The beginning of the 41st year of Kangxi's reign was different from previous years.

In recent years, most of the saints have been on the third day of the Lunar New Year. On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the Queen Mother has been sent to Changchun Garden. This year is an exception.

On the third day of the first lunar month, apart from Shengjia, the only people who went to Changchun Garden from the palace were Concubine Yi, Concubine He, Concubine Min, Wang Guiren and others.

The Queen Mother did not go there, and the princes were also divided into two groups. Some went with her at this time, and some did not go there at this time.

Shu Shu and Brother Jiu are from the past.

The couple were self-aware, and the person they relied on in the palace was never the Queen Mother, but Kangxi.

Like them, the elder brother and his wife, the third elder brother and his wife, the fourth elder brother and his wife, the seventh elder brother and his wife, and the thirteenth elder brother and his wife also moved to Haidian.

The fifth elder brother was very uneasy and took Wu Fujin to the palace to pay his respects.

They only got the news yesterday that the Queen Mother was not going to Haidian today, but it was too late, otherwise she would have come to visit yesterday.

The Queen Mother has grown up, and she is also tired during the New Year. The fifth elder brother is worried about the Queen Mother's health.

"I'm fine. It's the concubine who's feeling a little uncomfortable. I'll wait for her for a few days before we go together..."

Seeing that the fifth elder brother and his wife were worried, the Queen Mother directly explained the reason: "Ninth elder brother sent the eunuch over this morning to ask, and I asked him to tell you that this must be the case."

The fifth elder brother felt relieved after hearing this.

There are two concubines in the palace, Concubine Duanshun and Concubine Shuhui.

The Queen Mother directly skipped the title, and the one who deserves the title of Princess Shuhui should be Princess Shuhui.

That one is the Queen Mother's biological sister, and she often took her fifth elder brother with her in the early years.

The fifth elder brother looked worried and said: "What does the imperial doctor say? Then my grandson should go and see the imperial concubine?"

The Queen Mother waved her hands and said: "You are under Chinese New Year, please don't cause trouble. The imperial doctor said that there is nothing serious. It's just external wind evil and some food accumulation. Just cleanse your stomach and intestines and it will be fine. Xiao Qi sent them to your mother-in-law yesterday."

No, I’m just afraid that I’ll be sick again!”

The fifth elder brother stopped insisting and said: "We are seeing the beginning of spring, but it is easy to get sick at this time. Grandma, please be careful."

The Queen Mother nodded and said: "I know, you are all well, don't rush to Haidian, wait until the weather gets warm in February before going there."

The fifth elder brother said: "We also want to go there early. The Chaolu Society has called for someone, and my grandson wants to carry him over to pay his respects to the imperial grandmother."

Chaolu was the legitimate son of Wufu Jin Dynasty, and was nicknamed by the Queen Mother.

Chaolu means stone in Mongolian.

The Queen Mother hoped that her great-grandson would be as hard as a stone.

The last time I saw the Queen Mother was last summer.

After hearing what the fifth elder brother said, she thought about it, but she still insisted: "There's no need to worry. Adults can bear the dampness in the house in winter, but children can't. I'll wait for someone to burn the house and let it dry out for a few days."

, you go over again."

The fifth elder brother said: "Then my grandson will go over first and wait until the house is dry before sending someone to pick up Fujin and Chaolu..."

*

Changchun Garden, Shengjia and his party have arrived.

Brother Jiu yawned and got out of the carriage.

He went to Ma Qi's house to pay New Year's greetings the day before yesterday afternoon and learned something: Ma Qi's head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was resigning.

A dignified bachelor, he did not have the title of chief assistant, but he had the actual status of chief assistant. Ma Qi was busy with many important affairs of the court, and naturally he had no time to take care of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

He resigned as the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs once at the beginning of the year, but the emperor was not sure about it at the time; at the end of the year, Ma Qi resigned again.

Now, we have the confidence.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs will recruit another general manager, and it will be none other than Ma Qi's eldest brother Masika.

In his early years, this man also served as the General Manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but it was a part-time job. He was the Minister of Internal Affairs and the General Manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Later, he participated in the Pingzhun War and made meritorious service in the thirty-fifth year. In the thirty-sixth year, he was deprived of his official position due to his inability to recover the goods.

