Seeing the ninth elder brother and the twelfth elder brother whispering to each other, and the thirteenth elder brother talking to the fourth elder brother, the fourteenth elder brother felt uncomfortable.
Okay?
Everyone is a good brother and a good brother, but you are the only one?
The fourteenth elder brother wanted to find the eighth elder brother, but he looked around and couldn't find anyone.
Fortunately, there were people around him, so it didn't seem awkward.
On his left is Prince Pingjun, and on his right are the fifteenth elder brother, the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother.
The younger brothers are still like children, Prince Ping is already fourteen, not too young.
However, because he was still studying in the study room, Prince Ping seldom made any arrangements.
The fourteenth elder brother is looking forward to Prince Pingjun entering the court.
The two of them are grandparents and grandchildren. In fact, they are two years apart, so they are no different from brothers.
Prince Ping inherited the title of King of Merit, and was ranked second among the princes, second only to Prince Xin.
He also lost his father at a young age and was raised in the palace. He will definitely be reused when he becomes an official, just like Yarjiang'a.
Prince Pingjun could feel the closeness of the fourteenth elder brother to him, and he was sincerely close to him, and asked: "Is your uncle busy as an errand in the Ministry of Household Affairs?"
The fourteenth elder brother puffed up his chest and said, "It's okay. I'm just learning some trivial errands. I'm still looking forward to going to the Ministry of War. When you come out and go to the study, we can go to the Ministry of War together."
Prince Ping's eyes lit up and he said, "My grandson is also looking forward to this. If one day my uncle becomes a general, my grandson would like to be a deputy general!"
The fourteenth elder brother smiled and said: "Then it's settled, when the time comes, let's build a successful career and accumulate merit together!"
*
At the Arrow Pavilion, Prince Gong turned over and dismounted from his horse. The eighth prince was beside him, passing over several cousins, and stepped forward to help him.
Prince Gong waved his hand, took the crutch from the saddle, and said: "I can do it myself..."
The eighth prince looked worried and said: "Uncle Wang..."
It's not far from here to Qianqing Palace, but soon everyone will follow the Holy Master to Ningshou Palace.
Prince Gong said: "It's not in the way, there are only a few steps in total."
This is the first time Prince Gong has appeared in front of people since the Lantern Festival.
When he arrived at the Qianqing Palace Square, he immediately attracted everyone's attention.
The princes all came forward to pay their respects, and the princes and princes of the clan also came forward.
Prince Zhuang's eyes widened, he looked at Prince Gong and said: "This... doesn't mean you have a cold? Why have you lost so much weight?"
Prince Gong smiled and said: "It's hard to buy old age and lose weight if you have money..."
Sunu also came closer and said, "The weather is getting warmer now, and Uncle Wang's illness should be gone. I'm looking forward to fishing with Uncle Wang."
Prince Gong nodded and said: "Well, well, after a while, we men will go fishing in Shicha Sea."
The princes were standing by, but because they were juniors, they did not interrupt.
Only the ninth elder brother, the fourth elder brother, and the thirteenth elder brother had just visited Prince Gong a few days ago. They knew that he had diabetes and were a little worried.
Brother Ninth looked at the feet of Prince Gong.
Prince Gong is wearing new boots, nothing can be seen.
He withdrew from the crowd, and Brother Ten followed him.
The ninth elder brother whispered to the tenth elder brother: "Did you see that being a brother is different from being an emperor?"
Even if you are not feeling well, you still have to show up to celebrate your birthday.
Brother Ten nodded and said, "Yes."
No wonder Prince Gong is cautious.
This is the 50th birthday. Even if the emperor repeatedly orders to make things simple, who dares to slack off?
Brother 10 thought about Prince Gong's face, which should be powdered and not black or yellow.
See the white in the east.
Maozheng.
Everyone who was originally talking in twos and threes stood at their respective positions, waiting for the holy driver to come out.
