The most important thing for a concubine to enter a wealthy family is to serve tea to Li Si'er, the main wife.
Today, in Lao Tong's family, Tong Guoding, the senior member of the family, sits on the lower right side of the portrait of the ancestors of Lao Tong's family.
Longkodo and Li Si'er sat side by side on the left side. Yuzhu led eighty-nine people and stood behind Li Si'er.
Xiao Xuanyu and her brothers stood silently behind Yuzhu with bated breath.
Although Lao Shiba is the son-in-law of the Tong family, he is a serious prince and holds the title of Beizi.
Therefore, Lao Shiba's seat was originally arranged at the top of Tong Guoding, that is, in the middle.
However, both Longkodo and Yuzhu were present, and there was no water in Lao Shiba's head, so he refused to sit on the so-called "top seat" waiting for his butt to be burned.
Lao Shiba deliberately said: "Today we are only talking about family etiquette. I am a junior and I am just here to observe the ceremony, so I can just stand next to my eldest brother."
Tong Guoding gently stroked his white beard and nodded secretly. Long Laosan's son-in-law knows how to advance and retreat. It seems that he made the right choice!
As soon as Yuzhu saw Tong Guoding coming, he knew that Long Keduo had really spent a lot of money on his wife and son.
For a top Manchu noble family like the old Tong family, it was just a small ceremony of carrying a concubine and serving tea, but it actually alarmed Tong Guoding, his ancestor.
No need to ask, Longkodo must have promised Tong Guoding a lot of benefits secretly, right?
To be honest, it was just a mistress and a concubine, and Yuzhu had no intention of quarreling with Long Ke.
Otherwise, as long as Yuzhu spreads rumors of opposition, who would dare to take the huge risk of offending him and join in the fun?
When it comes to housework, what I fear the most is taking it seriously!
I remember when Yuan Shikai's mother passed away, he wanted to bury his biological mother in the Xiangcheng ancestral grave of the old Yuan family.
However, Yuan Shikai's eldest brother and the eldest son of the Yuan family, Yuan Shidun, said that he could not allow cheap maids to humiliate the Yuan family's ancestors.
As we all know, Yuan Shikai's biological mother, Mrs. Liu, was originally a girl of the Yuan family.
What's interesting is that Yuan Shikai suffered such humiliation and did not take revenge on Yuan Shidun.
When the foreign concubine came in to serve tea, Longkoduo stared at Li Si'er extremely nervously, fearing that she would suddenly turn her back.
However, Li Si'er not only did not fall out, but said with a smile: "The old man's body is not very agile. From now on, I will rely on you to serve me more."
"Heavy reward!" Li Si'er took the tea offered by the concubine and took a sip, officially recognizing her as the concubine of the Tong family.
Grandma Liu held an emerald green jade bracelet and took the initiative to put it on the outside girl's wrist. She said affectionately: "My skin is white as snow, and it matches the emerald green bracelet very well."
Longko was extremely surprised. Is this still the arrogant and unreasonable Li Si'er?
After the tea ceremony, Yuzhu's little brother came in to recognize his ancestor.
Yuzhu, the elder of the Tong family, has a name that is very Manchurian-like.
With names like Yue Xing'a, Yuzhu and Bajiu, if Tong Jia's surname is not reported, who would know that they are brothers?
Longkodo named the little cub: Ninety.
Because Yue Xing'a has been expelled from the family, Yuzhu's ranking of eighty-nine and ninety happens to be among the three brothers, which highlights Yuzhu's eldest brother status.
Alas, Long Laosan has taken great pains to ensure the good future of his little boy.
After the banquet dispersed, Longkodo deliberately left the jade pillar behind and asked the question he had been holding back for a long time: "Why didn't your Eni make a fuss?"
Yuzhu smiled lightly and said: "Eni, she said that she is old and has become wan, so she might as well make room for the newcomer."
Longkodo was still puzzled, but no one could pry Yuzhu out of what he didn't want to say, so he had to do it.
On the next day, Li Si'er took Eighty-nine and the remaining private money and moved to the imperial palace of the Imperial Government.
These days, it can only be regarded as an exception for couples to live apart.
However, for Lao Tong's family, this arrangement is the best solution to avoid internal strife.
Li Si'er went to Zhenguo's palace and continued to dominate.
Longkodo pampered Jiushi and his biological mother casually in Tongfu Hutong. In this way, the main wife and his concubine did not interfere with each other's lives and property, and the conflicts were reduced many times.
After the old emperor heard about this, he asked Yuzhu excitedly: "Aren't you Enie easy to mess with?"
Yuzhu knew clearly that the old emperor wanted to hear gossip, but he deliberately said: "Khan Ama, people outside are just telling lies. I, Eni, am actually a generous person."
"Hmph." The old emperor sneered, "It's okay to deceive others with your words, but you want to deceive me, hehe."
Yuzhu deliberately pretended not to understand and took the opportunity to apply.
"Ama, sir, something big happened in the house. It seems that I should report it to my uncle Yu."
The old emperor thought for a while and said, "You don't have to worry about it. I'll just send someone to tell you."
Yuzhu knew in his heart that the old emperor was very afraid of the private contact between him and the imperial concubine.
How should I put it, Yuzhu has many part-time jobs, and most of them are inseparable from the inner court.
If Yuzhu, the head of the internal ministers, together with the imperial concubine who holds the phoenix seal, secretly do bad things, it would be impossible to guard against it.
The old emperor can still tolerate Yuzhu, mainly because Yuzhu is very knowledgeable and rarely interferes with the duties of the House of Internal Affairs, the South Study Room and the imperial guards.
Yuzhu knew very well that if he acted too much in the Bujun Yamen, he would definitely touch the old emperor's bottom line.
The territory of the Qing Dynasty was so vast that its thousands of miles of rivers and mountains had a total population of over 100 million.
The problem faced by the old emperor is that no matter who is chosen to ascend the throne, the new emperor will face a big problem: what should he do if the adult prince and the Manchurian army meritorious officials are not convinced?
The so-called cold weather at high places just proves the embarrassing situation of the old emperor.
Now that the crown prince has been established, the old emperor is worried that his power will be lost to others, or even the Xuanwu Revolution that caused the rebellion.
If the crown prince is not established, then whether the new king can intimidate the brothers is also a big question.
Although Lao Ba, Lao Jiu and Lao Ten joined the Fourteenth Ye Party together, the old emperor saw clearly that this was just a temporary sting.
In addition, how could the banner owners of Manchuria be willing to do so as they gradually lost power in their hands?
Don't look at the princes and clans, just because they don't dare to make a fuss now doesn't mean that they won't dare to make a fuss in the future.
If the old emperor could not see this level clearly, he would have sat on the throne for nearly sixty years in vain.
Historically, before the death of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he ordered someone to draw the "Chart of the Princes of the Zhou Gong Fu Cheng Dynasty" and specially gave it to Huo Guang.
Huo Guang was very smart. Not only did he refuse to be the Duke of Zhou, he also took the initiative to recommend Jin Ri? to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Yuzhu knew better than anyone that the several foreman and part-time jobs he held were just honorary titles.
The extremely critical position of infantry commander was, in essence, the "Picture of Duke Zhou's Assistance to the Princes of the Dynasty" that the old emperor used to fish.
The new king is either Hongxi or Lao Shishi.
The minister who cares about fate is either Longkodo or Yuzhu.
The old emperor had no time to think about who was loyal and who was traitorous!