So far, Muskar has been idle for five years.

In this restoration, Muskar was granted the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Mongolian Army of Xiangbai Banner, as well as the Director-General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Brother Ninth was secretly delighted. This man had been the head of the House of Internal Affairs for seven or eight years.

In this case, even if you are a proficient person, neither you nor the twelfth elder brother will be tied to the yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and you can free up your hands to do other things.

The royal chariot was at the front of the team and drove directly to Xiaodongmen.

The accompanying concubine entered through the Great West Gate.

He knew that his mother-in-law was there, but Brother Jiu couldn't follow him, so he could only wait for Concubine Yi's carriage at the gate of the palace, planning to pay her respects.

In front of Concubine Yi's carriage sat the chief eunuch of Yikun Palace.

Seeing Brother Jiu's presence, he hurriedly stopped the carriage, jumped out, and said, "Slave, I would like to ask Master Jiu to say hello..."

Brother Jiu gave him a weak hand and looked at the carriage.

Concubine Yi heard the noise and opened the carriage curtain.

In addition to Yifei, there are also seventeenth prince and eighteenth prince.

"Brother Ninth..."

Brother Seventeen gave a crisp cry.

The eighteenth elder brother followed suit and shouted, but his eyes fell on the ninth elder brother's purse.

Every time he saw his brothers, Brother Ninth took out his wallet. The little guy took note of it and knew there was something delicious in it.

Seeing this, the ninth elder brother took out his purse, handed the oil paper bag inside to the seventeenth elder brother, and said: "You two share it!"

This time I changed snacks to honey hawthorn pills.

During the Chinese New Year, we eat a lot of food, which is for digestion.

Concubine Yi looked at Brother Jiu and said, "It's cold outside now. Let me tell you, Fujin, there's no need to rush to bring the children over to say hello. They can live here for a long time. It's okay to wait until it gets warm next month before entering the garden to say hello."

Not too late."

Brother Jiu nodded in agreement, looked at the two younger brothers and said, "After these two days, we have settled in. My son will pick up Xiao Qi, and Xiao Shiba will go to my elder brother's place to stay for a day..."

Brother Seventeen heard this, his eyes brightened.

He is five years old this year and has already begun to remember things. He remembers the words of the Queen Mother and the Dowager Princess, and knows that his brother's family has several auspicious nephews and nieces.

The eighteenth elder brother was still confused. Hearing his ranking, he tilted his head and looked at the ninth elder brother.

Concubine Yi said: "Well, we'll talk about it later after you have settled down."

There is also the palace concubine's carriage behind her, so it's not easy for the carriage to stop for too long.

After his biological mother said hello to his brothers, Brother Ninth stepped aside and watched the carriage leave.

The carriages of concubines and concubines have different regulations.

Behind Concubine Yi's carriage is Concubine He's carriage.

Brother Jiu saw this and took a few steps back.

If Min Bin was the biological mother of Thirteenth Brother even though they were different in age, he would still be able to say hello; if He Bin was the same age as him, he would have to avoid taboos even more.

It was bright outside, and as the carriage moved, there was a gap in the carriage curtain.

He and the concubine looked outside and saw Brother Jiu bowing down.

He and the concubine thought of Jiufu Jin and the days when they stayed in the palace in the spring of thirty-seventh year.

Among the group of beautiful women at that time, the most outstanding one was the eldest daughter of the Niu Hulu family.

The noble queen, the daughter of Fengchao.

On the contrary, Jiufu Jin is not outstanding, nor does he compete with the beautiful women.

Four years have passed now.

There were some vicissitudes of life with the concubine.

She did not envy Jiu Fujin for being the prince's legitimate son, but she envied him for giving birth to three children.

The concubine's eyes were wet.

She also wants to raise a little brother.

When will there be twenty princes in the palace?

As for the 18th and 19th elder brothers, they are not something she can imagine.

She is here at this age and has no experience in raising children. The good thing is that she is the head of the first palace and is qualified to raise the prince born by the concubine. If there is any news about the grand promise of the Qianqing Palace, then in order to enhance the child's status, she will place the child in the palace.

There is also a precedent in Chengqian Palace...

*

After the concubine's carriage passed by, Brother Jiu entered Changchun Garden and went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to check in.
To be continued...