Brother Ninth enjoyed the meal, and the Queen Mother looked at it happily.
Aunt Bai also put a plate of oranges on the table.
The Queen Mother peeled one, looked at the juicy oranges, and said with a smile: "These oranges are good, no worse than the oranges sold in Guangdong."
Brother Jiu said: "I took advantage of the official ship, so I didn't delay. The ones picked in early October will arrive in Beijing in a month. Just put them in the cellar. If you can't finish them, you can make them into sugared oranges and keep them until the new year." To go after……"
The Queen Mother nodded and said, "Okay, I'll ask someone to cook some when the time comes."
The grandson ate filial piety, but the queen mother did not let him go empty-handed. She asked Aunt Bai to take abalone, shark fins, fish maw, scallops, dried prawns, etc., put them in two large suitcases, and said: "I pay tribute every year. It takes a lot of effort on weekdays." Baal, no one eats it, give it to Shushu..."
Brother Jiu said: "Then my grandson won't be polite to you. I'll go back and buy other food, and then come in as a filial piety."
The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Then I'll wait."
Brother Jiu waited until the sweat on his body was almost gone before he came out of Ningshou Palace.
He Yuzhu and Sun Jin picked up food boxes and followed.
When they arrived at Brother Qandong's place, the ninth and twelfth elders met face to face.
Brother Ninth said: "Except for Yuqing Palace, no one is here at my place, so just send someone to send it away."
The twelfth elder brother had almost delivered it, and he and the ninth elder brother returned to the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and said, "It won't take any trouble."
Brother Jiu whispered: "How's it going? You're already getting married, do you want to go out and live there?"
Not only is there a gate to the palace, but everything is done under everyone's nose, so it's certainly inconvenient.
The twelfth elder brother replied honestly: "It's okay, I don't worry about it that much."
The prince's dining room is complete.
Twelve Fujin has nothing else to do except greetings once every five days. He only pays attention to the couple's food and clothing.
Every morning, I have to ask the twelfth elder brother what he wants to eat. The twelfth elder brother is in a dilemma every day.
He could say whatever he wanted, but seeing that Twelve Fujin was so excited, it was hard to pour cold water on him, so he just picked out Twelve Fujin's favorite foods.
Seeing this, Twelve Fujin became more serious.
There are also clothes for the twelfth elder brother. Twelve Fujin also saw someone in the sky and thought about buying new clothes for the twelfth elder brother.
The ninth elder brother said: "Then you have to be aware of it. The four empty houses belong to the seventeenth elder brother. When the eighteenth elder brother moves the palace, there will be no place to place him. The eighteenth elder brother is three years old this year, which means three years." The effort..."
When the time comes, not only will the eighteenth elder brother be born, but there will also be another royal grandson.
The twelfth elder brother is in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so he naturally knows that the Prince's Mansion has been planned outside and construction will start next spring.
The three years that Ninth Brother said is too many years, and there is no way it will be earlier than that.
He thought of the Fourteenth Prince and said, "It must be after the Fourteenth Prince gets married, right?"
The ninth elder brother said: "Who knows, maybe you and the thirteenth elder brother moved out first, and he delayed it for half a year? I don't know, it depends on Khan Ama's wishes..."
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After the oranges were delivered in the palace, they began to be delivered outside the palace.
Brother Jiu personally went to Dutong Mansion, and then went to Prince Yu's Mansion and Prince Gong's Mansion.
He doesn't like to hang around, but he has been scolded several times for etiquette matters, so he has a long memory.
In his opinion, apart from the royal family, the family-in-law is the closest to him, but obviously the emperor's father does not see it that way.
He could only invite a few uncles to stay.
Prince Yu usually comes here twice a year, once to pay New Year's greetings and once to congratulate him on his birthday.
Today I was stunned one more time because of the oranges.
Prince Yu rarely entertained his nephews on weekdays. Brother Jiu was a little less scrupulous here, so he met the guests and said: "I didn't see you so greedy when I was a child, but you will know how to eat when you are older."
Brother Jiu smiled and said: "When I was young, I was ignorant and never ate food from outside. I just treated it as a regular dish. It took a lot of effort to eat, and I couldn't be greedy."
Prince Yu said: "'Fu Shou Xi' is your recipe? It's really good. In recent years, the palace has had that recipe for New Year's Eve dishes."
Brother Jiu said: "There are more than ten or twenty kinds of ingredients, all of which are delicacies from mountains and seas. If they are not delicious, you will not be worth the money!"
Prince Yu said: "Apart from food and money, I don't see you worrying about anything else..."
Brother Jiu said: "My nephew has nothing to worry about. You know what people say about my nephew, but he wants to worry about national affairs. Khan Ama is not worried either!"
Prince Yu hesitated for a moment and said: "I heard that you and the Eighth Prince are still in a stalemate, beating the younger brother, how can this be the case? If you are unhappy, you should speak out and resolve it..."
Brother Jiu heard this nonsense and said in confusion: "You don't want to worry about the future of your brother Baoshou, so you still have time to worry about the old accounts of your nephews?"
Prince Yu only had two sons under his knees, both of whom were born to Fujin. Among them, Baotai was granted the title of Crown Prince, and Baoshou was one year younger than Jiu Age and was not old enough to be granted the title.
According to the current clan examination system, Baoshou must have excellent scores in all three examinations before he can be granted the title of second-class general. If his grades are poor, he will be demoted.
Baoshou's body and bones are not very strong, and his civil and military skills are said to be ordinary.
Prince Yu felt that he had a heart attack, paused, and said: "I just remember that you two have been close since you were young, so it's a pity that you are born like this."
