The eldest brother looked at the third brother and snorted coldly: "How do you think Ama Khan will view this matter?"
The third elder brother was stunned.
I've been so busy these days, I didn't expect this.
Khan Amma also misunderstood, right?!
Is it also because of this that Brother Ninth was sent back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs so quickly?
Oh my conscience, aren't he and Lao Jiu on good terms?
The eldest brother said: "What you are doing now does not act like a brother. Do you think Khan Ama will uphold justice? Di Gong is right, but there is a brother in front of him?"
The third elder brother couldn't sit still and said: "Look at what you said, elder brother. My younger brother has become a sinner! I just came here to ask. My life is not as rich as that of my elder brother. My salary has been fined for several years. How can I live like this?"
It’s really hard to ask these two questions..."
The eldest brother frowned and said: "The salary has stopped, and the future of Huangzhuang and the shop has also disappeared? If you can't survive, go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to borrow it, don't worry about what others have!"
The third elder brother's tooth hurt even more when he looked at the eldest elder brother.
You’re not going to Yanjin anymore, are you?
But he was really afraid that his eldest brother would be reckless. When people came to ask for money, he had to say in a good voice: "Okay, ok, I won't say more. Please shut up, brother, and let Lao Jiu do what he wants."
Otherwise, if all these brothers are picked on, they will also have resentments in their hearts. For example, the fourteenth old man was happy yesterday about how to spend the money. It was all planned well. If you come forward and say no, everyone will be angry. Why don't you still?
Will it affect the brotherhood? When the time comes, there will be complaints, and good intentions will end up doing bad things..."
The eldest brother said casually: "Then let's talk about it when the time comes. If there is such a thing as Hu Tu, I'm not afraid of getting burned. If you blame me, just blame me!"
The third elder brother was about to vomit out a mouthful of old blood.
What a big-tailed wolf!
If you call me big brother, you really think you are the big brother?!
It's understandable that Lao Wu's half-brother was so protective of Lao Jiu; why are you, the eldest half-brother, joining in the fun?
His nostrils moved, he took a few deep breaths, and then he forced a smile and said: "Brother, you are thinking too much, so you are busy, my brother will go back first..."
After saying that, he bowed his hands and went out.
By the time he got to the door of the first house, the third elder brother still felt extremely depressed.
"Third brother..."
It happened that the eighth elder brother came out of the second house and had not yet mounted his horse. He saw the third elder brother and bowed to say hello.
The third elder brother glanced at the eighth elder brother and said, "It turns out to be Lao Ba. You haven't gone to the Yamen yet?"
"Here we go..." Brother Ba said calmly.
The third elder brother rolled his eyes and said: "I heard that the Wei family blocked the Yamen of the Ministry of Justice? Tsk tsk! I'm sorry, I guess there's nothing we can do about it, so I won't get the money for a while..."
The eighth prince's expression was a little stiff, and his fists were clenched in his sleeves.
But the Wei family is his uncle's family, so they can only be talked about together.
When the third elder brother said this, he said with regret: "It's a pity that Lao Jiu will return the money to you. Otherwise, if you wait until now, you can get 20% or 30% of the profit, which is tens of thousands of taels of silver...
…”
With that said, he got on his horse and headed towards the official road.
The eighth elder brother looked at the back of the third elder brother with a cold look in his eyes.
The turmoil in the Ministry of Internal Affairs these days is all caused by the third elder brother. Now he is here to sow discord. Does he think others are fools?
The third elder brother sat on the horse. He wanted to stop the eldest elder brother and then go to the household department to fend off the fourth elder brother. The two of them could just talk to each other.
Now that he thought about the fourth child's bad temper, which was even worse than that of the eldest child, he thought it was better not to humiliate himself.
He planned to go to the Ministry of Etiquette to gather his thoughts and not show any cowardice in front of the emperor next time. He also wanted to get rid of the hat of bullying his younger brother.
When he entered the imperial city and passed by Xihua Gate, the third elder brother paused and almost turned over and dismounted.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs...
In fact, it's not bad, unlike in the Ministry of Rites, where there is a Manchu and Han minister at the head, and there are four Manchu and Han ministers.
Not to mention that the two ministers are both bachelors and servants of the emperor. Even if he is a prince, he cannot be arrogant...
He was distracted when he saw the twelfth elder brother coming out with two haha beads.
"Huh? Twelfth brother, where are you going?"
The third elder brother looked at the twelfth elder brother and started to investigate.
"Send the official document..." Brother Twelve pointed to the document held by the eunuch behind him and said concisely.
The third elder brother nodded and said: "Go, go, don't delay..."
I really couldn't wait. I rushed to the Imperial Palace the next day after I returned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. What a wolfish ambition, little bastard...
*
In the fifth northern institute, the ninth elder brother sent He Yuzhu back and said he would bring the twelfth elder brother over for lunch.
Shu Shu called Xiaotang and asked the kitchen to add a dish of eight-treasure tofu, a dish of vegetarian chicken, and a dish of assorted shaomai for lunch.
Just after the instructions were given, Qifu Jin arrived.
"Why is Lao Jiu making such a fuss and sending posts like this in a serious manner?"
It turned out that she couldn't hold back her curiosity and came over to inquire about this.
Shu Shu said with a smile: "It's still the 'borrowing money' thing last year, it should be over this time."
After hearing this, Qi Fujin shook his head and said, "I told you that you shouldn't have done something like that last year. It was obviously Brother Fenrun, but it was like you owed a favor."
Shu Shu smiled and said: "Be careful, you want to help your brothers, but you don't want to be exposed to both rain and dew, but the emperor is watching above, so you are afraid of being picked on, so you throw this out, and you fall into the trap."
