On a normal day, Brother Ninth came back from the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a somewhat troubled expression on his face.
Shu Shu looked at his expression and was a little curious.
Is this happy or unhappy?
It seems very complicated.
Brother Jiu rubbed his face and said, "I want to be happy, but I feel it's inappropriate. I think it's time for the teacher to give me a bachelor's degree."
As early as the first month of the year, news came out that Ma Qi had entered the cabinet.
It's now September and there is no movement.
"Isn't this a good thing? Why is it so inappropriate?"
Shu Shu felt that she might have become really stupid and couldn't find the logical relationship.
"Alan is dead. This morning..."
Brother Jiu said with an expression as if he had a toothache, and said: "The bachelor is almost dead, and there will be no one left if Ama Khan doesn't help me..."
There was a man who was seriously ill and was recuperating and could not go to court for a long time.
There was also a man who was implicated in Suo'etu during the first month of the year and took the initiative to complain.
There are also two nominal bachelors, both of whom are old and frail. They only retain the title of bachelor and do not go to court.
Alantai was originally a fruitful one that only existed in the dynasty, but as a result, it withered away due to the cold.
"Khan Ama didn't expect it to happen so soon. In the morning, he got a discount from the Alantai family. He sent his eldest brother to bring the royal doctor to visit him. He also planned to go there in person at noon. But when his eldest brother and the others went there, he was already unconscious. When he came back,
Reports and reports of loss of faith come in quick succession..."
Brother Jiu said: "Really speaking, I am only in my sixtieth year, and I am still a few years away from retirement."
The great scholar is the prime minister. Although the king has more power now and the prime minister has less power, he is still a pillar of the country.
No wonder Brother Ninth looked like that.
Shu Shu said silently: "Winter is coming before our eyes, and this winter will be colder earlier than every year."
The end of the year is sad, that's all.
Every winter is a difficult time for the elderly and infirm.
When Brother Jiu heard this, he glanced at her with concern and said, "Do you feel it's cold in the house? Ask someone to start burning the charcoal basin. You don't have to wait for Earth Dragon."
Shu Shu looked around and said, "How many charcoal pots can be used to support such a big house? It's full of smoke and smoke, and it won't get much warm."
Brother Jiu glanced at her, pointed to the study and said, "Isn't there a study? It can isolate the heat in the summer, but can't it isolate the cold air in the winter?"
Shu Shu rolled her eyes at Brother Jiu, dissatisfied, and said, "What is that look in my eyes?"
Brother Jiu hurriedly said: "I just think you are so rare! There is nothing you can't think of at the moment. I can help you think of it. Isn't that good?"
The prince and prince Fujin provide charcoal every day in winter, but it is not the time to supply it yet.
Shu Shu thought of the east wing of the Prince's Mansion.
Previously, we only planned to use the west wing as a clean room, and there were no plans to use the east wing as a clean room.
Now it seems that it is just the right time to make a greenhouse.
It is connected to the study room, where you can read in winter and escape the heat in summer.
Burn a heated kang below. Before winter every year, you can ask someone to burn it in advance, which also saves the need to use charcoal directly in the house.
Shu Shu told Brother Ninth, who smiled and said: "We have our own house, no matter what we do, we are all dependent on you."
Having said this, he thought for a while and said, "Don't worry about the charcoal. It's already late. The charcoal warehouse has been prepared. I'll have people move the furnace to the study in a while. I sent Sun Jin to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to deliver some."
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This is equivalent to buying the charcoal themselves.
Shu Shu looked at Brother Jiu and said, "Master, is this inappropriate?"
In the palace, there are old ones and young ones, but they belong to the young and strong ones.
Even if someone gets special treatment and uses the charcoal pot in advance, it won't be their turn.
Brother Jiu smiled evilly and said: "It's better if you don't do it properly, then you will be picked on by others. Then you will send the gossip to the emperor. When the time comes, we will have a good example when we move."
Shu Shu felt that Brother Ninth was unkind, so he pulled the wool over the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
However, they are not unjust. They spread many gossips in the palace to the outside world.
Regarding Jiu Age's reputation, there is mixed praise and praise, and they are all responsible for it.
Brother Jiu thought that he could do it, so he gave the orders one after another.
After the instructions were given, the dining table was set up.
Today's lunch was good, and Brother Jiu felt good eating the glutinous rice noodles.
"It's just right to eat in winter, but the soup base is a little off, a bit vegetarian. It should be better if I change it to mutton soup or chicken soup..."
Shu Shu felt tired after listening to it.
But speaking of mutton, she wanted to eat barbecued mutton skewers, sprinkled with a lot of chili powder, not lean mutton, but the meat tendons.
The thought of it made her greedy. Shu Shu immediately ordered Xiao Chun to pass on a message, saying: "Go and grill a few skewers of mutton skewers. No need to sprinkle cumin, just sprinkle chili powder and salt, and grill two skewers of cabbage cores..."
Brother Jiu didn't care about eating noodles anymore and asked with concern: "Is this bad for your taste? What else do you want to eat? Tell me and I will buy it for you..."
Shu Shu's mind was now filled with the smell of spicy pork tendons. She shook her head and said, "Just these two things first..."
When Brother Jiu saw this, he waited with her.
It took less than two-quarters of an hour before Xiaotang quickly came in with the food box.
There was a ruler plate inside, with a handful of mutton skewers, two skewers of cabbage cores, and two millet pancakes on it.
The fragrance hits your nose immediately.
