After a while, someone came outside the South Second Institute, and it was Zhou Song.
"We, Fujin, and Shi Fujin are going to pay their respects to the Crown Princess in the afternoon. We are sending our servants over to ask you if you want to go with us..."
Zhou Song was brought in and reported respectfully.
San Fujin glanced at him and said, "Are you coming to Tuoyuan Bookstore?"
"Come from Wusuo, I will be there in a moment..."
Zhou Song shook his head and said.
San Fujin was satisfied, nodded, and said with a bit of reserve: "It just so happens that I didn't go to pay my respects to the Crown Princess, so let's go there together."
Zhou Song responded, retreated, and went to Tuoyuan Bookstore.
San Fujin babbled to his mother: "How to send the eunuch to deliver the message? I guess there is a shortage of manpower. I don't know what the couple is thinking. They are usually lavish, but the employees are picky."
The nanny said: "The number of people around Jiu Fujin has changed less in recent years. I heard that not many people enter the main courtyard of Jiu Beile Mansion. Every time the population is filled, three generations have to be checked."
San Fujin shook his head and said, "Where can we get to this point?"
The inner residence of the Dutong Mansion is simple, and the Jiubeile Mansion has only one layout. San Fujin feels that the couple are so tormented by everything, maybe because they were frightened by what happened in the Second Residence earlier...
*
Tuoyuan library, back sleeping hall.
The princess met Zhou Song and said, "Ask you, Fujin, to come over. I'm free here."
With that said, he motioned to the palace officials to reward him.
Zhou Song thanked him for the reward and retreated.
The Crown Princess acted cautiously. When she lived here earlier, some people flattered her and deliberately reported some news about Changchun Garden and North Garden. The Crown Princess even scolded her.
Break a taboo.
The last reports here were simple news from the concierge in the West Garden.
For example, the news she heard this morning was that the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother moved to Haidian with their wives and children.
Even if Shu Shu didn't send her over, the Crown Princess still wanted to go there when she went to the North Garden to pay her respects tomorrow...
*
North Fifth House, main room.
Shu Shu also took a nap, and when he opened his eyes again, he was almost awake.
She got up, changed her clothes, and went to the back room.
Ni Guzhu had already woken up, sitting on the kang, watching Mrs. Bo tidy up her little toys.
In addition to the three little tigers, she also brought a box of animal playing cards.
This was specially made by Shu Shu for the three brothers and sisters. There are 100 pictures in a box, with a total of 50 patterns, all of which are animals.
There are two pictures of the same animal, one with only pictures and one with text in addition to pictures.
This is a matching game.
Suitable for children to play.
"I play cards with Uku's mother..."
Ni Guzhu said to his uncle.
The uncle said: "Okay, don't be a swindler. If you lose, you lose."
"Uh-huh……"
Ni Guzhu responded and said: "I am not a scumbag, I have changed my mind long ago..."
She was a shameless one. She confused a butterfly with a moth when she was playing animal cards with Sister Hui a few days ago. She was rude in the end and was taught a lesson by Mrs. Bo.
She was not deliberately being a cheat, but she just wanted to eat the jujube cake. At that time, there was the last piece of jujube cake left on the plate. It was agreed that whoever won the card game would eat it...
Shu Shu came in and heard the old and the young mention this. She looked at Ni Guzhu and said: "No matter how much I love eating, I won't eat too much. If my stomach is full, I can no longer live in the North Garden. I have to come back to drink."
medicine……"
Ni Guzhu's face was bitter, and she looked at her belly and said, "I didn't want to eat more, it's just what my little belly wants to eat."
Children don't know when they are hungry or full.
When she was at home, Mrs. Bo watched her and didn't ask her to eat more. But during the lunch at the Queen Mother's Palace, she ate too much.
Just before lunch break, I drank half a bowl of hawthorn tea and asked Madam to rub my belly, which made me feel better.
Shu Shu didn't bother her anymore and only warned her once.
But it was impossible to let him go directly like this, so she brought Hazel over and planned to let Hazel accompany Ni Guzhu there.
Hazelnut came from the palace and knew the rules of the palace. She would not break any taboos even if she watched from the sidelines.
Hazelnut has been in charge of the small dining room of Ning'antang in the past few years, and also knows Niguzhu's appetite and taste.
Ni Guzhu was also familiar with Zhenzi. He took Zhenzi's hand and said, "Don't worry, Ma Ma, don't worry Enie, I will take good care of Sister Zhenzi..."
Mrs. Bo couldn't help but smile and said: "You are really good at coaxing people."
Shu Shu said: "The words are so dense, and when my mouth is not idle, I really don't know who I am following."
Mrs. Bo looked at Shu Shu and smiled.
Shu Shu: "..."
Did Ah Mou remember it wrong because he was old?!
Shu Shu brought Nigu Zhu and Hazel out, followed by Ging Guo and Xiao Song.
After sending Ni Guzhu to the North Garden and coming out, Shifujin also came out.
The carriage has been hitched.
Although the distance is not far, there is a half-circle around Changchun Garden in the middle, and there are patrols and officials entering and leaving the garden, so it is better to avoid it.
"I am not perfect, I miss my seventh sister-in-law, and I love playing cards with my seventh sister-in-law..."
After getting on the carriage, Shi Fujin glanced at the empty second house and said to Shu Shu.
Shu Shu said: "It will be here by the end of April at the latest. If it's faster, I can't say it will be here by the beginning of next month."
Knowing that they have moved here, Qi Fujin probably won't be able to stay.
She has a lively temperament and likes to have fun.
Shi Fujin smiled and said: "When the princess comes here, you will be good at playing cards."
