Chapter 233 I wish my brother would live a long life
Brother Ninth is truly biased.
What's the difference?
It’s not just about dealing with people, it’s about making rapid progress.
Even the knowledge between the bed and the bed is also a spiritual insight.
There is no need to learn and teach now, but it means a bit of integration.
Shu Shu ate most of the plate of deer blood tofu, which was spicy and made it feel hot from the inside out.
The floor of the palace is warm, there are two hot springs, and there is plenty of hot water.
The two of them washed in front of and behind each other for more than half an hour before they came out of the soup pool supporting each other.
Shu Shu used to have an itchy throat. I don't know if it was caused by the water vapor or something else, but it's much better. She just has no strength and aches and pains in her back.
Seeing this, Brother Ninth was moved.
"Let's go think about a hot spring resort later..."
Shu Shu's mind immediately thought of Xiaotangshan Hot Spring Palace.
It hasn't been built yet, so buying land before that is a sure-fire business.
It will take more than ten years for the palace to be built, but your own Zhuangzi can be built first.
At that time, the elders in the family can go and recuperate.
Brother Jiu groped Shu Shu's waist and was also thinking about it.
"At that time, we could just build one in the house. It would be convenient..."
As for the convenience, just looking at Shu Shu's refreshing feeling the next day, you will know the possible reason.
When a young couple comes together, it is a matter of human ethics.
Not walking with their elders, the two of them are the masters of the family, so their mentality is different, and their actions are much more arrogant.
Shu Shu looked at Brother Jiu's face and felt a little worried.
His lips were pale and his eyes were gray, and it was obvious that he was in poor health.
It is better to let the water flow slowly and steadily.
If you are so weak, why are you still trying to be strong?
What should I do if I can’t stand it?
How to replenish it?
Deer blood ginseng antler pills?
This definitely won't work.
At this time, he should be allowed to take cold medicine.
Similar to Niuhuang Qingxin Pills.
But you can't fool around with your youth.
Shu Shu asked Xiaotang to go to the dining room and have a look.
But with the ingredients they brought, they made a dish of amber chestnuts and walnuts, and added a dish of roasted mutton with scallops, which are both kidney-tonifying.
As for the three masters, the husband, wife and the 10th prince, the breakfast meals were not separated, they were all served together.
Brother 10 was a little surprised when he saw scallops and mutton.
"Brother Ninth just ate venison yesterday, and you're craving meat again? Eat less, don't get angry..."
Brother Jiu licked the corner of his mouth and found several small bubbles.
Yesterday, it was venison and deer blood. When I got up early in the morning, I had this on my lips.
He looked at the tea cup in front of him and looked at Shu Shu reluctantly.
"Do you have to drink this bitter soup?"
It is a cup of Kuding tea, which is used to refresh and relieve internal heat.
Shu Shu also picked up her cup.
"Me too...the weather is dry now, so this is just the right drink..."
Not only the couple, but also the tenth prince also placed this tea in front of them.
When the tenth brother saw it, he quickly moved the scallops and mutton in front of the ninth brother and placed it in front of him.
"Brother Ninth, please be more restrained. If you get angry, you should avoid foods that you should avoid..."
Brother Ninth: "..."
He had heard from Shu Shu before that these two dishes were specially cooked for him, and he also knew the efficacy of them.
Although he didn't think it was necessary, it was still better to be prepared.
Seeing that Brother Ten was kind-hearted, he didn't care about his younger brother, but he felt that this dish was really not suitable for Brother Ten.
Lao Shi is now at the age when "full of energy overflows", and there is no woman around, so it is not suitable to take supplements.
He took the plate of roasted mutton with scallops and pushed it in front of Shu Shu.
"Don't you like to eat scallops? Don't eat mutton. If you get angry, eat the scallop meat..."
Shu Shu smiled and nodded, saying: "I also eat..."
Brother Jiu thought that the focus of this dish was mutton, but in fact scallops also nourish the kidneys.
The tenth elder brother was nearby, and he felt that he was not pleasing to the eye, as if he was a bit redundant.
Love between brother and sister is a good thing, but it makes people sad.
