The twelfth elder brother agreed and rode a horse slowly when he returned to Beijing. He thought about going to Ningshou Palace tomorrow morning and mentioned the trip to his grandmother.
Today's weather is a bit dry for young people, but it's just right for the elderly.
Brother Twelve just visited Ningshou Palace a few days ago, and Grandma Su Ma was still wearing a vest.
In this case, avoid traveling in the morning and evening.
He took his pocket watch, counted the time, and returned to the palace before entering the palace gate.
After entering his elder brother's office, he went directly back to the main courtyard.
The little eunuch at the back carried a food box with cherry and elm cakes brought by Shu Shu.
Twelve Fujin was originally sitting, but when he saw him coming in, he stood up to greet him with a forced smile on his face.
When the twelfth elder brother saw this, his heart trembled. He looked at Twelve Fujin and said, "What's wrong? Is there any news from Ningshou Palace?"
Twelve Fujin was startled, then shook his head and said with a smile: "No, it's Li Gege who is happy..."
You must know that this Li Gege was not from an ordinary family background. He had a title in his family and was the cousin of Li Gege from Yuqing Palace.
The Li family has flourishing branches and leaves, and only one room was renovated before.
The Li family also has a brother named Hongxi, and no one can say what will happen to him in the future.
Li Gege is very happy this time. If he gives birth to an elder brother, he will definitely invite Fu Jin to his side.
So Twelve Fujin's smile was a little forced.
The twelfth elder brother was a little confused, and for some reason he thought of what the ninth elder brother had said before.
My little brother has been reincarnated.
Is this little brother coming again?
"How long are you pregnant?"
Brother Twelve asked.
Twelve Fujin said: "Two months..."
Brother Twelve was a little excited.
Isn’t that similar to the days of little brother Yao?
He looked at Twelve Fujin and said, "Let's arrange an old man next to Mrs. Li, and let Aunt Qing go over and take care of her for a few days."
She was the nanny of the twelfth prince, one of the people he trusted most.
This is not because Brother Twelve is wary of Twelve Fujin, but because he is afraid that Mr. Li will not know how to take good care of herself when she is pregnant for the first time, and will give birth to a sick child.
Twelve Fujin felt a bitter taste in his mouth, but under the gaze of Twelfth Brother, he nodded and said: "That's appropriate. Mr. Li is young, and you can rest assured that your grandma is by your side to take care of you."
Brother Twelve pointed at the cherries and elm cake and said, "Sister-in-law Ninth asked me to bring them back to you. Try them. I'll go to the front yard..."
He couldn't wait to go to the study to copy scriptures.
I just hope that this child will be safe.
Grandma has never asked about her children, but as she gets older, who doesn’t look forward to entertaining her grandchildren?
Twelve Fujin sent Brother Twelve out and stood in the corridor watching his figure disappear.
When she returned to the main room, she asked someone to wash the cherries and ate them one by one.
She was full of tangles in her heart.
Her brother is a close relative of the prince, and she had hoped that the prince would successfully ascend the throne, and her eldest brother also rose to prominence.
Now that Li Gege is at home, the Twelve Fujins are more selfish.
The twelfth elder brother is so low in the ranking, and he has no obvious relationship with his elder brothers. No matter who comes to power, he will not bully this younger brother.
After all, the mother clan of the Twelve Princes is ordinary, but there is also a wife clan.
But what about the prince coming to power?
He didn't pay attention to the elder brothers in front of him, let alone the twelfth elder brother, a younger brother whose biological mother was from a low background.
On the contrary, Li Gege will ascend to heaven when the time comes...
The twelfth elder brother did not take the initiative to inquire about Haidian, but everyone else knew more or less.
South No. 2 Middle School.
The third elder brother looked at San Fujin and said very dissatisfied: "You are still the eldest daughter of the prince, why didn't your father-in-law think of marrying you to a Zhuangzi from Haidian?"
Zhuangzi in the capital is all in the hands of the clan and nobles.
Dong E's family also has a garden in Haidian, but it's just in the direction of Haidian Town.
San Fujin was very unhappy when he heard this senseless accusation, and said: "Why do you only talk about me? I am so capable, why don't I have Zhuangzi in Haidian under my name? There is also the Ma family, in the imperial dining room."
You’ve been a servant for decades, and you haven’t said anything about honoring your empress?”
The third elder brother couldn't sit still and was pacing back and forth on the ground.
After being suppressed by the eldest elder brother and the prince all these years, are you still going to be overtaken by the fifth elder brother?
The fifth elder brother just looked honest and knew what he was doing.
When has he suffered a loss in these years?
"These two brothers are going to work together as a team. Even the 18th elder brother is with him..."
The third elder brother murmured.
San Fujin rolled his eyes and said, "I think too much. Can't the fifth elder brother be filial to the imperial grandmother?"
If the fifth elder brother really had other thoughts, then the royal family would not be in the current situation.
Neither the wife clan nor the mother clan can be relied upon, and the fifth elder brother himself is a fool, so what can he fight for?
The third elder brother curled his lips and said: "Nonsense! Does the royal grandmother like to go out? This is for Khan Amma. Khan Amma is the most filial to the royal grandmother. She must not be worried about the royal grandmother going out, so she followed her over to take a look."
Sanfujin didn't want to talk anymore.
It's not like we're going far away, it's only a dozen miles in total, so what's there to worry about?
Obviously the emperor knew that his sons were filial to the Queen Mother and was in a good mood, so he took Concubine Yi to join in the fun.
Or maybe it was Concubine Yi who spoke directly, and the emperor took Concubine Ai out for a reunion dinner.
Thinking of this, Sanfujin thought of Concubine Rong.
