Shu Shu is not here, so Wufujin and Bafujin drop by and go to the Sixth Palace in the West together.
Neither of them likes to talk, nor do they have much friendship, so they were silent all the way.
When they arrived at the door of Yikun Gate, the two sisters breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
Both of them stopped.
Wufujin said politely: "Brothers and sisters, walk slowly."
Bafujin was also very polite and said, "Sister-in-law Wu, I'll see you later."
The five lucky ones entered Yikun Palace, and the eighth lucky ones continued to Changchun Palace.
There were several people standing at the entrance of Changchun Palace. It was Twelve Fujin who brought two girls.
"Eighth sister-in-law..."
Twelve Fujin was very shy and performed the ceremony of stroking his temples.
Ba Fujin returned the gift, thought for a while, and said: "When Jiu Fujin was at my elder brother's house before, I was waiting for my fifth sister-in-law at the entrance of my elder brother's corridor..."
Twelve Fujin knew that this was an instruction and hurriedly said: "Then I will wait for Sister-in-law Eight there next time."
Bafujin nodded lightly, and they entered the Changchun Gate together.
The noble Wan Liuha lived in the back palace of Changchun Palace. Although the Twelve Fujin lived in the palace, the nobleman had already ordered the Twelve Fujin to follow his sisters-in-law.
In that case, before I pay my respects to the Queen Mother every five or ten days, I would just come over and pay my respects to the noble lady.
When the two of them entered the Changchun Palace, the maids from the noble Wan Liuha's side were already waiting for them, and they took the twelve blessings to the back hall.
Here, Bafujin went directly to the main hall.
The good concubine is already fully dressed and is having tea in the east room.
When Bafujin came in, she said, "How is Wang? She will be three months old by the end of the month, and it's time to have a stable pregnancy."
The concubine was happy that Wang Gege was pregnant, but regretted that the baby was not in Fucha's belly.
That is the character of Prince Fujin, who is gentle, quiet, and generous.
Several subordinates of the Fucha family are now under the name of the Eighth Prince. If the Eighth Prince's eldest son is born from the Fucha family, the Fucha family will be closer in the future, and the palace will not be able to find fault.
If he is born to someone else and does not have the mother's clan's eldest son, he will have to look at Bafujin's face in the future.
But now she just wants to do good things, so Liangbi is a little excited.
Ba Fujin lowered his eyes and said: "I was about to tell the empress that the Wang family is unlucky and the child is gone..."
The good concubine was smiling at first, but now her expression was frozen. She looked at Bafujin with cold eyes and said, "What's going on?"
Ba Fujin said softly: "I heard that yesterday I wanted to go to Dongkuaoyuan to see Fucha's camellias. Fucha was ill and did not entertain guests. Wang Gege was not happy. When he returned to his yard, he hurriedly stopped at the door of the house.
I slipped and fell. Master Ba has already investigated. It was Zhou Gege who was in the same yard who was jealous of Wang Gege’s pregnancy and spread the oil in front of Wang Gege’s house..."
The good concubine's face is as cold as frost, so she doesn't believe such rhetoric.
When she looked at Ba Fujin, her heart, liver and lungs really ached.
She knew that women were jealous, but she never thought that Bafujin would dare to do something so boldly.
What was found?
That’s an excuse to fool outsiders...
How dare a princess with no love or family background dare to murder the emperor's grandson?!
The good concubine's face turned red and she wanted to curse directly.
Ba Fujin raised his head, looked directly at the concubine, and said: "If you don't believe me, just go back and tell Aunt Guan to come into the palace."
Aunt Guan was originally the nun next to the good concubine. Last month, there was good news in the Babeile Mansion. The good concubine was worried, so she arranged for Aunt Guan to cancel the palace registration and go out, just to protect Wang Gege's belly.
Unexpectedly, only half a month later, the dream was shattered.
The good concubine endured her anger and said: "Wang is pregnant, why didn't she just have a yard?"
Ba Fujin said: "Ba Ye said that it is not easy to compare with the Fu Cha family."
Anyway, she had nothing to do with it. No matter what Eighth Prince planned, it had nothing to do with her. She was not the kind of person who didn't have a long mouth.
If the good concubine dares to blame her for this matter, then she will find her uncle to come forward and argue with the mother and son. What is this sneaky story?
Bafujin was frank and frank, but he looked at the good concubine and was stunned.
