After a while, Concubine Tong choked and responded: "Thank you, empress..."
She couldn't hold on any longer, she was shaking when she walked, and her chest felt tight, but she didn't dare to complain about illness.
Others responded, but the Crown Princess sat under the Queen Mother's seat, her eyes lowered, and she couldn't express the feeling in her heart.
All the daughters of the Tong family had to be "gracefully" exempted from the election. Apart from the Tong family, the one who was most upset was the prince.
I heard that the prince dropped a celadon tea set.
Without thinking too much, you can guess that the prince had a tacit understanding with Tong Guowei before and wanted the Tong family daughter to enter Yuqing Palace.
How stupid.
This idea is not wrong. After all, the Tong family is a relative of the emperor, and the most important foreign relatives of the emperor. It is not wrong for the prince to want to be close to the Tong family.
But if the emperor arranged for the Tong girls to enter the Yuqing Palace, that would be a marriage; if the prince secretly planned this, it would be with ulterior motives.
But the prince had no scruples.
The Queen Mother spoke to Concubine Min, Concubine He and Concubine Tong, then looked at Concubine Hui and said: "All the beautiful women have been reported in the book. Remember to remind the emperor not to forget to choose a successor to Fujin for the eldest brother. He must be stable and good-tempered.
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You can't be too young. Princess Zhijun's palace is already thirteen. If next year we choose a 14 or 5-year-old to follow Fujin, then the stepmother and stepdaughter are about the same age, so they won't be able to take care of people.
Concubine Hui nodded and said, "Don't worry, my concubine. I have remembered it and reported it to the emperor in advance. The emperor has already sent someone to watch."
After all, she is the eldest daughter-in-law of the royal family. Even if she is filling up a house, she cannot be from a small family.
There are also several motherless granddaughters and grandsons here. This stepmother must be upright and gentle.
The Queen Mother nodded and said: "That's good. My eldest brother has been living a miserable life these past two years. How can we do without a decent Fujin in the house?"
The elderly all pity the weak. As for the eldest brother, why has he been so important in the past two years? He has been followed one after another by the retinue. The only one among the brothers who has the title of county king is nothing in the eyes of her old man. A widower who does not have a single head of the family is pitiful.
It was hard for others to say anything, but they were just guessing in their minds about the eldest brother's successor to Fujin.
Seeing what Concubine Hui wanted, it was not surprising that the emperor already had a candidate.
So far, one crown prince and eight princes, Fujin, have been chosen by the emperor for marriage.
As for the biological mothers and concubines, or the adoptive mothers and concubines, they just summoned the beautiful girls twice upon the emperor's orders.
Everyone thought about Xiu Nu and looked at Min Bin.
Minbi showed signs of falling out of favor last year, but she is getting better this year. She looks good and looks like she is in her early twenties. It turns out that she will become a mother-in-law next year.
Minbin sat upright, but she was actually feeling uneasy right now, wondering what the character of her future daughter-in-law would be.
But looking at the family background and character of the current princes Fujin, the Thirteenth Brother should not be wrong here.
As for the prince Fu Jin like Ba Fu Jin, he should be the only one.
The Queen Mother looked at Shu Shu again and said: "The fish I asked the girl to send yesterday was good. I made fish balls, shabu-shabu, shrimps, and fried shrimp cakes..."
Because she was born in Mongolia, she didn't like to eat fish at first.
I started eating it in the past two years, and with Shu Shu’s persuasion, I reduced my consumption of pork and mutton and replaced it with beef, fish and shrimp.
The effect is very obvious. Originally, the Queen Mother had some symptoms of Yang hyperactivity and was obsessed with lakes. She also had excessive phlegm and dampness, which made her prone to constipation.
After changing the diet, the symptoms were relieved a lot and my body became more relaxed.
In addition, the recipes provided by Shu Shu were rich, and the fish and shrimps did not seem boring when eaten. The Queen Mother gradually got used to the new diet structure.
The Queen Mother herself understood better how her body was. She originally liked Shu Shu, but then she valued it even more.
But the more this happened, the less wanton she was before, and she still put the Crown Princess and Wu Fujin first in front of others.
Shu Shu knew it well and did not compete with each other. There was a tacit understanding between the grandfather and grandson.
Shu Shu said: "The emperor's grandmother likes it because of the filial piety of Master Jiu and his granddaughter-in-law. I will ask Master Jiu to pick up the delicious food next to it."
The Queen Mother smiled and nodded: "Okay, okay, then I'll wait."
When the Queen Mother left, Concubine Hui was left to talk to Concubine Yi, and the others came out first.
Shu Shu was no exception. She did not receive any grace and was left alone to talk.
The sisters-in-law came to Shenwumen together.
San Fujin pulled Shu Shu and said: "But we agreed that I haven't recruited you in the past six months. If we divide the good things, we must not leave our Sanbeile Mansion behind!"
This was after the Queen Mother said that Shu Shu and the others had brought back food, and she was thinking about it.
Things are small, but faces are big.
It is better to rewrite the story about the sisters' disagreement, so as not to fall into the eyes of others and make people laugh.
Shu Shu said generously: "Everything has been divided, so we won't leave behind the third brother and the third sister-in-law."
