Chapter 1455 The friendship between gentlemen (wowling for monthly votes)
The fourteenth elder brother came out of the elder brother's house, and news came from everywhere.
In the Yuqing Palace, the prince looked unhappy.
He had nothing to be afraid of as a younger brother who was more than ten years older, but he felt uncomfortable thinking about the reason why the fourteenth elder brother was banned.
He was confined for four and a half months.
Aktun is not an ordinary grandson of the emperor, he is the eldest grandson of the emperor.
If the Li family had not murdered the Crown Princess and had been rejected by the emperor's father, then Akedun's status would be no worse than that of the fourteenth elder brother.
As a result, he was implicated by the Li family, and Akedun became an unpopular grandson of the emperor. Even if he was in mourning, he would not be able to punish the fourteenth elder brother much.
If Brother Fourteen had not caused other troubles, he would have been released from the ban, but he made a mistake and almost got killed, but he ended up letting it go and was given grace as his retinue.
Even the concubine De was not punished in any way.
The prince had to admit that compared to other elder brothers, he was isolated and helpless.
Earlier, the Hesheli family arranged for the concubine to enter the palace to prevent this, because they were afraid that there would be no concubine in front of the emperor who could speak for the prince.
As a result, Concubine Ping died young...
The prince was a little frustrated.
He has been escorted twice this year, is this the third time?
Is this Ron?
Last time, the third elder brother, the fifth elder brother, the seventh elder brother and the eighth elder brother entered the south study room. What about this time?
The prince does not want to deceive himself...
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Here at the Hubu Yamen, we got the news at noon.
Knowing that the Fourteenth Prince had lifted the ban, the Fourteenth Prince even went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to order a carriage, and he was going on a tour with him.
The fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother looked at each other, thinking about the temper of the fourteenth elder brother, both brothers were unsure.
Seeing the ugly expression on the fourth brother's face, the thirteenth brother said: "The fourteenth brother is not brave. With the lessons learned from the first two times, he will be careful in his actions in the future."
The fourth elder brother nodded and said nothing else.
If Brother Fourteen is stupid again, he will be hopeless.
The best choice is to live in peace for three to five years.
Now the emperor's father has asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to select a site and start preparing for the prince's palace. If the fourteenth elder brother continues to mess around, the title will continue to be awarded, and the title will be lowered.
The fourteenth brother himself knows this well and can pretend to be more honest.
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Shengjia accompanied the Empress Dowager back to the palace and stayed for only two days before moving to Changchun Garden again. This time, the concubines who followed her were not Concubine Yi but Concubine Hui and Concubine Min. There were also several Qianqing Palace concubines who agreed.
These royal family members will follow those who patrol outside the Great Wall,
The Holy Gathering will set off from Changchun Garden.
Shushu here, start to spend your leisure time.
Brother Ninth Brother said to Shu Shu: "Khan Amma acted quite strangely. He actually took away the third brother and the fourth brother, and the eighth brother also followed him. The only ones who entered the south study room were the fifth brother and the fourth brother.
Seventh Brother, I feel relieved about this old man."
Shu Shu said: "Maybe I'm giving Fifth Brother and Qibele a chance to see if they can stand up."
This opportunity is given to the fifth elder brother, and the seventh elder brother is still very reliable.
Brother Jiu curled his lips and said, "Could it be that Third Brother and Eighth Brother were doing their jobs so well that they deliberately slipped away?"
Shu Shu looked at Brother Jiu and did not answer.
The third elder brother and the fourth elder brother will not be free for long.
Throughout the late Kangxi period, when Kangxi went on tour, he would always bring the prince and the eldest elder brother with him. Those who stayed in Beijing to govern were the third elder brother, the fourth elder brother, the fifth elder brother, the seventh elder brother, the eighth elder brother and others.
No wonder the fourth and eighth elder brothers are ambitious.
Who can't get enough of the taste of power?
For example, the fifth elder brother and the seventh elder brother knew their own shortcomings and had no hope, so they did not interfere.
As for the ninth elder brother, the tenth elder brother and the twelfth elder brother have all become invisible.