Jiu Gege temporarily canceled his trip to Haidian because he always had an excuse to say that he was ill.
Shu Shu and Shi Fujin both sent people over yesterday to deliver tonics.
This is also to show sympathy for the patients. They go to visit the patients in person instead of bothering others to entertain them.
Shi Fujin didn't think about anything else, he just thought it was because he caught a cold during the change of season.
Shu Shu originally thought so, but when he met the Queen Mother in the morning and saw that the Queen Mother did not look worried, he knew there was another reason.
This difficulty in mobility is most likely due to early pregnancy.
Pregnant women have body heat, and the summer in Beijing is difficult. When Jiugege is three months old and the pregnancy is stable, she will probably move here.
Shu Shu nodded and said: "Yes, when the princess comes, we will play cards..."
While my sister-in-law was talking, the carriage arrived at Nan Ersuo.
San Fujin also changed her clothes. She originally wanted to be a good sister-in-law, but when she saw her sister-in-law coming in hand in hand and looking so intimate, she felt it was an eyesore.
She was still sitting and said, "Why didn't you bring the children here? Is it because I am not an elder, or is it that the Crown Princess is not an elder?"
Shifujin was surprised and did not speak immediately, watching Shu Shu's reaction.
Shu Shu glanced at San Fujin and said, "What are you doing here with the children if you are out of character? You have to work hard for the third sister-in-law to prepare the purse, and I don't see the third sister-in-law visiting the house with the children."
San Fujin snorted lightly and said, "You take charge of everything..."
Shu Shu was too lazy to grind his teeth with her and said, "We are going there. If Sister-in-law 3 doesn't want to go, just change it some other time."
After saying that, she stopped and prepared to turn around.
San Fujin then stood up and said: "I have a good temper this year. If you say something that doesn't go well with you, I will look down on you."
Shu Shu said calmly: "If Third Sister-in-law has an imbalance in her liver and spleen, remember to refer her to the imperial doctor."
Sanfujin: "..."
She looked at Shi Fujin and complained: "Look at how powerful your sister-in-law is, I don't know if she is the sister or I am the sister..."
Before Prince Fujin came in, he was in front of his sister-in-law. Fujin had been his eldest sister-in-law for several years and was not very close to his sister-in-law.
Shifujin didn't know how to answer for a moment.
She sounded uncomfortable, but her heart still favored Shu Shu, so she said: "They are all sisters..."
Sanfujin: "..."
The sisters-in-law and several others left the South Second House.
This place is next to the West Garden, so my sister-in-law didn't take the car, so she walked to the entrance of the West Garden.
The Crown Princess had already sent her nanny to wait here.
When he saw a few people coming, he ushered a few people over.
Shi Fujin was not familiar with this place. Looking at the spring scenery, he said to Shu Shu: "After all, it is a garden. Apart from the lake, there are only flowers and grass. There are not many houses."
Shu Shu said: "The houses are concentrated in the north. In the early years before the North Garden was built, the emperor's grandmother lived in the palace in the north."
Shi Fujin nodded and said, "I remember this. During the Lantern Festival, I, Ehe, brought me here to greet the imperial grandmother, but I didn't go through this door."
This is about the Lantern Festival in the 38th year of the lunar calendar. At that time, Buyin lived in the inner pavilion under the Lifan Courtyard and was waiting to get married.
San Fujin was standing by, looking at Shu Shu and saying, "Xiao Liu lives here, would you like to say hello to the Crown Princess?"
Shu Shu shook her head and said: "No need, the companion reading center has its own regulations, just follow the trend."
Xiaoliu has been working as a companion for four and a half years. The Crown Princess has already taken care of her wherever she can, so there is no need to say hello now.
When it came to reading companions, Sanfujin said: "Brother Shiba will move to the palace next year, and he also needs to choose a reading companion. Why don't you ask for a future for Xiao Qi in front of your mother-in-law?"
Shu Shu shook her head and said: "The prince's accompanying reading is all appointed by the emperor, and it's hard for the empress to speak."
I have already had an imperial reading. It would be an imperial favor for the emperor to ask for it again, but I cannot ask for it actively.
There are so many honorable men and women waiting for you at the Three Banners.
Everyone knows that accompanying a prince is a promising career, and being too greedy in this regard will make people hate you.
In addition, there is Wufujin ahead of him, and Wufujin’s natal family also has a nephew and younger brother of the same age.
It seems disrespectful to go beyond the Five Fortunes and mention the prince's accompanying reading.
San Fujin was a little tempted when he heard this.
However, she was self-aware and knew that she and Concubine Yi could not be related in any way, so what she thought about was not the position of the eighteenth prince's companion, but the nineteenth and twentieth princes.
The son of a duke reads to the prince, which is enough for his status.
The 19th elder brother is two years younger than the 18th elder brother, and he is already three years old this year.
The 20th Prince is still at Zhaoxiang Palace, but the biological mother of the 20th Prince is moving to Zhongcui Palace.
Twenty Princes will be raised in Zhongcui Palace, and their counselor, Twenty Princes' companions, are also eligible.
This is her brother Zengshou's son...
When the group of people arrived at the back hall of Tuoyuan Bookstore, the Crown Princess was already standing at the door to greet them.
When Sanfujin saw it, he quickly quickened his pace and said, "Oh, why did I alert you to come out..."
As she said this, she would curtsey when she arrived.
The princess held her hand, and her sister-in-law changed it to a hand-holding gesture.
At this moment, Shu Shu and Shi Fujin also arrived.
The Crown Princess let go of San Fujin and greeted her two sisters-in-law one after another.
After the ceremony, the sisters-in-law returned to the house, the guests and the host took their seats, served tea and talked...