It seems that the person closest to Brother Ninth has been replaced by his sister-in-law.
Okay, of the two new dishes, my brother and sister-in-law directly took one plate, so he should have no problem taking the other.
Amber chestnuts and walnuts, how to eat them?
Shouldn't this be a snack?
Purely sweet.
Lao Shisan is here, he must like to eat this.
Brother 10 ate several bites in a row.
When Brother Jiu saw it, he looked at Shu Shu and reached for the plate.
"Okay, okay, you don't like sweet things...this is your sister-in-law's special...special tea..."
The tenth elder brother was a little unhappy and looked up at the ninth elder brother, only to see clearly that his face was pale and his eyes were black.
He was startled: "Brother Ninth, have you chosen a table? Didn't you get a good rest last night?"
Brother Jiu frowned and nodded: "Well, I haven't had a good rest. I'll catch up on some sleep in the car later..."
Shu Shu was nearby, her face turned red unconsciously.
The tenth prince has already cleared up the personnel affairs, but he just didn’t expect it at the moment.
It was really embarrassing when I looked back and realized it.
It seems that the couple needs to take a good rest for a few days and stop messing around.
When the team set off, Brother Jiu yawned and got on the carriage.
Shu Shu put the pillow in place and let him tilt it, and whispered: "Don't let it be like last night again... I still look forward to a long-lasting relationship with you..."
Brother Jiu raised his eyelids and sounded unhappy.
"Why didn't you say no last night? Shu Ning, I found you crossing the river and demolishing the bridge. How could it last so long? Is the water flowing slowly..."
Shu Shu pinched him and gritted his teeth: "I want to kill the donkey even more..."
Brother Jiu was honest, holding Shu Shu's hand and cooing softly.
"Seventh Brother, Seventh Sister-in-law and the others came out with them, and they didn't stay for a few days before Seventh Sister-in-law was there... Let's try our best on the way, just in case..."
Seeing his serious look, Shu Shu couldn't help but frown.
"Okay, how do you think about this? You don't have to force it, we are still young..."
After that, she gave a few examples, all of which were stories she had heard before leaving the cabinet, in which mothers and children died before their bodies could grow.
Brother Jiu was startled, but he was dubious.
"But the "Qing Law" states that the age of marriage is sixteen for men and fourteen for women... The law is formulated in this way, how can it be wrong?"
Shu Shu had really paid attention to this paragraph before.
"The Laws of the Qing Dynasty are inherited from the Laws of the Ming Dynasty, and the Laws of the Ming Dynasty are inherited from the Song Dynasty Laws. They are all for the decline of people's livelihood at the founding of the People's Republic of China... But if you think about it carefully, if you don't say anything before entering the customs,
Is the age at which Princess Guanhou will get married delayed year by year..."
Brother Jiu may have limited reading of the nearby history books.
I still generally know the deeds of several generations of my ancestors.
He nodded and said: "Princesses from the Taizong Dynasty got married at the age of twelve or three. During the reign of Emperor Shizu, only Princess Duanmin got married late. The other three princesses were seven, twelve and fourteen years old respectively.
Marry at the age of 18... But among the royal sisters, those who did not marry young only chose their husbands at the age of 18 or 9..."
Shu Shu whispered: "Your Majesty is knowledgeable and must have learned a lesson from the early death of the prince's brother in the palace. He knows that it is better to conceive children at the right age... Late is not enough, and early is not necessarily a good thing, especially when the mother's body has not grown up.
…”
"Concubine Rong..."
Brother Jiu blurted out, thinking of the concubine who gave birth to and died of children.
He was confused: "When I say that Concubine Rong had the first son, Khan Amma was thirteen years old, and Concubine Rong was fourteen or five years old. These parents were both young, so it makes sense. But what about the ones behind her? There were several years between them.
Years and several years passed away..."
Concubine Rong and Concubine De had the same total number of children, six.
But among the three sons and three daughters of Concubine De, two sons and two daughters stood still.
Concubine Rong had five sons and one daughter, and four sons died in infancy.
Shu Shu didn't know the situation at that time and could only make a rough guess: "Perhaps it was because she gave birth too early and hurt her mother's body? She gave birth too frequently later..."
