Brother Shi and Shi Fujin were also having their meal.
Looking at the dining table, the couple looked at each other and thought of their rebellious son.
"You seem to be quite well-behaved. You shouldn't do anything wrong in front of Ninth Brother and Ninth Sister-in-law, right?"
Shi Fujin said, he didn't have the confidence.
On the other hand, the tenth brother, seeing his son's obedience in front of his brother and sister-in-law, said: "Honestly, it seems like a different person. That kid just deliberately made us angry."
At the end of the sentence, he couldn't help but grind his teeth.
Even when they are just a little older, the little things are already smart.
Shi Fujin was relieved and said: "That's good, why don't you cause trouble to Sister-in-law Jiu?"
Since landing, this was the first time that her little brother had left her eyes. No matter how reassuring she said, she still cared about him.
The tenth elder brother saw it and said: "Tomorrow, you can come over and sit down more often, and you can look after the children with the ninth sister-in-law."
"Uh-huh……"
Shifujin responded immediately...
*
Qingxi Bookstore.
A family of three is also having a meal.
This isn't the first time.
When Shengjia went to Qingxi Bookstore earlier, the family of three also had dinner together.
The eighteenth prince saw Kangxi more often, and he did not have the fear that ordinary princes have towards their father.
Kangxi was also willing to love his young son more.
Seeing that everything the eighteenth brother eats tastes good and he has a good appetite, Kangxi nodded and said to Concubine Yi: "He is better than his ninth brother and is not picky about food."
Yifei smiled and said: "There are also people who don't like to eat cabbage. They don't eat cabbage, celery or coriander. They just say it tastes like vegetables. Now in spring, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has also begun to provide bitter hemp and shepherd's purse, but they don't eat it at all."
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Kangxi said: "Then eat something else. If you don't like it, don't force it..."
Having said this, thinking that the eighteenth prince would move the palace next year, he said to Concubine Yi: "Remember everything carefully. Later, the eighteenth prince will be assigned to the elder brother's house and let the chief eunuch record it."
Concubine Yi nodded in agreement.
The eighteenth elder brother could already understand the words and said: "Khan Ama, my son still doesn't like to eat radishes and cowpeas..."
Kangxi did not nod, but became a little worried.
You can't just eat nothing.
He looked at Concubine Yi and said, "What kind of food do you eat on weekdays?"
Yi Fei thought for a while and said: "Spinach, eggplant, winter melon and gourd strips are just a few examples of vegetables to eat. Others are later added vegetables, cucumbers and potatoes, which are also eaten."
Kangxi listened and nodded: "That's okay, there is always something to eat."
The regular dishes in the palace come on a monthly basis.
There are several fixed dishes every month that remain unchanged.
If the 18th elder brother doesn't eat it, that's not good either.
Meat is hot and dry in nature. Eating too much will produce phlegm, and it is also easy to form knots.
Concubine Yi was a little surprised. She looked at Kangxi with a smile and said, "I still remember that the fifth elder brother didn't eat vegetables when he was a child. The emperor also said that he came..."
Just now I disliked Brother Nine for being a picky eater.
When I get to my younger son, things are different.
Kangxi said: "The eighteenth elder brother is the youngest son, which is different. Besides, the palace is no better than before."
In the early days, the place was unstable, the clan and princes were powerful, and the emperor's power was weak.
In addition to supporting his brothers, Kangxi also trained his sons, intending to use them to balance the distant princes.
Now, he has given birth to more than thirty sons, all of whom have reached the age of twenty elder brothers, and Prince Cheng Ding has eleven sons.
This number is too much.
So much so that Kangxi himself put an end to Prince Gaofeng's plan.
He somewhat understood why Taizu divided his sons into three, six or nine grades. In addition to the fact that sons are more valuable than mothers, it was also because there were not so many assistants to divide them among.
The three sons born to Taizu's concubine divided the two yellow flags of Taizu.
Concubine Yi looked at the ignorant eighteenth brother and knew that the emperor's words were meant for her.
Although they are from the same mother, the eighteenth prince's title will not be as high as that of his two brothers.
Otherwise, it would not be a good thing for the three princes to form one line.
At that time, if you want to be a wealthy and idle person, it will be an eyesore.
Yifei was in a complicated mood, thinking on the bright side, the current situation was already good.
Earlier, the emperor made it clear that the ninth elder brother would also be given a low status.
