In the courtyard, the prince's human Mingsheng was also full of discomfort.
He really didn't understand the prince's purpose in sending him here. Was it to show off to Prince Cheng?
But now there are so many guests, not only the princes of the Eight Banners are here, but also other princes. People are like others, how can they get close to Yuqing Palace?
It's just that he is a slave, and he can only stand in the yard with a straight face as long as he obeys his master's orders.
The third elder brother came out in a hurry, followed by the fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother.
Everyone else was in the house and did not come out.
The prince is just a prince, not a person coming from the imperial court, so there is no need to mobilize troops and crowds.
Besides, we have to take into account the dignity of the third elder brother.
The third elder brother had a smile on his face, recognized Ming Sheng, and said, "Why are you running errands? I want to see what rewards the prince has prepared?"
By this time, he had suppressed his anger and his face was as usual.
Mingsheng took a one-foot-square brocade box from the person behind him and said, "This is the reward prepared by the crown prince for the prince. Congratulations to the third master Jin Junjun..."
The third elder brother looked at Ming Sheng and smiled, saying: "It's really a great honor for the prince to remember to prepare something for me. What a rare thing..."
With that said, he took the brocade box from Ming Sheng's hand.
The weight is not light. Third Prince's expression paused. Could it be that he had misunderstood?
Did the prince really give you something good?
It's just that the prince has always been secretive about his status, and the people in Yuqing Palace are also arrogant. This servant in front of him turned the congratulatory ceremony into a reward?
The third elder brother looked at Ming Sheng's expression.
Mingsheng's scalp was numb, and he remembered the prince's instructions and said: "Third Master, you'd better open it and have a look to make sure it's correct, so that I can go back and recover."
When he said this, not only the third elder brother was surprised, but also the fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother also looked at the brocade box.
What kind of rare treasures are there?
Fourth elder brother felt weird.
There are many gossips outside that say something bad about the prince, but most of them are rumors and a small part are exaggerations.
But one thing is right, the prince's arrogance is deep in his bones and he cannot bow his head easily.
Last year, the prince and his third elder brother had a mutual dislike because of a carriage accident, and they had no intention of reconciling for more than a year.
Today, I appreciate this thing inexplicably.
The fifth elder brother was thinking that the Jiubele Mansion would treat him the next day, and he didn't know whether the Crown Prince had only prepared a reward from the Chengjun Prince's Mansion, or whether he had prepared all the rewards.
After hearing what Ming Sheng said, the third elder brother wanted to throw away the brocade box in his hand.
Isn't it a hidden mechanism that can harm people?
Seeing the fifth elder brother looking at him eagerly, the third elder brother handed the brocade box to his arms and said: "Fifth elder brother holds it, I will open it gently, don't drop it..."
The fifth elder brother quickly hugged him and said, "Then please be gentle..."
The third elder brother opened the brocade box and was stunned when he looked at the contents inside.
There are four palm-sized glass bottles in total, and inside are pink rose silk flowers that look just like real ones.
Appreciating rose dew?!
The third elder brother looked at Ming Sheng and said, "This is what the Crown Prince rewarded me with? Did you, my slave, take the wrong thing?"
The fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother looked on and were also surprised.
This looks like it was used by women.
Mingsheng shook his head and said: "That's it. The prince asked someone to wrap it up specially for the third master!"
Third Brother's smile faded.
Although the price of such a bottle of Western flower dew is what an ordinary person spends in a year, and can be worth three to forty taels of silver, it is not a rarity for the prince.
Four bottles of flower dew cost more than a hundred taels of silver at most, which is not as good as the usual congratulatory gift given by the clan.
Even his subordinates, guards, etc., prepared more than this.
The third elder brother closed the brocade box, touched his temples, and said: "The guards have worked hard, so I will accept this reward. We have guests now, so go back to the West Garden, and I will go and thank the prince..."
Is the prince impoverished?!
If you can’t afford the gift, don’t give it!
After struggling for a while, I found something out of nowhere to fool people!
Third Prince's Qi used to be three points, but now it's seven points.
This is because he is not taking his third elder brother seriously. There is a happy event in the prince's palace nearby. How dare the prince do this?!
Thinking like this, Third Brother had no intention of preparing a tea package for Ming Sheng.
He's just a second-class shrimp. Just because he has Shang Cha in the Yuqing Palace, he pretends to be powerful when he comes out. He's not a thing.
The fifth elder brother held the brocade box and looked at it with confusion.
Whether it's a prince rewarding his ministers, or an elder brother rewarding his younger brother, do you prepare things for women like this?
Is this mocking the third child for not being like a man?
The fourth elder brother touched the Buddhist beads on his wrist and also guessed the prince's intention.
Does this rose balm have any special purpose?
Ming Sheng left with empty hands, thinking about the expression on his third brother's face, and felt unhappy in his heart.
No matter whether the things are expensive or not, they are all rewards from the prince. How can the third elder brother be picky?
Moreover, for the royal siblings, the more they are rewarded with these practical small items, the more intimate they are, and directly asking people to send them silver envelopes is alienating them.
It's a pity that the third elder brother doesn't seem to appreciate the prince's kindness...
The third elder brother exhaled and looked at the brocade box.
The fifth elder brother said: "Tell someone to collect it. It is also a good thing. It will be used when it gets hot next month."
Not only can it fumigate clothes, but it can also fumigate mosquitoes.
