to think about it on his own...

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Babel Mansion, upper room.

Bafujin was lying half-lying, taking good care of his body, without any intention of showing off.

In the past few days, I have obviously felt weak, afraid of the cold, and have no strength.
To be continued...