The reason why Brother Ninth was in trouble was not because he felt it was troublesome, but because he was worried that Concubine Tong was seriously ill.
If that really happens, the follow-up will be very troublesome.
"No matter what, tomorrow I will go to Yuqing Palace to see the Crown Princess and ask..."
At present, the palace affairs are in the hands of the Crown Princess. The Crown Princess has the right to check Concubine Tong's pulse and call people to Yongshou Palace.
Shu Shu said: "Perhaps it's because of the change of seasons that I feel unwell. Concubine Tong is young, so there should be nothing wrong with her."
This person is also a person with a long life in history.
It's just that the current situation is completely different from that in history.
At this time in history, the title of imperial concubine should be given, and she would become the highest position in the palace after the Kangxi Dynasty for more than 20 years.
Brother Jiu nodded and said, "Well, I guess it's mostly a mental illness. I just feel a little pitiful. I hope I can think openly."
Everyone in the Tong family is arrogant, and Concubine Tong is no exception.
Brother Jiu still thinks that this illness is related to his concubine's move to the Qian Palace.
The next day, the first day of August, the ninth elder brother took a rest.
The couple went to Fucha's house to send birthday gifts together.
Ma Qi was already a bachelor, but he behaved very respectfully and did not arrange birthday gifts for his wife.
But who knows the rules of officialdom? Before the official day, there was an endless stream of horse-drawn carriages delivering gifts in front of Fucha's house.
When Shu Shu and Brother Jiu's carriage arrived, it took them a quarter of an hour to arrive at the door of Fucha's house.
Brother Ninth got off the carriage, helped Shu Shu down, looked at the various parked carriages, realized something was wrong, and said: "It's my birthday, why haven't those grandsons from the Ministry of Internal Affairs made any move this year?"
When he said this, Shu Shu also remembered that people started giving gifts at the end of July last year.
Shu Shu thought for a while and said: "Maybe I don't know yet, just wait and see..."
During the Dragon Boat Festival, half of the gifts from the Prince's Mansion were collected.
The remaining half was sent to Third Brother.
Now that Brother Ninth's birthday is approaching, everyone probably doesn't know how to give gifts.
If you give too lightly, you will offend someone. There are examples of concubines belonging to other people's families.
I gave away too much, and at this juncture, I was worried about being stared at.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has its own Yushi Yamen.
I haven't been idle in the past few months and have caught a lot of borers.
It was not arranged by Brother Nine, but dog bites dog.
Just like the previous dynasty, sometimes the censor is the sword, and the sword is held in the hands of the emperor or the courtiers.
The imperial censor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has also been found to be of wonderful use.
For example, a while ago, there was a vacancy for a doctor in Guangchu Treasury, and several principals were on standby. Then a series of corruption scandals broke out, and two principals were arrested.
Brother Jiu watched the excitement and did not interfere or stop it.
This was the purpose of introducing the imperial censor into the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was to wind up these coats.
Brother Jiu supported Shu Shu and whispered: "Oh no, we won't give it away to less, our income will be less in the future."
Shu Shu smiled and said: "It's not like this money is missing, it's okay."
If the Ministry of Internal Affairs really becomes clean, that would be a great thing, but it is unlikely.
I have been greedy for several generations, and even if I have been frightened for several months, some problems cannot be corrected.
At this time, Mrs. Ma Qi had already received the report and knew that Brother Jiu and his wife were coming, so she personally greeted them.
"Jiuye, Jiufujin..."
Mrs. Mazie stepped forward and saluted.
Brother Jiu avoided it, Shu Shu helped Mrs. Ma Qi to stand up and said: "Master, please get up, there is no need to be a heretic."
Ma Qi has gone with his retinue and is no longer in the capital.
The older sons of the Fucha family had all gone out, and the younger ones were still studying at Banner School. Brother Ninth was accompanied by a member of the Fucha family to the living room.