Xiaotang said: "If Fujin thinks the chili is too spicy, eat it with pancakes."
Shu Shu nodded, couldn't wait to pick up a bunch, and felt a burst of satisfaction in her mouth.
In my previous life, when I was a child, I thought spicy food was a taste sensation, just like sour, sweet, bitter and salty. Only when I got older did I realize that spicy food was a sensory sensation of pain.
The feeling of the chili peppers roasting your taste buds is so enjoyable.
No spices were added, the chili pepper was enough to soften the fishy and greasy taste of the mutton.
The fatty parts of the mutton skewers are grilled to a golden brown color with a burnt aroma.
Shu Shu ate three skewers in one breath, and his tongue was numb from the spicy food. He looked at Xiaotang and said, "I want to eat something sweet to relieve the spicy food. Are there any more peaches in sugar water?"
Xiaotang said: "There are still several jars that have not been opened. I will fill them right away."
After Xiaotang left, Shu Shu slowed down and finished off a few more skewers of mutton and two skewers of cabbage.
At this time, the peach meat with sugar syrup was also served.
It's just right to eat it cold now.
Brother Jiu was standing by, looking at his stomach feeling uncomfortable, and asked with concern: "This is hot and cold at the same time. Is it okay to eat it?"
Shu Shu said: "It's okay."
Seeing that Brother Jiu's noodles were getting softer, he said comfortably: "Cook another bowl for me, this has been delayed..."
Brother Jiu shook his head and said, "I've almost eaten."
Shu Shu was satisfied with this meal, but Brother Jiu felt distressed.
He thought for a while and said: "You can't always think of what to eat. How can you bear to wait like this? Why don't you go back and write a list of everything you want to eat and what you might eat, and call it a meal?
The room is ready, so you don’t have to wait so long to eat whatever you want..."
Shu Shu also found it difficult to order food like this.
It takes so long every time.
What does she want to eat?
Boiled fish…
Hairy blood is prosperous...
Spicy chicken...
Little crispy pork...
She wanted to eat everything on the Sichuan restaurant’s menu.
Seeing her move, Brother Jiu said, "What have you thought of? Just take your turn according to what you want to eat. I'm not picky about food anyway, so just follow the two bites."
After hearing this, Shu Shu calmed down again.
If she ate it alone and let Brother Jiu watch it, it would lose the taste.
She said: "I want to drink old duck soup. I'll ask the kitchen to stew it in the afternoon. It will be just right for me to drink in the evening."
Brother Jiu thought for a while and said, "Didn't you like to eat fried tofu skin when you were making pots? You can also fry some of the inside."
This was mentioned by Shu Shu.
Shu Shu said that children should eat more eggs, tofu, meat, and dried milk so that children can grow well.
Shu Shu nodded and said, "Then add one."
By the time the dining table for two people was removed, the smoker had already been placed on the kang in the study room.
The wool tapestries that were put away after the beginning of autumn were also taken out and placed again on the Duobao Pavilion in the study.
Even the best red snail charcoal used in the house was brought back in two baskets.
But it was noon now, it was warm outside and it wasn't cold inside the house, so Shu Shu didn't ask anyone to light the fire.
She laughed with Brother Jiu and said, "In less than two days, I will be an unfilial son."
Later in the year, Kangxi cleaned up the Ministry of Internal Affairs and dismissed many people.
Especially the natal family of the concubine in the harem, and several families in the imperial dining room were cleared out.
If you are a sensible person, you will naturally know that this is a sacred mandate; but if you are confused, or someone who bullies the weak and fears the strong, you must put this debt on Brother Jiu's head.
That is to say, in the past six months, Brother Jiu has become his "loved son", and there are no flaws in his actions, so no one dares to mess with him.
But if this "unfilial" act is carried out, will it be able to benefit him?
Criticism is inevitable.
Brother Jiu touched his chin and said, "I'm digging a hole for them, but I'm not going to fall into it myself, so I should be prepared as well."
In the afternoon, when I went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ninth Elder Brother sent Sun Jin to bring two written notes. Starting from Ningshou Palace, they went to the palace one by one to meet with the chief eunuch and pass on Ninth Elder Brother's words.
There are plenty of charcoal fires this winter, and the weather will get cold early. If any elder feels that the house is too cold, he can send someone to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to withdraw the charcoal fire in advance. The excess amount will be calculated next spring and deducted from the next year's charcoal fire.
If there is any leftover, it will be converted into money and paid according to the price in the books of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Nowadays, the East and West Twelve Palaces, the East Sixth Palace, Chengqian Palace, and Jingren Palace are empty, and Jingyang Palace has been used as a library.
The remaining nine palaces all have the chief concubine.
In the afternoon of that day, I learned about this year’s “New Deal” of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
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Yanxi Palace, main hall.
Concubine Hui nodded and said: "It's different to have someone of your own watching over you. How can a foreign official know whether it's hot or cold in the palace? It does get cold early this year."
The palace maid said: "My dear, do we need to get the charcoal in advance?"
Concubine Hui nodded and said, "Take it, otherwise the others behind you won't dare to act rashly."
The valuable thing about Brother Jiu is that not only can you withdraw the charcoal in advance after mentioning it, but he also explained the calculation of the charcoal clearly.
In this way, even if you send people to collect charcoal in advance, you don't have to worry about being blackmailed by the minions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
If your life is really tight, if you spend less money every winter, you will still have some spare money next spring.
As for whether it's cold or not...
Anyway, there will be ground dragons in October. Even if the house is not warm by then, the cold will not harm anyone...
