Chapter 1670 Rules (asking for a guaranteed monthly ticket)
Bu Xi was very respectful to the prince.
The Tong family is no longer what it used to be.
Now there are six ministers in charge of bodyguards and internal ministers in Shangsanqi, and there is not a single member of the Tong family!
One goes down and the other goes up.
The influence of the Tong family in the imperial court has weakened, and they, the descendants of the Tong family, have been affected.
It's not that no one wants to get close to Yuqing Palace, but before, Suo'etu controlled the external affairs of Yuqing Palace, and other families couldn't get close to him; now, the Tong family has differences.
The old man inside the wicker wall wanted to get close to the prince. The year before last, he also arranged to send the girls from the Tong family to Beijing to be candidates for the East Palace concubine. In the end, he was given "grace" and was directly removed from the list of candidates for the show.
Already.
As for Buxi Ama, it was because of the Battle of Ulan Butong that he was unwilling to get close to the prince or his eldest brother.
Bu Xi was also thinking about family matters, but his identity and age left him little room to speak.
The prince looked at Bu Xi and was not very satisfied.
Buxi, the next generation of the Tong family, was the leader, but he was not close to Yuqinggong. This was also the attitude of Elundai's family towards Yuqinggong.
He is the crown prince and the Tong family does not obey. What does the Tong family want to do?
Just as he was thinking about it, the eldest brother and others arrived.
Bu Xi stood up to greet him.
The prince sat firmly and watched the eldest brother and others coming in. His eyes moved from the eldest brother to the fourth brother.
Is it the fourth elder brother that the Tong family likes?
The prince also got up. Now he was not in the imperial court, but had to perform family rituals.
The Fourth Elder Brother, the Ninth Elder Brother and the Thirteenth Elder Brother pay their respects.
The eldest brother stood facing west, the prince also saluted, and the eldest brother stood up.
Next, Bu Xi greeted several princes.
After this round, the prince, the head of the family, said, "Everyone, please sit down. There are no outsiders here today."
Everyone took their seats again.
The ninth elder brother looked at the prince sitting in the main seat, and then at the eldest elder brother sitting at the head of the guest seat.
Why is the prince observing the rules today?
In his early years, the prince seldom performed "family rituals", but more often performed "national rituals" when meeting his brothers.
The fourth elder brother, on the other hand, was watching the prince with his nose. He noticed the prince's inquiry and felt suspicious in his heart. He didn't understand why the prince's attention would fall on him.
The eldest brother looked at the prince and became more and more enlightened.
It is difficult to be the eldest son of the emperor, and even more difficult to be the prince.
Tsk tsk, although Prince Lilie was the example before him, and the deposed crown prince also died a good death, there are still Prince Guanglue Baylor and Prince Suwu at the forefront.
The former lost his throne and was executed by Taizu; the latter competed with Dorgon for the throne, but was framed by Dorgon and died.
The prince lost his mother's family, the Hesheli family, and was not close to his wife's family, the Shi family. Most of the people in the court who supported the legitimate son were Han officials, and those people were actually just making up the numbers.
The prince noticed his eldest brother's gaze and saw that he was no longer as irritable as before and looked calm, and he was murmuring in his heart.
Big brother...
Much more calm...
There is no longer the chicken head and crooked face that was in front of him before.
Is this confident?
The prince is not sure.
The eldest brother has already moved his eyes, thinking about his two brothers, Hongyu and Yuqing Palace.
Hongyu......
It has been two and a half years since I entered the upper study room, and my grades among the imperial students were mediocre.
Of the two elder brothers in Yuqing Palace, the second elder brother was despised by the emperor's father and had to withdraw from the study room. He would not have much future in the future. The third elder brother raised by the princess was similar to Hong Yu.
The emperor's father had no intention of treating the two emperors' grandsons differently...
The room became quiet and no one spoke.
If the prince doesn't speak, it's hard for others to speak first.
The prince came to his senses, looked at the thirteenth brother sitting in the last seat, and said, "I heard that you took the guards hunting a few days ago. Did you find anything big?"
The thirteenth elder brother stood up and said: "We killed several litters of wild boar, and finally encountered a bear, which was a female bear about to give birth, so we asked people to drive it away..."
The prince waved his hand and said: "Sit down and answer. I'm about to make an ambush. In a few days, I will go with you to relax."
The Thirteenth Brother sat down and said, "That's a good feeling. The local herdsmen said that there are leopards and lynxes in the Western Mountains, and they haven't collected them yet."
The prince also wanted to move and stretch his muscles.
He really became interested and looked at the other brothers.
Big brother...
The two of them were hunting at the same time, and he himself was worried.
As for the fourth elder brother and the ninth elder brother...
The prince sneered twice, but he couldn't make up the numbers, so he said to Buxi, "I'll go together when the time comes."
Bu Xi said respectfully: "I will obey the prince's instructions..."
Several people were talking, there was movement at the door, and several princes-in-law arrived.
The large-fronted consort and the second-fronted consort are both first-class auspicious persons. They are the descendants of the Qing princess and are the grandsons of the royal family and cousins of the princes.