The third elder brother took it and said with sarcasm on his lips: "Don't take it away yet, take it over and let everyone see it. It's rare for the prince to reward you..."
In the living room, everyone was also worried about Third Brother.
The eldest brother was hesitant to get up. The third brother was usually smiling, but he was reckless when he lost his temper.
The ninth elder brother whispered to the tenth elder brother: "What do you mean, prince? On a happy day, you have to trouble people and also 'reward' them. Can't you make them kneel down twice and kowtow six times?"
According to the national etiquette, when everyone formally pays homage to the prince at the court meeting, they must kneel twice and kowtow six times.
On the other hand, when performing family rituals, the order of kinship is based on elder and younger, with the prince bowing four times to his uncles and two bows to his brothers of the same generation.
The difference is that the uncles can sit down to receive the prayers, while the elder brothers can only do it standing up.
The tenth elder brother couldn't figure out why the prince had convulsions. There were so many people at the moment that it was difficult to comment, so he said: "Maybe the people below have misunderstood."
As he was talking, the third elder brother came in boldly.
Everyone's eyes fell on the brocade box in his arms.
He directly placed the brocade box on his seat and faced the elder princes in the east. The prince said: "It is a rare and good item. They are four bottles of Western flower dew..."
As he said this, he took two bottles and passed them around to everyone.
Prince Zhuang was sitting in the first place. Looking at this, he looked at the third elder brother with disgust and looked a little strange.
It is said outside that the prince has a habit of cutting off his sleeves. Is it possible that the third elder brother also contracted that stinky habit?
Prince Gong looked familiar. He took a closer look, looked at Brother Jiu and said, "Is this a tribute from Guangzhou Customs? The toilet bottle looks like it was in the early years..."
In his early years, he also managed the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but he was not appointed as the general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and was only in charge of some affairs.
On the Ninth Prince's side, the toilet bottle just happened to reach the Eighth Prince above him.
The eighth prince is holding the bottle and looking at it carefully.
Brother Jiu leaned over and took a look, then shook his head at Prince Gong and said, "No, the floral dew offered by Guangzhou Customs in the past two years does not have the fragrance of roses. It contains styrax, Ceylon cinnamon and French rose dew..."
Prince Gong nodded and said: "That is an old thing from a few years ago. In the early years, the incense that was brought into the palace by Guangzhou Customs included rose dew, which is also a good thing."
No matter how good things are, they are also somewhat outdated.
Everyone saw this and had their own thoughts.
The eighth prince looked gloomy, holding the bottle of toilet water, thinking about the reward he received from the prince the year before last.
It's rose dew.
Does the prince’s reward have other purposes?
Brother Eight is a little confused...
A meal is not a good meal.
Everyone had their own errands, so they dispersed.
Brother Jiu helped Shu Shu get into the carriage, and told the prince that he had asked people to give rewards, and said: "Did you choose seasonal things that will be needed in the summer? Will you reward us with a few bottles later?"
Is this it?”
Shu Shu heard this strangely and said, "Does Third Master use flower dew on weekdays?"
It's not unusual for men to smoke incense.
Ninth Brother Shu Shu also prepared sachets for him all year round, but he did not prepare floral scents, but mostly prepared wood incense, sandalwood, rosin, etc.
In summer, it smells like mint.
I always feel weird about this man using toilet water.
Brother Jiu shook his head and said: "No, third brother is a tough guy, how can he be willing to spend this spare money..."
Shu Shu felt that the prince had other intentions, but he didn't know if the third elder brother knew it.
Brother Jiu remembered Prince Zhuang's reaction at the table and couldn't help but burst out laughing and said: "Prince Zhuang was so disgusted when he saw this toilet bottle, hahahaha, there were a few more wrinkles on his face.
When I look at Third Brother, my eyes are wrong..."
Shu Shu listened, and her hair stood up.
How dare you think about it.
Brother Jiu remembered Prince Gong's words again and said casually: "What Uncle Wang meant, this bottle is similar to the floral dew bottle of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the early years. In the early years, Guangzhou Customs paid tribute to similar floral dew..."
Shu Shu listened.
In the early years, Guangzhou Customs paid this tribute to the palace?
Early years...
Did the prince use this to refer to "early years"?
She glanced at Brother Ninth and said, "About when did Uncle Prince Gong take charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
Brother Jiu thought for a while and said: "It should be when he was in the palace. Uncle Wang was a prince for ten years. He left the palace and opened a mansion in fourteen years. It was in the middle..."
After leaving the palace and raising the flag, it would be difficult for Prince Gong to interfere in palace affairs.
Shu Shu thought about this time period, the eldest brother and the prince had been born, the third brother had not been born yet, and Concubine Yi and Concubine Wen Xi had not yet entered the palace.
No matter what palace secrets are involved, it does not involve the Ninth Prince and the Tenth Prince.
Is it just that the prince took this rose dew to "remind the third elder brother"?
Or is there another purpose?
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Kangxi listened to Zhao Chang's report with a gloomy face. After a while, he ordered Zhao Chang: "Send the prince over here!"
Zhao Chang responded and went down to pass it on to others.
"Bastard thing!"
Kangxi slapped the Kang table with anger on his face.
What does the prince want to do?
In front of all the uncles and brothers, "reward" people with rose dew?
Is this a reward?
The third elder brother is in chaos now, but what about the future?
If things are revealed, how will the two brothers get along in the future?