Brother Jiu waved his hand and said: "Then you must have remembered it wrong. My nephew and I have been inseparable since we were little. As for me and my eighth brother, they are just watching the excitement and are not a group of students. They really get along.
We don’t have much time together…”
Seeing that Prince Yu was going to say more, Brother Jiu's face dropped and he said: "The girls' shop in his house didn't even change the name, but they named it with the same name to steal the business from the nephew's family; the nanny directly
Tuoda, you are shouting at your nephew, a prince, and your nephew is still staying away, how light is your nephew's bones?"
Prince Yu frowned and said: "Eighth Prince has a gentle temperament. It is inevitable for a slave to rely on his elders and act like one. He pretends to be honest and loyal on weekdays. I even misjudged him. Who would have thought that this would be out of tune..."
Brother Jiu sneered: "Then why don't you go to the imperial court and follow the Yuqing Palace? Why do you behave so well in front of you? My nephew knows that you are kind, and I appreciate it, but my nephew doesn't like trouble.
You and Uncle Wang are very close to each other on weekdays, but when it comes to life, don't you just live your own life?"
They are all the same princes, and they have to obey each other and treat others as leaders. Isn't that reasonable?
Prince Yu sighed and said, "Since you are not happy, I won't be nagging you anymore."
Brother Jiu also regretted coming here.
This person's heart is not right, and he is obviously biased towards Eighth Prince.
But he still had a smile on his face and said: "You are worried about your nephew because you love him so much. If it were anyone else, you wouldn't be too lazy to teach your nephew..."
He listened impatiently, and happened to be going to Prince Gong's Mansion, so he got up and said goodbye.
When he got to the carriage, he curled his lips.
It feels weird, I always feel that Prince Yu is not the kind of person who likes to worry.
When we arrived at Prince Gong's Mansion, Prince Gong was not there and had gone fishing.
Brother Jiu breathed a sigh of relief, greeted Prince Gong Fujin, gave him oranges, and left.
In his heart, his uncle is really unfamiliar and it would be better to go to Dutong Mansion to feel more comfortable.
As for Prince Chun's Mansion, it was also my uncle's house. Since Prince Chun Fujin had not seen any foreign guests for a long time, Aunt Cui went there to see him off.
The rest of the prince's palace and the fifth princess's palace, as well as Prince Zhuang's Palace, Prince Kang's Palace, Prince Jian's Palace, Prince Shuncheng's Palace, and Sunubeizi's Palace, all had Fusong's presence.
There were about a hundred baskets of oranges in total, and in two days, about seventy baskets were delivered.
It's not together with the New Year's gift, so it's very conspicuous.
But it just looks irritating to outsiders. People who receive oranges have become accustomed to it in recent years.
Dongzi vegetables in winter, watermelons in summer, and chickens and pigs during New Year ceremonies are all eaten.
They are all decent people who pay attention to politeness and courtesy, and few of them take advantage of this in vain.
I heard that the Ninth Prince had tea gardens in Yunnan and Jiangnan, so the stewards of each government came to the Ninth Prince's Mansion to order tea for next year.
Brother Jiu and Shu Shu did not expect this reaction, and they didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but they both declined.
Even if relatives want to communicate financially, it doesn't work like this.
Favor is favor, and business is business.
It's not cost-effective to sacrifice favors by buying and selling.
There are few tea gardens in Suzhou, and the tea produced is not enough for our own use.
As for Pu'er tea, due to the long distance, we do not plan to transport it to the capital in large quantities. We still plan to transport it directly to Guangzhou according to the previous plan.
Brother Ninth remembered what happened to Prince Yu's mansion, and said to Shu Shu: "Uncle Wang, what do you mean? What to do with this, it's thankless..."
Shu Shu thought about the age of Prince Yu's son Baotai and said, "Is it true that Prince Baotai is on good terms with Babeile?"
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "Well, Baotai is one year younger than Bage. When he was a child, he got grace and went to the study room to study. It happened to be the same as Bage. But later, Uncle Wang just discussed politics, and Baotai also left the study room.
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Shu Shu said: "Your Majesty, maybe you will keep Yu Qing here, sell a favor to Ba Beile, and get closer to you."
Brother Jiu hummed softly: "You can't get close, so I decided to stay away from that place in the future. Are my eyes blurred? I can see that Brother Baz is unreal, but he can't tell? It's just that it has nothing to do with me."
Shu Shu nodded and said, "Just do as you please. I don't have any intimate interactions, but I just look good on the surface."
Brother Jiu frowned and said: "It has been several days, and the news about Babele Mansion is still circulating outside, which is getting more and more outrageous. Some are talking about Ba Fujin, and some are talking about Fucha, saying that she
Because my parents are domineering, outsiders say that I can control Baoyi but not outsiders."
Shu Shu felt something was wrong and said, "Didn't you say that Gege, who lives with you, is jealous? How can you blame others?"
The princess who plotted to kill the emperor's grandson naturally did not end well, and was sent directly to Zhuangzi, where he would inevitably die of illness.
Brother Jiu said: "Who knows? Perhaps Ba Fujin's reputation before Jin was too bad. If something happened to Ba Beile's house, everyone would guess that she was responsible, and even the Fucha family was involved. Fortunately, the teacher did not
There are other girls, otherwise it would be annoying..."
Shu Shu thought about the Twelve Fujins. Even if they were married, outsiders would still talk about her being the daughter of the Fucha family.
She frowned and said, "The eighth elder brother is also very interesting. It is obvious that he is not strict in running the family, but now it is passed down that he is innocent."
Brother Jiu shook his head and said with contempt: "It's not like we are standing up for each other, we are less responsible..."