Under the stairs of Qianqing Palace is the imperial chariot.
As the door of the Qianqing Palace opened, Kangxi walked out of the Qianqing Palace in court clothes.
Everyone knelt down to welcome the holy driver.
When Kangxi got on the imperial chariot and shouted, everyone stood up cheering.
With the sound of whips, everyone gathered around the holy driver and marched towards Ningshou Palace.
In Ningshou Palace, the Queen Mother still wore court clothes and crown.
Kangxi usually came to pay his respects, but today he came to salute.
In this world, apart from the memorial tablet in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, this is the only person in the world who can see Kangxi's grand ceremony.
"I would like to express my greetings to Enie. Today is my birthday. I would like to thank Enie for your kindness in raising me..."
Kangxi knelt down and worshiped.
The Queen Mother accepted the ceremony, stood up and helped Kangxi to stand up, saying: "I only hope that in ten or twenty years, the emperor will still be as healthy as today and come to pay his respects to Eni..."
Kangxi helped the Empress Dowager and said: "I will accept Enie's auspicious words, and even when you are seven or eighty years old, you can wear colorful clothes and entertain your relatives."
The mother and son sat down, thinking about the more than forty years they had been dependent on each other, and they both felt deeply.
Nowadays, the world is at peace, but the thrilling events in the early years of Kangxi's reign seem like just yesterday.
It's so difficult to walk through it step by step.
If you are not careful, your body and bones will be shattered, and your country will be destroyed.
Mother and son share the same dangers and wealth.
Kangxi thought about the pulse of Prince Gong and became worried about the health of the Queen Mother. He told Aunt Bai next to him: "From now on, the diet of Ani will have to be approved by an imperial physician. The same is true for new food orders. Saw it."
The royal elders are withering away.
With the Queen Mother around, Kangxi felt confident.
Aunt Bai responded respectfully.
The Queen Mother looked at Kangxi and said: "Don't just worry about me, you should also take care of yourself... Now that the royal family is not short of heirs, the most important thing is to keep the dragon body safe..."
Normally, the Queen Mother would never say these words, nor would she interfere in the affairs of the harem. This was because she was frightened by Prince Yu's illness, so she gave this warning.
As you get older, you have to serve your age.
Especially when it comes to female sex, if you let it go, it will damage your body.
Kangxi nodded and said: "My son knows that there is no one in the Qianqing Palace who can take over the throne, and my son plans to let him go."
The harem of the Qing Dynasty was different from that of the previous dynasties. There were not many maids, and more of them were women.
A quarter of these palace ladies are assigned to the Qianqing Palace.
Among them, the majority are without Chengyu.
Among them, Kangxi planned to place low-ranking ones in the Sixth Palace of the East and West, and some of the younger ones were also released.
The Queen Mother wished for this, nodded and said: "The Emperor is kind..."
The princes and ministers were still waiting outside. After the mother and son talked for a quarter of an hour, Kangxi got up and came out.
The group of people gathered around the royal chariot and returned to the Qianqing Palace.
In front of the Qianqing Gate, a dragon chair was placed.
It's like the usual position of listening to politics.
To the left and right of the throne are the guards, the royal family and princes are on the east step, and the ministers are on the west step.
At the throne of Kangxi, everyone took turns to kowtow and celebrate his birthday.
First came the crown prince and the princes, then the princes headed by Prince Kang, the ministers of the bodyguard headed by Fushan, the great bachelor headed by Ma Qi and others...
By the time the round of birthday greetings came to an end, it was already half an hour.
Brother Jiu stood in the queue and thought it would be better to have a serious banquet.
If you have a seat like that, you don't have to stand like this!
After a long birthday greeting, comes the holy edict.
This is to be promulgated to the world, and contains thirty-eight articles of grace to benefit the local people.
After the holy edict, silver is given to those who wish to celebrate their birthdays.
This was an unexpected surprise.