Shu Shu was welcomed into the main room by Mrs. Ma Qi.
Today is not the official birthday day, and there are no foreign guests here for Mrs. Ma Qi. Only a few daughters-in-law who have separated have come to help.
Except for Fu Qing's wife, I don't know Shu Shu very well, and she seems very reserved.
However, since Brother Jiu and Ma Qi are known as teachers and students, Shu Shu is also somewhat polite to Mrs. Ma Qi.
Mrs. Ma Qi was from an ordinary background, but she had outstanding appearance, behaved in a very grand manner, and was close to her daughters-in-law.
Shu Shu socialized around and finally met Fucha Erge, her future sister-in-law.
Father Xiao...
Shu Shu's expression did not change, and she was already very surprised.
Not to mention her appearance, which is only 70% of Mrs. Fucha's, but is she also a little fat in stature?
Plumpness is not popular among Eight Banners, but rather dignified and polite. Girls tend to have flatter figures.
Shu Shu's eyes turned around Fucha Gege.
New clothes, new shoes and socks.
Gege, who lives in a wealthy family, lives at home without such rules and meets guests in a brand new outfit.
Then there is only one possibility left.
The clothes I wore earlier can no longer be worn, and now that the season has changed, I have all new clothes.
She gave her a gift, which was a coral bracelet she had prepared before.
Fucha Gege had a round face and glanced at Mrs. Maqi. When she nodded, she accepted.
"My sister looks shy at An Jing..."
Shu Shu said to Mrs. Ma Qi.
Mrs. Ma Qi smiled and said: "I am very spoiled and ignorant. I don't expect to marry well..."
Shu Shu knew it in her heart. This was a trap for her daughter. She was afraid of being cheated. She was preparing for next year's draft.
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to have any effect.
There are fourteen characters indicating marriage, and Shu Shu can guess what Kangxi meant.
Pity the weak.
A prince whose biological mother has a low status should find a decent father-in-law.
This Fucha Gege should have been decided before the draft.
Brother Ninth had to go to the palace, and Shu Shu and Mrs. Ma Qi had nothing to talk about. They went through the motions, put down the gift list, and left.
Brother Jiu is already waiting in front.
Mrs. Ma Qi brought her daughters-in-law and sent them out again.
The two families were relatively close, so Brother Jiu sent Shu Shu back and went to the palace.
Here, Shu Shu also changed into homely clothes, but she thought of her twelfth elder brother.
The prince's brother is really not someone everyone wants to marry.
Especially a powerful old fox like Ma Qi is not willing to marry his daughter into the royal family to get into troubled waters.
I hope that after the wedding next year, Fucha Gege can figure it out. Otherwise, how will he live in the future with such reluctance?
After a while, Cui Baisui came.
Finally, the person who gave the gift came over, and it turned out that the person signing the gift was the doctor of the Shenxing Division and the manager of the imperial kitchen.
These two people took the lead in sending birthday gifts.
Shu Shu took the gift list and looked at it. It was similar to last year's birthday gift, with no additions or subtractions. It was about eighty taels to one hundred silver.
She ordered the walnuts to be put away and said: "You can organize them later. If there are any differences from last year, list them separately."
This is indeed a bad habit in the officialdom. The annual salary of a fifth-grade doctor is only a small amount, but after "three festivals and two birthdays", the amount of money required for gifts is several hundred taels.
Layer by layer, when it comes to the officials and petty officials below, if they don’t have the money to show their filial piety, they can only use their hands to get rich.
Shu Shu knows this truth, but who doesn’t know it from top to bottom?
Shu Shu leaned on the kang, thinking of the famous "Yin Lian Yin" in later generations. That money was not taken from the court, but also from the people. It was the money that was "returned to the public at the cost of fire".
This is not suitable for trial implementation by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Every cent of money in the Ministry of Internal Affairs belonged to Kangxi. It would be a joke to use Kangxi's money to "raise integrity."