Except for the first son who died in infancy, Concubine Rong's five other children were all born in succession, giving birth to five children in six or seven years.
Not to mention at this time, even three hundred years later, with the advancement of medicine, it would still be extremely harmful.
The reason why Concubine Rong looks two generations older than the other concubines is not only because of her age, because there is Concubine Hui who is about the same age as her, but also because of her physical damage in her early years.
Brother Jiu listened.
"Empress Hui also lost her brother in infancy... On the contrary, our empress was eighteen when she entered the palace, and she gave birth to her fifth brother at the age of twenty... The same goes for Empress De, who entered the palace at fifteen or six.
I will give birth to my first son next year..."
There is evidence.
I also know that Shu Shu doesn’t just talk nonsense.
Brother Jiu believed it and couldn't help but feel scared.
His palms were covered in cold sweat, and looking at Shu Shu's belly, he felt a little uneasy.
"It can't be such a coincidence..."
Shu Shu shook her head and said, "Don't worry, I should be fine in the next few days..."
She calculated the days in her mind, and it happened to be in the middle of the safe period.
Brother Jiu asked if he didn't understand.
Shu Shu popularized the division between "safe period" and "danger period" for him.
Brother Jiu was surprised and said: "This is actually knowledge, and it is also read in a book. Is it specially for women in the boudoir?"
Shu Shu shook her head and said: "My daughter in the boudoir wants to be pure and quiet, so how can I listen to these things? These are all passed down by word of mouth from my kind relatives before I left the court..."
Brother Jiu kept it in mind and decided to recharge his batteries and follow this date every month.
The journey was uneventful.
Two days later, it will be October 10th, the birthday of the eleventh prince.
Even if it's a birthday, it's not easy to deal with.
Brother Jiu was planning on arranging for people to go to nearby villages to purchase a few pigs to add vegetables to the army camp tomorrow.
Shu Shu heard this and quickly persuaded her to stop.
It’s not that I’m superstitious about cause and effect.
But Shu Shu was a little afraid of killing pigs and sheep on a day like this.
"I brought a lot of noodles, so I gave them some noodles..."
Brother Ninth was a little unhappy.
"It doesn't cost much, dozens of taels of silver are worth the sky..."
Shu Shu took Brother Jiu's hand and said, "Add more meat the day after tomorrow. Then buy more pigs and sheep..."
Brother Ninth was puzzled.
"Tomorrow is my tenth day, and your birthday is the day after tomorrow. It always depends on one..."
Shu Shu said: "My son's birthday is my mother's Good Friday. There is really nothing to celebrate..."
Especially the tenth elder brother, who lost his mother at a young age, was inevitably a little touched.
Brother Ninth fell silent.
"I was negligent. Let's go vegetarian with Lao Shi tomorrow..."
Shu Shu was speechless.
Is it overkill?
But thinking of the late Concubine Wen Xi, she nodded.
But celebrating a birthday like this seems a bit pitiful.
Shu Shu said: "Otherwise, when we pass by the market tomorrow, we will buy more rice, flour and coarse cloth to prepare, and we will give some charity to the poor people we meet along the way. We should all think of it as a blessing for our tenth brother..."
Brother Jiu nodded hurriedly and said: "This is good, this is good... If you encounter temples and Taoist temples along the way, you can also leave some..."
Wait until the next day.
Breakfast is very simple.
One bowl of noodles per person.
On weekdays, there are four side dishes for breakfast, both meat and vegetable dishes.
Today there are also four paths, but they are all elements.
Fried beans with salted cucumber, pickled perilla leaves, shredded mustard greens in vinegar, and mixed with shredded kelp.
Brother Ten looked at the dining table and didn't react for a while.
He lowered his head and looked hard at the noodle bowl. He was a little excited and said with a bit of expectation: "Is this... the noodles cooked by Brother Ninth?"
Brother Jiu glanced at him: "You're too shameless, aren't you? I haven't shown any filial piety to Khan Ama or my empress, yet I even cooked noodles for you with my own hands..."
