The next day, the Holy Master inspected the outside of the Great Wall, accompanied by the eldest brother, the third prince, the fourth prince, the fifth prince, the eighth prince, the thirteenth prince, the fourteenth prince, the fifteenth prince, and the sixteenth prince.
Brother Jiu got up at five o'clock because he was going to see off the driver.
Seeing Shu Shu also getting dressed, Brother Jiu said: "You go on sleeping."
Shu Shu said: "Wait until I leave before you sleep."
Not only the ninth elder brother wanted to see him off, but also all the princes in Beijing wanted to see him off.
The prince took the lead and led all the princes, bachelors and six ministers who had stayed in Beijing to gather at Meridian Gate.
Those who leave the palace through the Meridian Gate will use the Daqing Gate to leave the city.
It's just Yinzheng time now, and the sky is dim and bright.
The ninth elder brother stood behind the seventh elder brother, and next to him were the tenth elder brother and the twelfth elder brother.
Seeing the Holy Driver and the team getting further and further away, Brother Jiu covered his mouth and yawned.
He couldn't help but curse in his heart.
The emperor's father is really good at sneaking around. He has no idle time every year.
This year is not bad. Last year, I visited the southern part of the country, patrolled outside the Great Wall, and visited the Ye Mausoleum.
This year I will do two things: patrolling the Yongding River and patrolling outside the Great Wall.
When the holy cavalry was far away, everyone dispersed.
Starting today, the prince will supervise the country and listen to the government.
Although the emperor still has the final say on major affairs of the government, it is the prince who has the first say.
This was the rule many years ago, and it is the same every time the Holy Driver goes on tour.
The ninth elder brother did not go to the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and there was no one there at such an early hour. He went directly with the twelfth elder brother to the Fifth Ganxi Institute to catch up on his sleep. After arriving at Chenzheng, he had breakfast, and then he and the twelfth elder brother came to the front.
Without the Holy Emperor, the atmosphere in the palace was different, and the atmosphere in the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs became more relaxed.
The twelfth elder brother handed the ninth elder brother a booklet, which was Jiu Gege’s dowry booklet. It was finally sorted out.
There are six major categories in total, including court hats and jewelry, clothes and fabrics, furnishings, antique calligraphy and paintings, daily necessities and medicinal materials, and real estate shops.
The first part is relatively trivial, so Brother Jiu will focus on the land store.
This is a special instruction from the Queen Mother, so be careful.
Baoding Imperial Village covers an area of 40 hectares, with six rent-collecting shops in the Imperial City, and four houses, two with three entrances, two with five entrances, one in Daxing Zhuangzi, one in Haidian Zhuangzi, and two in Tongzhou Zhuangzi.
Brother Jiu was stunned when he saw it. The potential of these properties was enough for Jiu Gege.
Marrying a man, marrying a man, dressing and eating is suitable for ordinary people, not for nobles, let alone royal princesses.
The ninth elder brother pointed at the dowry list and said to the twelfth elder brother: "You have also read it, and you know that it costs a lot of money to marry a girl. You must strive to do your best in the future. Don't go back and marry a girl who can't afford it."
Brother Twelve made a mistake and said: "If Brother Ninth had five or six daughters, he would definitely be more diligent than he is now..."
Brother Jiu touched his chin and said: "It's really the same. As a face-loving person like me, I must not let my daughter's dowry be lower than others..."
As he spoke, he shook the dowry booklet in his hand and said, "I asked you to prepare this alone, right?"
The twelfth elder brother nodded and said: "Yes, but the bottom file has not been put into the file yet, just in case there are deletions."
Brother Jiu said: "Then I'll take it home, and ask your sister-in-law Jiu to show it to Jiu Gege later."
The couple could refer to it and have an idea in mind, so they prepared a dowry for Ni Guzhu according to the dowry list.
After staying up until noon, the ninth elder brother had no intention of continuing and told the twelfth elder brother: "I will go back directly and won't come in the afternoon. I will take a break tomorrow. If there is anything that can't be solved, you can send it to the prince's mansion."