After four years of being mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the good concubine knew that Ba Fujin was the most arrogant and refused to be hypocritical. Looking at this, it seemed that it really had nothing to do with her.
Is that the Fucha family?
A concubine coaxed her aunt into a loving relationship and almost married into her natal family, which shows how deep her scheming was.
Her eldest grandson...
The good concubine herself was a clever person, and when she thought that the Fucha family had such a character, she was immediately disgusted, frowned and said: "You are too spoiled to her, you are the prince's direct descendant Fujin!"
Bafujin did not answer the call.
She felt that no matter how Wang Gege's belly was gone, it should be none of Fucha's business...
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In Yikun Palace, Concubine Yi talked to Wufujin about a cup of tea and was ready to set off.
She said with a bit of melancholy: "I didn't see your siblings just now. I thought I had good news, but it turned out that the ninth elder brother is so worried. He is so old, and he is still worrying, and he still has children at home..."
Every winter, Brother Ninth always experiences cold weather three to five times, which is not unusual, but the children are still young.
Fortunately, Shu Shu is here and is more reliable than Brother Jiu. Otherwise, Concubine Yi would also want to arrange for people to go to the Prince's Mansion.
Wu Fujin said: "It's not bad, Uncle Jiu, Fifth Master said a few days ago that Nanyuan is the outlet of the wind, and the wind is stronger than that in Beijing. This is where the wind blows."
It was really cold both morning and night.
Yesterday, it was almost dark when the fifth elder brother returned to the city. When he came back on horseback, the wind blew.
But compared to the crispy Ninth Brother, the Fifth Brother is much stronger. He asked someone to take leave this morning. It’s more because he sleeps too much in winter and doesn’t like to get up early.
After Yi Fei disliked the ninth elder brother, she felt a little worried about the fifth elder brother and said: "Later, you can ask the dining room to prepare something light for him so that he can clean his stomach. Otherwise, there is a fire in the stomach and the fever will not go away."
Wu Fujin nodded and said: "Listen to your Majesty, I will prepare white porridge for Master Wu at noon today..."
When they arrived at Ningshou Palace, Shu Shu was nowhere to be seen. The Queen Mother also thought of going to Yuxi and asked Concubine Yi. Only then did she find out that Brother Jiu was ill.
Both Yifei and Wufujin made a tacit agreement not to mention the fifth elder brother.
The Queen Mother heard that there was a wind blowing in Nanyuan yesterday, but she was worried and asked Wu Fujin: "What about Lao Wu? He suffered too. Did you drink ginger soup yesterday? Did you go to the Lifan Courtyard this morning?"
Wu Fujin couldn't keep it secret this time, and said: "I drank ginger soup, but I also had a headache when I woke up early, so I sent someone to take leave."
The Queen Mother became even more worried after hearing this.
The concubine paid her respects today, but she didn't say anything. She only paid attention to the concubines who had resumed their greetings. She asked Concubine Hui a few words about the situation of Brother Nineteen at Zhaoxiang House, and then she sent everyone away.
When everyone was leaving, she left Wu Fujin behind, and then ordered Aunt Bai: "Go and get two packages of brown sugar, two packages of licorice slices..."
Aunt Bai responded and went to get it.
The Queen Mother ordered Wu Fujin: "Give one portion to Brother Ninth and one to Lao Wu. If you don't cough, just stew ginger with brown sugar. If you start to cough, add licorice slices... Lao Wu is afraid of hardship, so he won't do it."
I like to take medicine. This prescription is the best for sweating. I used it when I was a child. In the past two years, I haven’t been fond of catching colds. I forgot to tell you..."
Wu Fujin made a note of it, picked up the things, and then came out of Ningshou Palace.
Because she had to run errands, after leaving the Shenwu Sect, she went to the Ninth Prince's Mansion first.
Shu Shu and Brother Jiu just got up and were having breakfast.
The dishes are all light, including white rice porridge, gold and silver steamed buns, and two dishes, sweet and sour cabbage and steamed chicken legs.
When she heard that Wufujin was coming, Shu Shu got up, put on a mask and a cloak and went to the front yard.
Wu Fujin was sitting in the front living room. Seeing Shu Shu dressed up like this, he said, "Are you uncomfortable? I should have left my things and left, instead of forcing you to come out..."