Brother Ten was a little disappointed and looked at Shu Shu: "Sister-in-law, you didn't forget, did you?"
Seeing his pitiful appearance, Shu Shu hurriedly smiled and said: "I didn't forget, I have prepared birthday gifts... Eat the noodles first, and then I will give them to you..."
Somen are just ordinary silver noodles.
I didn’t get the longevity noodles.
Shu Shu was afraid that it would break.
A bad sign.
Although there seemed to be some changes in history, she was afraid that history would be corrected.
In history, the tenth prince did not live long.
Although he is slightly better than the eighth elder brother and the ninth elder brother, he still hasn't reached sixty.
This breakfast was eaten very quickly.
In about a quarter of an hour, the tenth prince laid down his fast piece.
Shu Shu and Brother Jiu looked at each other and both smiled.
He is really a child, looking forward to seeing the gifts.
Brother Ninth feels that he is not two months older than Brother Ten, but a whole lot older.
He completely forgot how happy he was when he saw all kinds of birthday gifts on his own birthday.
When the dining table was moved away, Brother Jiu didn't give in.
He took out a palm-sized brocade box and handed it to Brother Ten.
The tenth elder brother opened it happily, the smile on his face solidified.
A ring finger, it looks like a huge gold ring ring.
Brother Ten was disappointed: "Brother Ninth, isn't this the golden ring that Prince Karaqin gave you? Just use this to send your younger brother away..."
Brother Jiu pointed and said, "Take a good look, what's on top?"
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed at the two small scars on his right hand: "In order to carve this, my finger almost missed it..."
Brother No. 10 didn't care to look at the finger, and looked over quickly. He felt relieved when he saw that the scar had healed.
"Brother Ninth is not good at this, so don't do it. He's afraid of people..."
The tenth prince complained.
"Hey! Bring it back to me..."
Brother Jiu was not happy to hear this and reached out to grab it.
The tenth prince quickly raised it up: "How can there be such a thing? I gave you a birthday gift, and you still want it back..."
He took a few steps away and looked at the wrench,
It turns out that the front of the wrench finger is still flat, but there are many lines engraved on the top and bottom, like symbols.
"Italian?"
Brother Ten guessed.
Brother Ninth shook his head: "Latin is mixed with French, and it is written with your name and auspicious words. From now on, this will be the seal of our two brothers..."
Brother Ten couldn’t put it down.
Although he couldn't understand it at all, the meaning behind it made him extremely happy.
Just like Brother Ninth said, Khan's Ama and Concubine Yi's mother haven't gotten anything from him yet, so this should be the first one.
Shu Shu was nearby and asked Walnut to bring out the birthday gift he had prepared.
It's a mink fur cloak.
Naturally, it is not a comfortable needlework.
She can't do this either.
It was the material she chose and the color she matched.
I paid someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prepare it.
There are two pieces in total.
One piece for the ninth prince and one piece for the tenth prince.
The ninth elder brother is indigo, and the tenth elder brother is azurite. They look the same from a distance, but the difference can only be seen up close.
The ninth prince is embroidered with a bat pattern, and the tenth prince is embroidered with a swastika pattern.
This is what Brother Jiu is wearing today.
So Brother Ten took the package with both hands and opened it with joy on his face.
He didn't wait and went directly to change into new clothes.
Standing next to Ninth Brother, they are like twin brothers.
On this day, I walked slowly on the road.
Also stop at the market.
We also stopped when we passed the village.
Temples and Taoist temples are in decline.
The tenth brother was sitting in the car, bored, but unfortunately it was difficult to follow him.
He misunderstood.
I thought my brother-in-law was begging for a child.
Then I discovered it didn't look like it.
Because when the brother and sister-in-law passed through the village, they asked about old people with long life, not women with many children.
He thought there was something strange in it and sent someone to check it out.
Only then did I realize that my brother and sister-in-law were giving away food and cloth.
"I didn't give much, just ten kilograms of rice, five feet of cloth, and a bunch of money. I didn't say anything else. I just asked people to talk about being a hundred years old..."
When the tenth prince heard this, he didn’t understand it at first, but when he understood it, tears poured down his face...