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The twelfth elder brother felt a little helpless and stood up to answer.
I thought nothing would happen, after all, there are rules for everything in the palace.
As a result, in the afternoon, news came that the imperial concubine Yongshou had passed a request to the imperial physician.
After hearing this, the twelfth elder brother put it down.
In matters involving the inner court, as well as the crown prince, it is not their turn for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to intervene.
If other concubines were sick, it would be impossible to arrange for Prince Fujin to attend the illness. However, the Yongshou concubine was Concubine Tong, who had no children, and her mother-in-law was not in the capital, so she was sent to the imperial physician for diagnosis.
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Brother Ninth came out of the Internal Affairs Office and went directly to the Zongren Mansion.
The tenth brother also woke up very early this morning, yawned and was bleary-eyed.
The brothers left early.
"The seventh son of the Sunu family has chosen a candidate for his continuation. It's from the third brother of the Dong E family..."
The tenth elder brother talked about the news.
Brother Jiu frowned and said, "It's not even a hundred days yet? Does the Dutong Mansion know?"
The tenth elder brother said: "You should know, but I didn't interfere in the selection of the successor."
Anyway, an heir has been chosen over there and the dowry has been sealed.
The choice of successor has nothing to do with the Dutong Mansion.
Brother Jiu hummed softly: "Isn't there anyone in the third bedroom of Dong E's family? There is just a left collar..."
The tenth elder brother said: "We are already from a respectable family. The princesses of other families may not look down on the concubine of Beizi Mansion."
Brother Jiu said: "If we don't separate the families, aren't they getting more and more chaotic? This is because we are afraid that our lives will be better."
Even though the grandsons are adults, they still don't separate the families. This is because they are afraid that the love in the world will not be chaotic.
The tenth elder brother said: "I prefer the younger ones. I am not very close to the sons of my original wife. But now I admire Confucianism and pay attention to the eldest son, so I will hold off."
If you have a stepmother, you have a stepfather. There is nothing rare under the sun.
Brother Jiu saw Su Nu's fourth successor, Fujin, and said: "He is quite young, almost the same as their eldest son. Isn't the youngest son just at the age of enlightenment? He is about the same age as Sixteen, what good can he see?
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The tenth elder brother shook his head and said: "No, he is the eldest son of the fourth successor Fujin. He is the tenth. He is also thirteen or four this year. I heard that he is both civil and military, and his temperament is like his father."
Brother Jiu shook his head and said, "You're really stupid. It's not hereditary. Why don't you think about getting the title as early as possible?"
I’m not afraid that no one will get anything in the end...
The emperor's father changed the clan's nobility system twice.
The brothers just said a few words and brushed aside other people's gossip.
When they arrived at the prince's residence, Brother Jiu took the dowry list and showed it to Shu Shu.
"It just so happens that you can go into the palace next time and show it to Xiaojiu, and also talk to the Imperial Grandmother."
This list was written in both Manchu and Chinese languages. The Queen Mother could not read and could only dictate it orally.
Shu Shu agreed, took the dowry list, and started reading it.
There is no woman who doesn’t love jewelry and clothes, and Shu Shu focused on these two items.
There are hundreds of pieces of jewelry, hundreds of ready-made clothes, 2,000 pieces of various colored silks and satins, four carts of various colored furs, and 400 various kinds of purses.
It’s really like a lifetime of clothing has been prepared.
Shu Shu pointed at the clothing materials and said to Brother Jiu: "The clothing materials alone cost two or thirty thousand taels of silver. This does not include ready-made clothes and jewelry..."
Estimating this dowry, even if it is not as much money as the prince's family, it is still more than half.
Brother Jiu smiled and said: "What's the matter? Save it. Anyway, it's just one Nigu bead. At the age of twelve, you still say that I'm not diligent. If I have five or six daughters, I'd be diligent. There's nothing you can do about it. Who can do it?"