Only then was San Fujin satisfied. He remembered the gossip a while ago and said, "Someone is impeaching the Ninth Elder Brother. Has the Ninth Elder Brother written a confession? How come I heard that there will be another head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
Shu Shu thought of Hangzhou Weaving, probably to prepare the ground for the Jin family to come to Beijing.
She said: "It should have been added a long time ago. Mr. Ma and Mr. Ha are just in name now. They are all incompetent. They are not people who work. They are probably selected from among the doctors of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
San Fujin blinked and asked curiously: "Are you choosing among the doctors? Is that Mr. Zhang?"
Is this the emperor's plan to give the fifth elder brother a face and lift his father-in-law up?
After all, among the current prince's father-in-law, Zhang Baozhuo has the lowest rank and is the fifth-rank doctor of the House of Internal Affairs.
But if he were to be promoted to Director of the Internal Affairs Bureau, it would be quick enough.
You must know that thirty-seven years ago, Zhang Baozhuo was promoted to the seventh rank of Bi Tie Shi, and it was only in thirty-seven years that he was promoted to the fifth rank of doctor.
When it comes to people they know, everyone looks at Shu Shu.
Shu Shu was afraid of misunderstanding, so he turned around and disappointed his family, saying: "I should find someone from among the cadres. I used to be the general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Most of them are from cadres, and they are more familiar with the yamen and personnel matters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
Be more familiar."
San Fujin nodded and said: "That's right, except for the chief steward who is named at the front, the chief steward is still the chief steward..."
The group of people talked and left the Shenwu Gate. The carriages of each family were already waiting.
Next to Shu Shu's carriage, there was also Sun Jin.
Shu Shu said: "Did I send you here?"
Sun Jin replied: "Fu Jin, I told you to go home in the afternoon and eat at the Yamen at noon. Ask the kitchen to send more food. The Fourth Master and the Tenth Master will also go there."
Shu Shu listened and took notes.
Shi Fujin said from the side: "Sister-in-law, I'll have lunch with you."
Shu Shu smiled and said: "Okay!"
San Fujin was listening and said, "We met this morning and we made a special appointment for dinner?"
Shu Shu smiled and said, "I guess our master wanted to leave home at noon, but the fourth master stopped us."
Qi Fujin said from the side: "Brother Jiu is famous for his laziness, so Fourth Master can cure him."
Young Master Shu Shu couldn't help but said: "Our master is either lazy or quick at work. He stopped working early."
Qi Fujin pointed at her and said: "Okay, okay, in your eyes, Brother Jiu is not bad at all. Others are tired and tired, but he is not quick at work!"
Shu Shu also did not hide her partiality for Brother Jiu.
It's always been like this.
Si Fujin and Wu Fujin were smiling and listening, not saying much.
It was cold outside, so everyone got into the carriage after chatting and went their separate ways.
Here, Si Fujin was pulled into Shu Shu's carriage by Ten Fujin.
"In a few days, I'm going to serve wine. It's not a swallow-wing banquet, but a Bazhen banquet..."
Shifujin said with great interest.
Si Fujin asked: "Is there any happy event?"
She thought about it for a moment, it was not the birthday of the 10th Prince, nor was it the birthday of the 10th Fujin, she couldn't think of anything else.
Shi Fujin shook his head and said: "No, it's just a small banquet. I thought of it when we were having a bird's nest banquet in autumn. We took turns serving wine. I was idle at home, so I came first..."
Sifujin smiles.
It is really a blessing and leisure.
"Then you choose the day and send the post in advance, and we can take a day off..."
Sifujin said gently.
Shi Fujin nodded and said: "Okay, okay, I must be fully prepared."
The three of them chatted and soon arrived at the Beiguan room.
The carriage first stopped at Sibeile Mansion. After watching Si Fujin get off the car and enter the mansion, Shu Shu and Shi Fujin left.
When they arrived at the entrance of the Ninth Prince's Mansion, the carriage stopped again.
Shu Shu then ordered: "Go on, go to the Tenth Prince's Mansion."
The coachman responded and started the carriage again.
Although she had been prepared for it, Shi Fujin was still reluctant to leave and said, "Sister-in-law Jiu, are you going to pick up Fengsheng and Akdan?"
Shu Shu shook her head and said: "If you don't answer it now, I'll bother my siblings for a few more days..."
"Huh?" Shi Fujin was happy at first, but then became entangled and said, "Why don't you just take it, Ninth Brother, Ninth Sister-in-law definitely misses them too."
Although she couldn't bear to part with her two eldest babies, she couldn't be too selfish.
Isn't there a Chinese saying that goes, "It's easy to borrow and return, and it's not difficult to borrow again."
If a meat bun beats a dog and there is no return, then who would be happy?
Shifujin has some little plans of his own.
Shu Shu said: "They don't remember anyone. They just change places to avoid crying. Let's wait and see for a few days."
Only then did Shi Fujin feel really happy. He nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, yes. If you cry, it will be hard to coax. It also makes you worry. The main reason is that the child will get angry and have a fever."
When Shu Shu heard this, she knew that Fengsheng and Akdan were probably teething too, and they had cried a lot, which made Shi Fujin look more like a child...