Chapter 1372 The timid Ninth Brother (wowling for monthly votes)
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 13 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 elder brother.
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, has the lowest status, but he is the father-in-law of the ninth elder brother and a guest of the in-laws, so he has a higher position.
Other foreigners have the same meaning.
The prince here, considered 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 this amount is quite impressive.
With their status, they are tired of eating and drinking.
There are many relatives and friends, weddings and funerals, and they have to eat three or five times every ten days.
At today's banquets, there are four-to-bottom ones, three six-to-one ones, two eight-to-one ones, and three eight-to-one ones. It's really rare to have only 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 early winter of last year. He only held a housewarming reception in total. He invited his brothers for one day and his in-laws for one day. He did not invite any relatives. Today is the second time to treat guests.
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 is your dowry property from Fujin, why are you still paying 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 beloved 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 later. The village in Baiwang Mountain has helped us a lot. Now there are livestock farms, poultry farms, vegetable gardens, and orchards there."
Once connected, if it wasn't a little far away from Changchun Garden, we would build 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 both unique and cute. He did not expect that his innocent and bright cousin, who loved reading the most, was 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, there would have been rules and regulations for everything in the palace, so my cousin would not be tired and troubled.
But, that means the years are quiet, okay?
Prince Kang himself had no idea.
Not to mention anything else, just looking at the emperor's behavior in the past few years, all flags have been changed frequently, except that the red flag 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 the uncle's government is no longer stable, it will be reduced to a second-class family.
He has a kind-hearted temperament, and if he wants to understand the truth behind this, he will suppress 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.
In this generation, Chun Tai and Dong E are cousins, they are 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 there was also Ga Li who was close to the royal family, so Qi Xi shouldn't have been able to join them.
He had no military merit, not even an uncle in his early years, but he had a decent title. However, after Peng Chun lost the Manchu capital, he took over the Manchu capital.
How could such a cunning and scheming person give birth to a daughter that could be compared to his own fortune?
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 use their chopsticks, the eldest brother asked the ninth brother: "Where is the wine? There is 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 later in the restaurant, I will have enough wine to drink whatever I want..."
The key is that once you drink alcohol, it's easy to get into trouble, so let's forget it.
He doesn't like drinking himself, and he can't accompany him to drink, so it's a waste.
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 made some slanderous remarks, thinking that the ninth elder brother was too timid and didn't look promising.
But now that Brother Jiu has dignity in front of the emperor, where can he reason with him?
Just saying that this time he was "grabbing Zhou", Khan Ama showed preference to the ninth elder brother again. In addition to the eldest son's additional gifts, there were also two younger ones.
Could it be that Khan Ama just likes Ninth Prince’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 needs time.
Although guests are welcome to do as they please, today there is an elder like Prince Gong here, as well as the two clan kings, Prince Kang and Prince Shuncheng, so even if they want rice wine, they should not be served at all.
It was also the first time for Prince Gong to eat such a banquet. 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, who are chattering, and have gone through several years of restraint. Brothers Lao Jiu and others are living a more casual life."
This is the difference between the current prince and the former prince.
But Prince Gong is also satisfied.
Emperor Shizu had few princes, and the emperor only had one brother and two brothers. The young princes born from concubines like these 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 lieutenants under the Five Banners are from the palaces of princes and princes. There are quite a few princes and lieutenants who do not have a master.
If, like they did back then, they were led by the Shang San Banners and weakened the Shang San Banners, 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 running down his spine and a bit bitter in his mouth.
His eyes fell on Brother Seven.
The seventh elder brother took over the throne of Prince Chun’s palace...
Since there is no fine wine, the food has to be upgraded.
There were no bird's nests, the shark's fins were flimsy, and the noodles were expensive and unpalatable.
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 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 keep his composure on his face but felt uncertain in his heart.
Of the thirty-six dishes, I didn’t recognize any of them.
How does he take off his chopsticks?
This is the royal heritage, why is it so different from the county prince's palace?