Shu Shu didn't go to her side, but sat opposite her, saying: "I'm fine. I was afraid that our father would get over the illness, so he stayed away from my sister-in-law. I don't know how cold the wind is.
People, it’s better to take precautions.”
Shu Shu thought this was probably frozen, but it was better to be careful just in case.
Wufujin explained his purpose and also mentioned how to eat brown sugar and licorice slices.
Shu Shu said: "The Imperial Grandmother is kind, why didn't I think of this recipe? You can drink this recipe on weekdays."
Wufujin didn't stay long and left after giving away things.
Shu Shu said: "It just so happened that some oranges were shipped from Suzhou yesterday, and they haven't been delivered yet. Sister-in-law Wu took them back directly."
Wu Fujin, a close relative of the two families, was not polite to her and said, "That's just right. Mr. Wu loves oranges the most."
When Zhou Song led someone to carry a basket of oranges, Wu Fujin was dumbfounded and said, "Why is this one so old?"
She thought it was only three or two kilograms. After all, it was fresh fruit from there, not local to the capital, the price was not cheap, and it was rare in the market.
Shu Shu said: "It just happened that Suzhou Weaving had an official ship coming to Beijing. There was a wealthy place on the ship, so I asked him to pack more."
There are hundreds of baskets like this.
The orange basket was tied directly to the back of Wufujin's carriage, and it was covered with two layers of straw mats to prevent it from freezing.
This is produced in the tea garden in Xishan, Suzhou, where the Ji family is devoted. In addition to growing tea, there are also dozens of acres of orange orchards there.
The oranges begin to ripen in early October and are picked directly for shipment, so they still look very fresh.
It's only this once a year. In another half month, the canal is about to freeze, and the section of the canal from Shandong to Zhili will be suspended.
The official ships of the three major weaving houses will all arrive in Beijing before then.
This can be regarded as the output of the Prince's Mansion. It should have been filial to the palace first and then distributed around the world.
Now that Brother Jiu is ill, it’s hard to do anything about it. It will have to be postponed for a few days.
When Shu Shu returned to the main room, she saw that Brother Jiu had put down his chopsticks and was waiting for her to come back to eat together.
"Why are fifth sisters-in-law here at this time? What orders does the empress have?"
Brother Jiu asked.
Shu Shu shook her head and said: "I was running errands for the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother brought brown sugar and licorice slices. These two can be used to make ginger soup to cure colds and coughs."
Brother Jiu shook his head and said: "My stomach is full of water, I want to drink slowly."
Shu Shu said: "If you don't like ginger soup, just drink more boiled water, change clothes more often, or sweat, and the high fever in your body will be gone.
Brother Jiu looked at her and said, "White water has no taste. I don't like drinking it."
Shu Shu said: "That whole room of oranges is still waiting for me to deliver them around. Please get well soon!"
After hearing this, Brother Jiu immediately became energetic and said: "That's right, what will happen if I leave you in this mansion? I am a family member!"
Mainly to the Imperial Palace and the Dutong Mansion, he had to deliver them in person.
This filial piety has arrived, and people have received it, otherwise the impression will not be profound.
It doesn't matter about other relatives' houses...
*
Nanyuan, palace.
Kangxi was reading Zhao Chang's excerpts.
Zhao Chang's excerpts mainly contain news from the palace and from various princes' and princes' palaces.
Kangxi frowned when he saw that his ninth elder brother was sick and was referred to the imperial doctor. He relaxed his brows after reading the pulse record copied at the back.
It was a cold, stuffy nose and headache, so I took a prescription.
Seeing that the fifth elder brother also asked for leave, but did not call the imperial doctor, Kangxi snorted lightly.
Just looking at the fat body, you can tell how strong the fifth elder brother's body is. This is taking the opportunity to be lazy.
It's just a few trips to and from Nanyuan Paddock to the capital, why are you tired?
It was at this time that we could see that the fifth elder brother and the ninth elder brother were identical brothers.
When he saw his eighth prince asking for leave, Kangxi sighed heavily.
The news of Gege's miscarriage in Babeile Mansion reached the imperial court yesterday.
He was also worried about the eighth prince, but he didn't expect that the eighth prince would be such a big blow.
I still can't tell how old I am here.
Kangxi also had trouble with his children in his early years, but now he has some sympathy for the eighth prince...
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The next update will be around 12 noon on October 12th