The Ministry of Internal Affairs in the capital is still waiting for the dust to settle over the new situation.
The holy chariot had finished visiting the mausoleum, but he did not return the way he came, but continued northward.
On this day, the Holy Emperor was stationed in Luanyang.
It was already the twelfth lunar month, snow was falling outside the Great Wall, and the sky and the earth were covered in white.
Karaqin and Shuo'e consort came to court.
He had received the decree and came alone to see Your Majesty.
In the palace, the prince's face showed sarcasm.
At this time, do you remember that you value the married princess?
The fourteenth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother were both a little confused when they heard the news.
Brother Fourteen spoke quickly and said, "Is there any good news?"
The thirteenth elder brother said: "I don't know, let's see if there is a banquet tonight!"
It's the coldest weather now, and you have to ride a horse for 500 miles to come to the court. Is this a bit of a blessing?
When I arrived at Fourth Brother's place, I was thinking about the emperor's father playing with his bow these past few days, looking for the tiger's trace.
Before leaving the capital, the Holy Master ordered people to sort out the places in the capital where tiger dangers had been reported. After visiting the mausoleum, he did not return directly to the capital because it was for winter hunting.
Calling your son-in-law to travel five hundred miles to perform Hajj is not a grace, it is a punishment.
In the past, the capital seldom interfered with the lawsuits between the princess and the prince-in-law.
In the past two years, the princess has returned to Beijing more often, and the emperor has visited the princess more often.
This is not just kindness.
In the imperial tent, under Kangxi's gaze, Garzang felt horrified, as if he was being stared at by a wild beast.
Garzang was nearly 30 years old, which was in his prime. He was also strong and strong. In addition, Mongolians grew beards early, so he looked a bit tough.
But his respect for Kangxi was genuine.
The Karaqin tribe had no natural dangers and was adjacent to Manchuria. When he was in Karaqin, he was the heir to the palace, but when he came to the imperial court, he still knew his identity.
Seeing that he was respectful, Kangxi felt a little satisfied and said: "How is the princess? How is little Princess?"
Princess Duanjing nursed Meng for thirty-one years and gave birth to a daughter in thirty-three years.
After that, the relationship between the couple became weak and they became estranged.
Garzang said: "Before I left Harqin, I met the princess. The princess knew that the emperor was visiting the mausoleum and was looking forward to seeing her. Little Princess is eight years old. The princess arranged for someone to teach her Chinese and Mandarin..."
The princess was a female family member, and Kangxi also had a fatherly heart. Even if he wanted his father and daughter to meet, Princess Duanjing could only go out to greet Baili to say hello.
After the saint paid a visit to the mausoleum, he headed towards Rehe. In three days, he would reach the place where the princess would meet.
At that time, there will also be several Mongolian princes from other tribes who have received favors to come to court.
Kangxi understood what this meant. The third princess wanted to marry her daughter back to the capital, otherwise she would not ask someone to teach Chinese and Chinese.
He pondered for a moment, looked at Garzang and said: "Little Gege is my granddaughter. I can't bear to be separated from my flesh and blood. I will figure out the future and get married to her. If the princess has a son in the future, I will follow this example."
Garzang thought of the princes of Taiji in various tribes, who would have a bright future after landing.
In his early years, he had had feelings for her, but Princess Duanjing always held back, not acting like a serious couple with him. People around the princess also showed little respect for him, with contempt in their eyes.
How could he bear this?
They were originally a young couple, but over the past few years they have been relatively silent and drifted apart.
I can't say whether I'm wearing the green hat for real or not.
Last year, the couple had a quarrel, and the emperor sent his guards over. He was also punished, but the couple also began to get tired of each other.
Garzang knew that the current meeting was Kangxi's warning to him.
If he continues to disobey and neglect the princess, he himself cannot say what will happen in the future.
Princess bloodline has grace, but what about non-princess bloodline?
Garzang's back felt cold.
He immediately took a certificate of gratitude, knelt down and said: "The emperor has shown great kindness to the Kalaqin tribe, and I am so grateful... I will definitely serve the princess well in the future..."
Husband and wife can respect each other as much as ice, but they must have a son.
With a son, the inheritance of the title is stable, and the princess will have more scruples in her actions...
Kangxi signaled Liang Jiugong to help him up, looked at him and said: "Princess Duanjing is the princess I raised myself. I hope that everything will go well with her, and I will become my consort. Do you know how much I love my daughter?"
Garzang nodded without hesitation: "The emperor's love for the princess is in the eyes of the slave, and the slave will also take good care of little princess..."
The meeting between Weng and his son-in-law was not long or short, and there was nothing visible from the outside.
It’s just that there was no small banquet that night.
There was no banquet before the visit to the mausoleum, which can be said to be due to fasting; there was no banquet after the visit to the mausoleum, and the weight of the prince's consort was also unusual.
The few princes who followed him knew this by heart.
Garzang came out of Xingzai and went to the prince's side to pay his respects.
He thought about the princes and grandchildren, and it seemed that the princes and grandchildren in other princely houses were all young, younger than little Princess. Only the two elder brothers in the East Palace were the right age.