He is neither a retinue nor a leader, he is invisible.
Historically, the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother had to stick together with the eighth elder brother. Was it because they were unhappy?
They are also princes and elder brothers, and these few in the middle are a bit pitiful.
The princes before the eighth prince personally taught him, and the princes after the thirteenth prince were all beloved young sons. The three in the middle were simply ignored.
When Brother Jiu saw that Shu Shu had stopped talking, he pinched her face and said, "You still hate Brother Ba so much? Don't you want me to praise him?"
Shu Shu shook her head and said: "No, I just thought that if I go north this time, I wonder if the princess will come to the court?"
This is about Princess Kejing who built the Princess Palace after she was naturalized.
Brother Jiu shook his head and said: "No, the fourth sister has returned to Qili..."
That was the residence of Tuxietu Khan, located in Mobei, 1,700 miles away from Guihua City and more than 2,000 miles away from the capital.
After Shu Shu heard this, she let go of the matter.
The princess currently has only one daughter and no son yet, so the couple should not be apart for a long time.
For Princess Mobei, it is not enough to have the imperial court as her backer, she also needs heirs to have a stable foundation.
Before Shengjia left the capital, Shu Shu and Brother Jiu went to Shuncheng Prince's Mansion for a wedding banquet.
No matter how humble the current prince's background is, if he inherits the title, he will be the little flag owner of Zhenghong Banner.
The clan and nobles of Zhenghongqi all came.
Princes from other banners also came to visit.
This shows that the power of the old prince's palace is much higher than that of the prince's elder brother.
Kangxi wanted to support his brothers and sons and suppress the clan, which was also the way to balance the imperial power.
Shu Shu came over and went to the female relatives.
Prince Fujin of Zhenghong Banner and his wife Xungui are all acquaintances.
There is only one person who is not very familiar with him, that is Prince Kang, Fujin.
Prince Kang was getting married in the middle of the year, and Shu Shu and Brother Jiu also went over to have a banquet.
There were just so many people, so she only had a face-to-face meeting with her cousin.
Now the two of them are of similar age and status. Sitting next to each other, you look at me and I look at you, and both of them are smiling.
Prince Kang, Fujin, was born in the royal family, and Ama was the minister of the Ministry of War. He had been a civil servant since his ancestors, and he was from a scholarly family in the Eight Banners.
Nowadays, the Eight Banners have been Sinicized and Confucianism is emphasized, and the importance of civil servants is becoming more and more important.
Prince Kang Fujin was a bit of a literary figure, not in a pretentious and nerdy way, but youthful and restrained, different from the ordinary outgoing Baqan Gege.
Shu Shu felt that she had a bit of a nine-character character and a clear character. She seemed to have read a lot.
Prince Kang Fujin also had a good impression of Shu Shu. Although he was the prince Fujin, he was not aloof and arrogant, and he spoke and acted kindly.
The two have the same status, they are cousins-in-law, they have similar temperaments, so they should be very close.
However, the two of them also knew how to behave, and they looked enthusiastic in front of others, but they did not invite them in private.
Dong E's family is not only Prince Kang's uncle's family, but is also married to Prince Kang's palace. This relationship is not easy to think too much about.
Prince Kang's Fujin family belongs to Zhenghongqi, and he has heard rumors that Prince Kang's Tai Fujin planned to marry his niece.
Although times have changed, it is still embarrassing because everyone is still young and it is not time to turn the page yet.
Shu Shu here also knows that Brother Jiu is petty and doesn't want to get into trouble.
By the time the happy events in Prince Shuncheng's palace were over, it was also May 30th, the day when the Holy Emperor left the capital.
The holy driver patrolled outside the fortress and ordered the prince, the prince of Zhijun, three beile, four beile, eight beile, thirteen elder brother, fourteenth elder brother, fifteen elder brother and sixteen elder brother to accompany him.
Brother Ninth also got up early and went to Changchun Garden to see him off with other princes staying in Beijing.
Here, Shu Shu took a nap.