She changed her words and said: "I wonder how Big Princess is doing in the North Garden? The fifth princess was famous for being well-behaved when she was a child, but the fifth elder brother was naughty when he was a child, which made the Queen Mother worry a lot."
Kangxi thought of Ni Guzhu's fuss, and couldn't help but smile on his face, saying: "You know how to coax people, but you are a gossip..."
The eighteenth elder brother ate the elephant-eye buns, listened to the emperor's concubine talking, and became a little curious about his eldest niece.
My uncle and nephew met each other more than a year ago.
For Brother Eighteen, it was too long ago and he has no impression at all.
We are about to meet her this time. I wonder how my eldest niece makes trouble...
*
South Second House, main room.
The food on the dining table is cold.
Most of them didn't move.
Even when it was time to light the lanterns, the third elder brother was still not back. San Fujin knew that the third elder brother must have returned to the county prince's palace.
She was so frightened that she had no interest in eating.
After throwing her and the child to Haidian and using the name of filial piety, the third elder brother went back to his hometown to hang out.
Mrs. Tian is still in confinement, and the third elder brother is fooling around and can't go to Mr. Tian's place.
Those are the two new concubines in the backyard.
Girls aged fifteen or six are at their most delicate, and were chosen based on Tian's character.
They are all slender and have a somewhat booklike aroma.
You don't need to think about it to know that these two will definitely catch the eyes of the third elder brother.
This is the person San Fujin chose himself, just to favor the Tian family.
Now the third elder brother spends half of every month resting in these two places.
It was true that they were favored, and Sanfujin regretted it again.
This is the person she chose.
He actually shot himself in the foot.
Husband, husband, husband within one foot.
She and her third brother are separated by more than twenty miles, so what does that mean...
*
Taoyuan Bookstore.
The prince is having his meal.
There is a new dish tonight, a red soup with snow-white fish fillets inside. It tastes extremely delicious.
The prince looked at the eunuch who was serving the meal.
The serving eunuch said: "This is a dish sent by the empress. Just now Jiu Beile sent someone to deliver some live fish."
The prince took two more bites before picking up other dishes.
Ninth Brother is a noisy person, and it has become a routine to deliver food to various places in Haidian every year.
Eaters are short-tongued, and predators are soft-handed.
If it was the product of Brother Jiu's own village, the prince would eat it, but knowing that it was the product of Dong E's village, he was embarrassed to take advantage of it.
The prince thought about the age at which the triplets were born and told the chief eunuch: "Go to Gu's private treasury to pick out two inkstones and give a necklace to the Crown Princess. Call it Gu's gift to the three children."
The eunuch in charge hesitated for a moment and said: "Master, the eldest brother from Prince Dun's Palace is also in Haidian, as well as the third elder brother and Er Gege from Prince Cheng's Palace..."
The prince frowned after hearing this.
In previous years, he wouldn't have cared what those two families thought; now, he has more to think about.
He took a breath and prepared a gift for the eldest son of the tenth elder brother, which was nothing; but he was not happy to prepare something for the children of the third elder brother.
The emperor's father probably wouldn't be happy either.
Thinking of this, the prince wanted to give it away.
"You should prepare three more copies and send them to the Crown Princess..."
The prince ordered.
The chief eunuch agreed and retreated.
There was more sarcasm on the prince's lips.
Did he worry too much about the imperial father before?
He was not close to his uncles and brothers, so as the prince he became a loner.
It's okay for my uncle to pay him back. He's both ill and can't usually communicate with him.
Brothers, what if we start to get close?
The emperor's father kept talking about "brothers, friends, brothers, respect", but he helped his eldest brother to fight with him.
He himself was also sanctimonious, supporting Prince Yu and Prince Gong before his son became Ding; after the prince became Ding, he took away the power of Prince Yu and Prince Gong through the Battle of Ulan Butong.
This "brother, friend, brother respect" seems a bit ridiculous.
Another dissatisfaction with myself is that I am not friendly to my brothers.
Then I will be friendly and friendly...
*
North Garden.
The lights are bright.
Ni Guzhu changed into a crepe cotton shirt, knelt down on the kang, and was playing cards with the Queen Mother.
The fight is to compare the size.
If the cards come out clean, you win.
Ni Guzhu was enjoying the game and asked the Queen Mother: "Mother Uku, is it fun or not?"
The Queen Mother smiled and nodded: "It's fun..."
Ni Guzhu said: "How fun it is. Mama said the same thing. I often play with her at home..."