The consort with three foreheads was not Taiji, but he was the heir to the prince of the Karaqin tribe, and his status was no lower than that of his two brothers-in-law.
Since it was a family banquet, several princes got up.
After seeing each other, we took our seats again.
The prince passed by the consort with the big forehead and looked at the consort with the second and third foreheads.
The first few princesses grew up in the same group as the older princes like them, so of course he knew how favored Princess Rongxian was.
If they can get closer and marry the princess's daughter for Hongxi, will the emperor give Hongxi a future for his granddaughter's sake?
The daughter of a consort with two foreheads is close to him, and the daughter of a concubine with three foreheads has a high status.
If both of them want to marry into the same family, that's fine.
Baby kissing is not popular in the Eight Banners, so it’s hard to mention it now. We have to wait until the child is thirteen or four.
In this room full of people, there is no one who can help, and the atmosphere is a bit dull.
The prince said a few words to the consorts, and then asked people to prepare for the banquet.
Single seat for one person.
What was served was the Swallow Wings Banquet. The banquet was made by people from the imperial kitchen who had come with him. It was also served on a dragon plate, and it looked magnificent.
A wine jug was served to everyone at the table.
Brother Jiu looked down and had no appetite.
On a hot day, the braised shark's fin is greasy, and the bird's nest stewed pigeon eggs is sweet.
He looked at the princes-in-law across from him. Except for Bu Xi, the other three were all looking at the table.
He looked at the wine pot again. The young eunuch serving the table next to him was unfamiliar. He was really not familiar with the people on the prince's side. Now it was difficult to give any orders when the table was placed.
Therefore, when the prince raised his glass, Brother Jiu followed him and had a drink.
When the eldest brother raised his glass, he had no choice but to follow suit.
The eldest brother, on the other hand, pointed to the little eunuch behind the ninth brother and said: "Jiu Beile has a bad stomach and can't eat wine, so I brought him tea instead..."
The little eunuch was frightened when he heard this, and did not respond immediately, but looked at the prince.
The prince glanced at Brother Jiu, nodded to the young eunuch and said, "Listen to the prince's instructions."
The little eunuch responded and replaced Brother Jiu's wine flask with tea.
The ninth elder brother was also a person in the scene now, and he leaned forward and said: "Thank you, Prince, thank you, eldest brother. Before my brother went out, Fujin was not worried. He was afraid that he would not feel comfortable after accidentally eating too much wine, and his brother would not show off."
The eldest brother rolled his eyes at him, disapproving of his behavior of always talking about Fujin.
Who wouldn’t be successful without Fujin?
The prince was a little confused, was he taking care of his husband or his son?
Is Mr. Dong E too wordy?
The big brother-in-law and Buxi just wanted to pay each other off. The second- and third-fronted sons-in-law looked at Brother Ninth and could not help but take stock of him.
The wine bottle on the table weighs half a catty.
Brother Jiu only drank one cup!
Even an ordinary child would not have such a bad drinking capacity.
The few Mongolian princes-in-law thought little. They only knew that the prince was valuable, and the prince was also valuable.
Starting from the prince's consort, he toasted to the prince and princes, but they were from different tribes and had different rules.
Fortunately, the big brother-in-law who was born in Horqin brought the wine, and starting from the prince, he toasted everyone one by one.
The second brother-in-law has a similar temperament to Princess Rongxian, and is more stable, so he also paid tribute to her.
When I arrived at San'e Prince Consort, I was a little drunk and mentioned the rules of the Kalaqin tribe, which is that if you drink for the first time, you must offer three cups!
Among the princes sitting there, the eldest elder brother, the ninth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother had had drinks with him, but the prince and the fourth elder brother had drank for the first time.
He blushed and paid respect to the prince first, saying: "The prince is a noble prince, but the future Bogda Khan can regard us as relatives. I am deeply grateful. I want to offer my loyalty to you...
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The prince is a drinker, and the consort with three foreheads speaks sincerely.
The prince raised his wine glass and accepted the toast from the consort with three foreheads.
After the prince had finished drinking three cups, the prince-in-law with three foreheads ignored the eldest brother and paid homage to the fourth brother who was drinking for the first time.
Brother Si stood up with a sullen face, not feeling honored.
In front of the prince, he couldn't say anything on behalf of his eldest brother, otherwise he would seem to be taking sides.
On the other hand, the ninth elder brother saw the awkwardness of the fourth elder brother and also noticed the rudeness of the third brother-in-law. He looked him up and down and said: "I have heard that the forehead brother-in-law has insufficient rules. The county king has also taught him a hard lesson in the past two years.
Hui, why are you still confused about the four and six? Your brother-in-law doesn’t know about this rule of ordering seniority and youth?"
The consort with three foreheads was stunned for a moment when he was told this. He didn't understand why Brother Jiu was making such an attack, and looked a little confused.
Brother Jiu sneered: "After paying tribute to the Crown Prince, you have no idea who you should honor?"
The third-breasted prince blushed, glanced at the eldest brother, and said: "I have drank with the prince, but not with Sibeile. It is our Haraqin rules. This is the first time we drink..."
Brother Jiu said: "This is not Karaqin, don't mess with your Karaqin rules..."