We are so lucky that we only have this baby bump."
Shu Shu looked at Brother Jiu and smiled.
This man was also famous among his descendants, and was used in many novels in later generations.
Gege, who was supposed to be in front, only had the eldest son of a concubine after many years of marriage. He was only a few years older than Du Miao from the eighth prince's house.
Brother Jiu looked down at himself and said, "Why do you look at me with wrong eyes?"
Shu Shu said: "I just think that Fengsheng and the other three are all princesses. What will happen to me?"
After hearing this, Brother Jiu fell into imagination.
Actually it's not bad, there is a big princess like Shu Shu.
But for Shu Shu, this is not a good thing.
He said truthfully: "It's good, but it's better to worry less now. We can't live without having children for three or five years. We may have to prepare to go to Hongluo Temple again in two years."
Shu Shu continued to look at the dowry list, but her body relaxed.
It’s different.
Maybe this is another parallel space?
The time for them to leave the palace has been advanced, and the time for giving birth has also been advanced.
Or a legitimate son who does not exist in history.
With Eighth Prince, the foundation of the "Ba Ye Party" is gone.
She looked at Brother Ninth and said, "How many years do you plan to work for the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
Brother Jiu said: "I've thought about it. Khan Ama's temper is such that he doesn't want others to be idle. If I quit my job at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I might as well be kicked out of the Sixth Department. It would be best if I don't move for ten years or eight years."
Shu Shu looked at Brother Ninth with a bit of bewilderment and said: "Feng Sheng became a young man in the 54th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign. Do you want to go out for a walk then? Go to Yunnan to see the tea gardens, and go to Guangzhou to see the foreign merchant ships.
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After hearing this, Brother Jiu nodded first and then shook his head.
"It's okay to go out to Yunnan to find another job. I only heard Cao Shun say it once, and it's unbearable. It's so painful."
Shu Shu thought of the roads and carriages at this time, nodded and said, "I thought wrong."
Yunnan is a mountainous area, and people in later generations will suffer when traveling by car, let alone this time.
Nowadays, the most inconvenient way to travel is to follow the Northern or Southern Tour.
The northern patrol takes official roads or grasslands, and the road conditions are smooth.
Patrolling the canal in the south, the water is gentle.
Brother Ninth thought that Shu Shu was feeling depressed and wanted to go out, so he said, "You don't have to wait until then. I will take you to Mulan Paddock after Grandma Huang's birthday."
At present, the palaces between the capital and the paddock are relatively simple, and several areas of the palace need to be expanded.
It is necessary to first select a few locations among the existing palaces for expansion, and also select locations where there are no palaces.
Now that the Treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is rich, this kind of palace must be built.
"I just heard what Khan Amma said. The cost of building palaces along the way cannot exceed 20,000 taels, so we should mainly stay in the old one. We will set off in early October and come back at the end of winter. We can stay away for two months." Ninth Prince
road.
Shu Shu listened with a bit of expectation.
By then it was just the husband and wife, and there was less restraint.
Brother Jiu said: "By then we will be able to eat fresh venison and flying dragon meat..."
Shu Shu's heart moved when she heard it, and she was looking forward to it.
A few days later, it was July 30th, the day to enter the palace to pay my respects.
The procedure for this trip is already fixed.
The carriage waiting for the eighth Fujin moved first, and then she and the tenth Fujin followed.
After entering the Shenwu Gate, the three of them split into three groups.
Shu Shu was a little puzzled.
San Fujin went with the retinue, but Ba Fujin did not travel with Ba Age.
But after seeing the scars on Bafujin's face that were much lighter, Shu Shu understood a little bit.
It should be to recuperate from injuries.
According to the method of removing scars, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, old scars must be peeled off and medicines applied to heal the wounds.
If you go out, it will affect the healing of scars.
Although the two of them walked together to the Sixth Palace of the West, they were relatively speechless and did not have any awkward conversations...