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Outside Yuqing Palace, Brother Jiu came over in person and asked to see the Crown Princess.
It's not good to ask the eunuchs and subordinates to come over, it would be too disrespectful.
When the princess got the news, she didn't delay and brought her nanny and eunuch out to meet the guests.
"My brother wants to ask about the concubine of Yongshou Palace. The concubine has already informed the imperial doctor three times, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs is also going to report to the imperial court..."
Brother Jiu got straight to the point.
The Crown Princess nodded, not surprised by Brother Ninth Prince's intention.
She frowned slightly and said: "I went to visit my concubine yesterday in person. I knew that my concubine was suffering from insomnia at night. The imperial doctor also prescribed medicine, but it was not effective. She was thin and the nuns beside her mentioned that she was suffering from insomnia.
Mother misses her relatives..."
After hearing this, Brother Jiu was a little surprised and said: "Where did it come to this?"
It's not like giving birth to a child and requiring your maternal family to accompany you during the delivery. If you are sick, you have to mention your maternal family, which may be a sign of the next life.
However, if Concubine Tong only had a "sleepless night" symptom, she would be fine with some tranquilizers for half a month.
The Crown Princess looked at Brother Ninth and said, "My mother-in-law doesn't think about food and tea. She is getting more and more ill. This is what my mother-in-law asked me to do..."
Neither the Crown Princess nor the Ninth Prince had the right to object and could only pass it on to the royal family.
Brother Jiu frowned and said, "Isn't it true that there is also a prince, and they are also blood relatives, and we invite them to enter the palace?"
This is about the Elundai couple, and over there are Concubine Tong’s cousins.
He was a little wary, fearing that Kangxi would be really soft-hearted and ask Tong Guowei and his family to return to Beijing.
The Crown Princess glanced at Brother Ninth and said, "My mother-in-law said I couldn't trouble my relatives..."
Brother Jiu snorted lightly and didn't want to speak.
So why did Concubine Tong accept the filial piety that she paid to the palace in the past six months?
Then I remembered that we were relatives.
He was a little impatient, looked at the princess and said, "Then we can only report it to the emperor?"
The Crown Princess nodded and said, "If it's inconvenient for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I'll have to pay for it."
Brother Jiu shook his head and said: "Let's go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Even if you say this, you will have to submit it to the emperor along with the pulse."
If we say it's pretending to be sick, then shouldn't we pretend to be more realistic?
I have a "sleepless night" and feel a little overwhelmed.
After Brother Jiu asked about the business, he stood up and left.
After coming out of Yuqing Palace, he walked into the Qianqing Gate, went to the imperial doctor's room, and checked Concubine Tong's pulse.
Then he returned to the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and wrote a letter.
Yes, it's a letter, not a lie.
The book needs to be recorded and a lot of people need to be alarmed.
Brother Ninth still felt that it was childish to pardon his mother's family and return to Beijing just because the palace concubine was sick.
But who calls this the Tong family?
If the emperor's father felt pity and asked Tong Guowei's family to return to Beijing, it would be possible.
He started by sending three messages to the imperial doctor from Yongshou Palace, and then to today when he asked to see the Crown Princess. He carefully wrote the message from the Crown Princess, then sealed it and sent it to the Ministry of War.
The twelfth elder brother saw his frown and said, "What are the ninth elders worried about?"
The ninth elder brother glanced at the twelfth elder brother and said: "I am afraid that the elders are not healthy, but I still hope that everyone will be well..."
The twelfth elder brother asked: "Is Concubine Tong sick? It seems that Concubine Tong's mother is not in good health either..."
Brother Jiu asked unexpectedly: "Have you been taught about the imperial doctor? Why haven't you heard about it?"
The twelfth elder brother said: "I didn't tell the imperial doctor, I just sent someone to the imperial pharmacy to get two boxes of Xiaoyao Pills..."