Garzang felt hot in his heart when he thought of this.
Could it be that the Haraqin Tribe, like the Horqin Tribe, can become descendants?
Garzang felt that his guess was reliable. The emperor was already old. Now that he took the prince with him to teach him, would he also let the prince familiarize himself with various tribes in Monan in advance?
When Garzang entered the prince's tent, Kangxi got the news.
There was no emotion or anger on Kangxi's face, and he asked Liang Jiugong: "It's the grace given by me, why are they still willing to go to the prince's side?"
This is not only the case in Mongolia, but when envoys from North Korea come to Beijing, they will also prepare a tribute for the prince.
Liang Jiugong felt his scalp numb. Isn't the answer obvious?
The emperor is old and the prince is in his prime.
However, Liang Jiugong said: "Among the emperor's grandsons, the second elder brother of Yuqing Palace is about the same age as little Gege, and my father-in-law still loves his daughter very much..."
Kangxi sneered and said: "It's not just the elder brother from Yuqing Palace who is of the right age, there are also Hongyu, Hongqing and Hongsheng who are also of the same age!"
Liang Jiugong did not answer the call again.
There is a world of difference between a prince and an emperor. Isn't this something the emperor himself promoted?
*
Ninth Prince's Mansion, front yard.
Li Can came to deliver New Year's gifts.
Among the chief officials outside the Ministry of Internal Affairs, only the Li family delayed the delivery until the twelfth lunar month, and the other families had almost finished delivering the goods as early as the end of November.
When Brother Jiu was in the Yamen, Fusong came out to meet people.
Thinking of Fusong's identity, Li Can seemed to understand his elder brother's intention of preparing a beauty.
Jiu Fujin controls the prince's mansion, is Jiu Age afraid that he is ill?
With such a master of ceremonies, even if Brother Jiu wanted to hide the secrets from the inner house and arrange for the two girls to stay in the study, he would not be able to hide it.
As the prince's elder brother, he is not really afraid of his wife, but they are just a young couple who are not willing to worry about their favorite things, so they want to put someone outside?
Fusong had long heard about the Li family, which was the natal family of aunt Cao Shun.
This Li Can is just for Li Xu's side. If he comes here, he can't really be treated like a big boss.
But looking at this gift list, and judging from the examples from previous years, it doesn’t look like a request.
Rushing for the shortage of Guangchuku?
Fusong said no again.
There may be some intention of letting Li Can appear in front of the ninth elder brother, but it should have nothing to do with Guang Chusi's absence.
Even if the news came quickly and he rushed to Beijing, it would not be so fast.
Li Can didn't mean to say more, and Fu Song remained reserved. He said a few words and then served tea to see the guests off.
When the New Year's gift post arrived at the main house, Shu Shu discovered that their family's New Year's gift had actually been postponed.
But knowing that it was Li Xu's younger brother coming to Beijing, I thought it was because of the delay on the road.
Traveling in winter is hard, and it is common to travel long distances and be delayed for ten days.
She put it aside and paid little attention to it.
When Brother Jiu came back from the Yamen, he heard that the Li family's birthday gifts had arrived. He looked at the gift list and looked a little confused.
Shu Shu said: "It's similar to the previous example. Is there anything wrong with it?"
Brother Jiu said: "I just heard Ji Hong say it when he came to Beijing, saying that Li Xu has an excellent reputation in Suzhou, he is also heroic, and his family has a large population..."
Shu Shu said: "His father is a second-grade governor. He is a high-ranking official. He should have some wealth. When he comes to Suzhou, a wealthy place, it is not unusual for him to live a luxurious life."
Brother Jiu winked and said: "The family members include not only the servants, but also the adopted daughters..."
Shu Shu understood what Brother Jiu meant. He heard that Li Xu was raising a girl and thought he was being filial to him.
This... is somewhat without self-awareness...
Shu Shu thought of the Eighth Prince's foreign residence and said, "Then... is it Babeile's foreign residence, that is, a girl from the south of the Yangtze River, that is not suitable for the prince's residence?"
After hearing this, the ninth elder brother sat up straight and said: "It really looks like... it was a gift from the Li family? It can't be right? I always feel that the eighth elder brother doesn't have that weight in Li Xu's eyes, even if it is a gift from the Li family
, it won’t be his turn for a while! If even the eighth prince is given away, then not everyone will have a share, otherwise it will offend others. There are ten princes in total who have a higher status than the eighth prince and have similar status to him.
Come on..."
Shu Shu knew that the Li family was ultimately part of the "Baye Party".
But now the eldest brother is still there, and the eighth brother has not yet shown his face. Li Xu is a confidant of the emperor, and even if he speculates, he cannot speculate on the eighth brother.
Then there are only two possibilities left. One is that the Eighth Prince's foreign residence was not given by the Li family, but by someone else.
Another possibility is that the person was given as a gift by the Li family, but it was not given to the eighth elder brother, but to the eldest elder brother, who later gave it away...
*
"Cough...cough...cough..."
When I checked in the South Study Room, I could hear the suppressed coughing of the Eighth Prince.