My mother-in-law also had this kind of dignity before. Among the princes and princesses, the emperor treated the second princess and the third elder brother the best.
As a result, in the past few years, the Ma family was first liquidated, and then Concubine Rong was demoted and sealed. Now even if the ban is lifted and the concubine is restored, it is still different from before.
The third elder brother was still chattering and said: "No, I have to ask about Zhuangzi in Haidian and exchange land with others later..."
Having said this, he looked at Sanfujin, thinking about the possibility of exchanging land with Dong E's family.
It is definitely not possible to directly change the garden of Dong E's family. I don't know if Dong E's family has any other Zhuangzi in Haidian. I will send someone to find out tomorrow.
Sanfujin was very surprised when he heard this and said, "If you want to build a garden yourself, why don't you wait to give me a garden?"
You know, gardening is a bottomless pit, and when the time comes, all the money spent will be gone.
If you want to be able to get it, you have to send people to Jiangnan to buy these lakes, rocks, flowers and trees.
The third elder brother glanced at her and said, "You prodigal ladies, what kind of garden are you going to build? I want to build a farm. Then we won't raise poultry and livestock. We will plant more vegetables and crops, and we will also send people to find some new seeds."
Sanfujin immediately lost interest and said: "That's the farmyard, what's so rare about it? There are so many rice fields next to it, why does the emperor still care about the crop fields?"
The third elder brother shook his head and said: "Summer insects cannot speak of ice! Is that a crop field? That is the joy of farming in the countryside..."
Sanfujin is not interested.
What she is concerned about is when Nansan Institute will treat guests.
Whether it was the guests invited to Touyuan or the guests to Touyuan Bookstore, they were all direct descendants of Gege.
The princess of Nansan Institute is a commoner.
Thinking of this, Sanfujin felt a palpitation in his heart.
If my big brother is not in trouble, then it will be his turn to treat guests...
*
South Third House, main room.
The fourth elder brother was sitting at the kang table, watching Er Gege write the invitation.
He has always been strong, and this is the first time his daughter is having a treat, and he doesn't want her to lag behind his cousins.
He told Sifujin: "I have booked a group of jugglers, and I will show the children the tricks then."
Sifu Jin asked: "Does that mean we need to support a platform? Wouldn't it be too narrow in the yard?"
The fourth elder brother said: "I told the twelfth elder brother that it will take one day to clean up the fifth house, and then we will entertain guests at the fifth house."
There are eleven courtyards in total, including six in the north and five in the south. It is not decided which family will occupy which courtyard.
But everyone agrees that an adult prince has a yard.
The fifth house was empty. The twelfth elder brother had not been to Haidian in the past few years, but the fourth elder brother had already assumed that it was the twelfth elder brother's yard and said hello.
Sifujin said: "That's just right. The peonies are in bloom in the flower market now. I bought some peonies for the children to enjoy."
After Ergege finished writing the last post, she put down her pen and said, "Well, isn't it too wasteful? Where are the flowers in the greenhouse at home?"
Fourth Brother also has a greenhouse in Xiaotangshan, where in addition to vegetables, he also grows many flowers.
Sifujin said: "The flowers in the greenhouse all bloom in autumn and winter. There are no flowers and trees in this season."
Brother Si said: "In addition to the things to play and watch, the food should also be exquisite. I have booked a layman from Tanzhe Temple. He is good at vegetarian food. I can ask him to come over and cook vegetarian food."
Si Fujin nodded and said, "It's hot today. Their sisters are young and have weak stomachs. It's better to eat more light foods."
Er Gege was listening, hesitant and said: "Amma, Enie, do I need to ask sister Tana about her plans?"
Si Age and Si Fujin both stopped talking.
Brother Si looked at Er Gege and said, "It doesn't have to be like this. You are my sister. Just treat her as your example."
Er Gege nodded, looking forward to it, and said: "I heard that Uncle Wu ordered people to buy a lot of parrots. I wonder if he will give us parrots later..."
After hearing this, the fourth elder brother showed disapproval on his face, touched the Buddha beads and said: "You are still young and you still need someone to take care of you. How can you take care of this?"
Children do not know life and death, nor do they know reverence. The result of raising living things is that they will die after being kept fresh for only two days.
commit a sin……
*
North Sixth Institute, study room in the front yard.
The ninth elder brother was talking to the tenth elder brother about the clockwork Buddha statue.
"Don't worry about the feudal lord anymore. If you don't know how to benefit your grandson later, I'll do it myself. I'll see if there are any vacant houses in the imperial city tomorrow. I'll rent one from the Ministry of Internal Affairs later..."
Brother Jiu said: "When the time comes, I'll count on you. The ones here in the capital will be sold directly in my siblings' foreign goods shops..."
The tenth elder brother did not nod immediately and said: "What about the fifth elder brother?"
Brother Jiu shook his head and said: "I don't count the fifth brother this time, let's talk about it next time..."
Ninth Prince is not Wu Xia A Meng either.
Just looking at Baiwangshan's treat this time, he understood a truth.
He can be close to his tenth elder brother, and he can have a deep brotherhood with his brothers, but he cannot bring his tenth elder brother and fifth elder brother together.
In that case, not to mention the imperial concubine looking askance, the prince and his eldest brother would probably also murmur.
When the tenth elder brother saw that the ninth elder brother had an idea, he nodded and said: "Okay, Ninth elder brother, don't worry about the house. I have several houses under my name in the imperial city..."
The ninth elder brother wondered: "Why didn't I know that you still have a house in the Imperial City? Aren't the houses in the Imperial City all under the name of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
The tenth elder brother said: "In the early years, Khan Ama rewarded my aunt with rent and interest, but she never took it back..."