"
Hearing this, Qi Fujin also laughed, and then pointed to the west and said: "You guys are really good-tempered. When you made such a fuss before, you thought it was the same as in February, and you wanted to give away the 'loan' there."
It’s paid off…”
Shu Shu said: "Why didn't you think about it? It's just now and then. The land there just started to be sold in February. I haven't seen any profit yet. Now it's half sold. The money is almost collected, and I still have to pay back the money.
, it seems like our father is stingy."
Qi Fujin lost interest after asking this question and asked about today's dinner.
"What clothes should we wear? Regular clothes or auspicious clothes?"
Shu Shu was asked.
The banquet held at the Queen Mother's house tonight is the reception banquet for Princess Kejing's return to the court. This is a family banquet, not a family banquet.
In addition to them, Prince Fujin, Prince Fujin from the clan will also attend.
The size of this reception banquet was larger than when the eldest princess Shuhui was still in court.
Although Khalkha is nominally an internal vassal, it is actually an external vassal.
The three Khans of Kaerhan brought Jiubai's tribute to the court.
The various tribes in Monnan Mongolia are internal vassals.
Princess Kejing was the first Mongolian Khan Princess to come to court.
Shu Shu was also undecided and said, "How about sending someone to the West Garden to ask the Crown Princess?"
Among the younger generation of sisters-in-law, they still have to regard the Crown Princess as their leader.
Qi Fujin nodded and said: "It's okay to ask, otherwise it will be rude if you wear the wrong clothes then..."
After saying that, she told the girl Haitang: "Follow the girl from Jiufujin and go to the West Garden to pay our respects to the Crown Princess on our behalf and ask her what she means."
Shu Shu then told Walnut: "Follow me, take two people with you, and bring the watermelon that Daxing sent you today..."
Walnut agreed and followed the others down.
Xiaotang brought up the cut fruit plate. On it were watermelon and cantaloupe, both peeled and cut into pieces. There was a silver fork next to it.
"Is the watermelon ready yet?"
Qi Fujin wiped his hands, took a silver fork and ate.
"The first batch, there are only half a car, about thirty of them, and they haven't started to be delivered yet..." Shu Shu said.
"Then when will the next harvest be? If there are more, I'll decide on some. I don't like eating when it's hot, so I can get through the day by eating more of these fruits." Qifu Jin said.
Shu Shu said: "Speaking quickly, another ten days and a half will be enough."
Qifu Jin asked: "How is the princess' temperament?"
Since marrying into the royal family, they have also seen the temperaments of several older princesses in the past few years.
Princess Chunxi is majestic and graceful, Princess Rongxian is amiable and tolerant, and Princess Duanjing is gentle and taciturn.
Shu Shu glanced at Qi Fujin and said: "Sister-in-law Qi, the princess was married in Dongyue in the thirty-sixth year of the year. Wasn't it six months since Sister-in-law Qi married into the palace?"
You have never interacted with the princess?
Qi Fujin glanced at Shu Shu and hummed: "Who do you think is as comfortable as you as a new daughter-in-law? At that time, I was timid, fearing that I would make a mistake and lose the dignity of the family, so I stayed in the five houses all day long, even though
I go to Ningshou Palace every five or ten to pay my respects, and I am not in the same boat as the princesses, so I can't touch them. We only met them once at the wedding banquet before the princess got married, and we never spoke to them."
Shu Shu said: "The princess was raised in Yikun Palace before she was divided into palaces. She was raised by our empress. Her words and deeds are also her own. I heard that she studied with the princes when she was a child, and she brought some things that we didn't have.
The atmosphere is calm.”
Qifu Jin said: "No wonder the emperor is willing to marry the princess to Mobei. He is really a capable man..."
*
West Garden, Tuoyuan Bookstore.
The Crown Princess was entertaining guests when Sifu Jin arrived.
Seeing that Si Fujin was pregnant, the Crown Princess said angrily: "I just sent someone here, what are you doing here in person?"
Si Fujin smiled and said: "I'm feeling depressed, so I went out for a walk while it wasn't too hot yet..."
It turned out that when she came here, she was not sure about what to wear for the evening banquet, so she came to ask the Crown Princess for her opinion.
The Crown Princess thought for a while and said: "With the clan members here, it would be more appropriate to wear auspicious clothes."
If there was no clan, everyone would be more comfortable chatting about everyday things.
If there is a clan relative named Fujin, the Lifanyuan, the Ministry of Rites, the Clan's Mansion, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will prepare a table, then it will not go wrong to be more solemn.
Si Fujin nodded and said: "That's good, otherwise it would be really embarrassing. The close relatives are too solemn and seem to be heretics, but it's not easy to neglect..."
At this time, Haitang and Walnut also arrived, and were led in by their nanny.
The two of them greeted each other, and Haitang explained the purpose of their visit.
The Crown Princess still spoke like this.
Haitang made a note of it, took the walnuts and excused herself.
The Crown Princess looked at the backs of the two people, thought for a moment, and asked Si Fujin, "Have you not had any contact with Shu Shu and your third brother and sister?"
Otherwise, San Fujin should have sent people from the Northern Sixth Institute.
Sifu Jin said: "That's right. My third sister-in-law asked me to be the matchmaker before. How can I get involved in this? Each family lives its own life, just let them go..."
*
Attachment: I discovered a bug. The title of Princess Kejing was only granted in forty-five years. Previously, the title of Princess Heshuo was granted. Some data said that she was granted the title when she was engaged at the age of thirteen, and some said that she was granted the title in thirty-six years before she got married.
She is the only princess in the Qing Dynasty who was awarded three titles: Princess Heshuo, Princess Heshuo Kejing, and Princess Gulun Kejing. It has not been changed, and she is still called Princess Kejing in this book.