Since yesterday, Eighth Prince has been clearing his throat.
I can't suppress my cough today.
Listening to this sound, it feels like you want to cough up your lungs.
The third elder brother and the seventh elder brother were looking at the question book and looked at the eighth elder brother.
The fifth elder brother, who was lying down and recuperating, was also coughed out of consciousness.
The key is that the room is such a big place, and the sound makes people's throats feel itchy.
The third elder brother looked worried and said: "Okay, why did you catch a cold? You can't hold on forcibly."
The fifth elder brother was not worried about the eighth elder brother. Instead, he looked at the seventh elder brother and felt that the seventh elder brother seemed to be in danger.
The seventh elder brother is sitting opposite the eighth elder brother. If he coughs like this, it's enough if he doesn't spray it all over his face. Is it weird if he doesn't get sick?
The eighth prince's face looked wrong, as if even his neck was red.
The fifth elder brother stood up hurriedly and said: "I will send someone to pass on the imperial doctor..."
The eighth prince also knew something was wrong with him. His body was cold, but his palms were hot.
After a while, the imperial doctor arrived.
After diagnosing Ba Age's pulse, he found that exogenous wind evil and strong liver fire were causing high fever, so he prescribed a prescription to dissipate heat and relieve pain.
The eighth elder brother wanted to insist, but the third elder brother hurriedly said: "Go home and recuperate for a few days. It is taboo to enter the palace while sick!"
The eighth elder brother was indeed light and airy, and he was not trying to be aggressive. He stood up and said: "Those brothers have worked so hard. Let me go home and rest first..."
None of the three had objections.
The eighth prince left the palace and went home.
His living room in Baylor House was the front yard study.
On weekdays, not many Ba Fujin come over, and there are only two girls serving him in the study.
But since Ba'age was ill, Ba Fujin, the head of the family, couldn't let go, so she moved to the study room.
The two girls who serve the pen and ink are directly responsible for boiling and feeding the medicine.
Bafujin is fully clothed and accompanying her around the clock.
All of a sudden, everyone in the Baylor House knew that Ba Fujin took good care of Ba Age.
Perhaps it was because the eighth prince never got sick, but this time the eighth prince's illness was a bit lingering.
I had a small cold, and it didn't go away for three or four days, and it seemed to get worse.
It’s too much of a prescription from the hospital, but it doesn’t get better after drinking it.
The eighth elder brother was also very confused with the fever.
Suddenly, the atmosphere in Baylor House was not quite right.
Bafujin invited the imperial doctor again and prescribed a new prescription.
Three days have passed and there is still no improvement.
Ba Fujin was so angry that he cursed and no longer believed in Tai Fangzi. He sent people to invite many doctors from outside to enter the house, including not only those from the inner city, but also famous doctors from Nancheng drug stores.
"It's all about fooling people. You can't eat well, but you can't eat badly. You have to rely on yourself to survive. From a mild illness to a severe illness, isn't this a trick?"
Her complaints were not hidden from anyone, and she was criticized throughout the hospital in front of the doctors outside.
The results of pulse diagnosis were mostly the same, and the prescriptions were also increased or decreased. Finally, the eighth prince's illness was improving.
Although Eighth Prince was feeling dizzy from the fever, he was not completely comatose. Sometimes he could hear sounds from outside, but his eyelids were just heavy.
He heard Bafujin's concern, also heard Bafujin's worry, and finally his irritability.
The eighth prince was moved at first, and then felt weird.
What is the relationship between husband and wife? Others don’t know, but he doesn’t know it in his heart?
In order to take care of yourself, if you lie awake at night, is that still Guo Luo Luo?
She has been pampered and pampered since she was brought up, so how can she be able to take care of others?
The eighth prince had a bad premonition in his heart.
But this is not Guo Luoluo's main courtyard, it is his study, and it is the girl in the study who makes and feeds the medicine...
The eighth prince felt that he had thought too much.
Even so, when he felt better, he still persuaded Ba Fujin to return to the main room with an moved face, then left the medicine residue and ordered the eunuch around him to find someone to check.
The results were checked and everything was normal.
The eighth prince's body has become lighter a little bit.
It seems as if the illness is really coming and going like a mountain falling, and going away like a thread...
The eighth elder brother thought of Shu Shu, and one must know that the tolerance and kindness shown to Shu Shu by the elders in the palace were based on her care for the ninth elder brother.
Brother Ba suspected that Ba Fujin wanted to take care of himself and re-establish his reputation.
He didn't object, he still felt weird.
The prince is sick, but he is also a popular prince.
Every family with whom they had dealings also sent people over to inquire.
The clamorous invitation for doctors from outside also attracted the attention of the people in the capital.
Everyone is idle.
Matters involving the Ministry of Internal Affairs are already old news.
Whether it was a teahouse in the inner city or the southern part of the city, a secret began to spread "privately".
Shh!
A certain childless prince seemed to have insufficient yang energy, kidney deficiency, and cough and asthma.
With such symptoms, if you want to ask for money, you can probably only look to Hongluo Temple...