Brother Ninth immediately became energetic.
Because there were many people who were rewarded, there was no specific number in this oral edict.
However, Brother Jiu estimates that with his status, he will need to start with one thousand taels.
A reward is given once, but if it is less, it cannot be used.
However, looking at the crowd of people in front of him and the guards everywhere, Brother Jiu made a calculation in his mind and knew that this would cost at least one hundred thousand taels of silver.
He felt sorry for the money in his inner treasury again.
You know, I had already been rewarded twice during my southern tour.
Those two times were to accompany the clan, ministers and bodyguards, each time costing three to forty thousand taels of silver.
The three rewards added up to two hundred thousand taels of silver.
There were many people in the palace, so he refrained from nagging. When he left the Donghua Gate and got into the carriage with the tenth prince, he said: "Ahma's hand is too loose, I wish you a whole life, and I won't accept any heavy gifts." And there are so many rewards out there..."
Since we want to bathe in the emperor's favor, we will not only restrict the former dynasty, but the harem will also reward it.
The tenth prince thought thoughtfully and said, "I guess I was rewarded too much during my southern tour. I was afraid that there would be injustice in the capital, so I rewarded him again."
It's just a matter of paying it back to others. It's just the imperial guards, bachelors and others, so it's not easy to tell the difference, so as not to cause resentment.
Brother Jiu raised his eyebrows and said, "Then...we are the ones who benefit from it?"
Then didn’t he take advantage of it?
During the previous southern tour, the retinue received rewards twice.
The tenth elder brother said: "There should be some members of the lower clan who are not making a good living. Khan Ama is kind and wants to provide some supplements..."
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "It is probably for this reason. Normally there is no reason to reward so many people. In the name of the Wanshou Festival, it is just right..."
Today I went to the palace to celebrate my birthday. I got up early and worked the morning shift. Neither brother planned to go to the Yamen.
Everyone goes back to their respective families. Without the decree, the emperor and his grandchildren cannot enter the palace to celebrate their birthdays, but in the palace, they must kowtow towards the palace to celebrate their birthdays...
*
In the palace, the fourteenth elder brother was pestering the thirteenth elder brother about the silver reward.
"Isn't it based on the salary? I remember clearly, in the thirty-eighth year, Khan Ama rewarded the princes and princes, the ninth brother, the tenth brother or the bald prince, but the money was also based on the elder brother who had the title...
…”
The Thirteenth Brother also couldn’t tell what arrangements the emperor would make.
However, referring to the silver granted by the Southern Tour, several princes were also divided into different grades.
The fourth brother and the ninth brother are in the same bracket, and I get half the price here.
It makes sense to say that he was awarded a title.
Because the fourth elder brother and the ninth elder brother are both Baile, he has not been knighted, but he is going to be knighted according to Beizi, which is one level lower than the two elder brothers.
This is not what the Fourteenth Brother wants to hear, so the Thirteenth Brother doesn't say much and just says: "Just wait, the people who are rewarded by the imperial sect will come down in the next two days."
The Fourteenth Prince said: "It would be best if Khan Amma puts the prince in a separate category..."
*
The Rites Yamen and the Hubu Yamen were together, and the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother left the palace together.
The two brothers also talked about the silver reward.
The third elder brother muttered: "Last time the silver reward was given to the Duke of Zhen Guo, this time it should also be given to the Duke of Zhen Guo. There are too many clans down there, and they are all far away..."
The fourth elder brother nodded and said, "That's what the third elder brother said."
The third elder brother blinked. The last time the silver was given, the eighth elder brother and above were all at the same level as the county prince. They were not just based on their title.
This time the reward is from the adult prince to the fourteenth elder brother.
The amount of silver given can indicate the number of holy relatives.
The third elder brother has some expectations.
He also vaguely hoped that he and his eldest brother would stand alone, with the princes holding their heads down, but he didn't know if he would get his wish...