When she paid her respects last time, the Empress Dowager ordered that Prince Fujin outside the palace should not have to pay his respects every five or ten times.
Since many of the family masters were away from home, Fujin had to stay close to home and not go out often.
Even Shu Shu, Wu Fujin, and Qi Fujin, who were at home, also enjoyed their leisure time.
I slept comfortably until I woke up naturally. After breakfast, Shifujin came.
"The holy driver is going north this year, and Abahai is also among the tribe coming to visit..."
Shi Fujin said with a sense of sadness, "If I hadn't been pregnant, would Master Shi and I have been able to go to Mongolia with us?"
Shu Shu said: "Didn't my tenth brother write a letter to Fujin? In September, Fujin will go to Beijing..."
Speaking of which, mother and daughter were separated for a short time. Fujin and Wang Ye came to Beijing in the first month and left in February.
Shifu Jin was immediately happy and nodded: "I'll ask someone to clean up the yard. Then I, Ehe, won't have to live in the inner palace, but will live directly in the prince's mansion."
Shu Shu said: "That's more convenient. Fujin can stay here for half a year."
Shi Fujin's delivery period is from the end of the twelfth twelfth lunar month to the beginning of the first lunar month, and Prince Fujin can accompany her throughout her third trimester of pregnancy to confinement.
Shi Fujin thought about A Bahai's pickled sour apricots, and his mouth watered. He also felt hungry. He pulled Shu Shu and said: "Sister-in-law Jiu, I'm hungry again. I want to eat sour..."
It is the season for apricots to be on the market now, so the kitchen has apricots on hand, and some tomatoes grown in Baiwang Mountain were also sent over. The first batch of persimmons were some green and red.
There are also the spicy and sour white radish that is always available in the kitchen after summer and the pickled sour beans before the Dongzi vegetable garden closes.
There are also hot and sour vermicelli and sour soup pork ribs.
Shu Shu gave the order and immediately set up a table full of sour things.
Shi Fujin couldn't move his eyes away.
Shu Shu warned in advance: "Chew slowly and eat slowly, eat a few bites less, just to satisfy your craving. Don't eat too much. If you have a big appetite, you will get fat later."
Although this was Shi Fujin's first pregnancy, he had seen Shu Shu's prenatal condition and knew that he could not raise the child, otherwise it would be dangerous for him to not be born.
She slowed down and chewed slowly to satisfy her craving.
Shu Shu handed her the recipe for spicy and sour white radish. This one can be eaten after being marinated for half a day.
There were sour beans left, and Shu Shu also asked someone to bring a jar back to her. This could be eaten directly as a side dish, or made into steamed buns and pies.
Shifujin even ate and took the food without being polite.
It was just her temperament and she did not like to take advantage, so she said: "I, Ehe, said that I would bring two hundred sheep over in the autumn, and then I would give one hundred sheep to my sister-in-law."
Shu Shu said: "Okay, then I'll wait. Abahai's mutton is more delicious than what you eat outside your mouth."
In the past few years, I have eaten a lot of sheep due to the glory of Shifujin.
Shi Fujin touched his belly, which was not yet pregnant, and said with crooked eyebrows: "I, Ehe, said that if I give birth to brother, I will prepare a hundred horses; if I give birth to Princess, I will prepare five hundred sheep.
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Shu Shu said: "Fu Jin loves you."
The Abahai tribe is the inner vassal of Mongolia, and they send people to work in Beijing every year.
Ever since Shifujin married into the capital, Prince Taiji of the Abahai tribe had never entered the capital empty-handed.
Even the ninth elder brother and Shu Shu, since they are the closest brothers and sisters of the tenth elder brother, they also receive a large amount of annual gifts every year.
Shi Fujin stretched out his hand and chuckled: "I, Ehe, have given birth to four children, and I want to give birth to eight..."
Seeing her happy, Shu Shu was also happy for her.
She has experienced it herself. When she was pregnant, she thought a lot and cried easily.
If you keep a cheerful temperament like Shi Fujin's, the whole pregnancy will be easier...
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The next update will be around 12 noon on September 16th