Chapter 271 I owe you a debt (Third update, please vote for me)
Brother 10 thinks he will have insomnia tonight.
But I asked everything I could, and the other sisters-in-law don’t know either.
There was something lacking in his heart.
It would be great if tomorrow was not the first engagement ceremony but the wedding day.
Otherwise, it will still feel like a torment.
If you get married directly, you will encourage Gege if you have any strengths; if you have shortcomings, you will patiently correct them.
By then, the couple will definitely be like Ninth Brother and Ninth Sister-in-law, loving each other and making others envious.
The days in Sansuo are also getting hotter.
Don’t learn from the Eight Brothers and the Eight Fortunes.
It's a fool's errand and it's become a joke.
It was already lamp-lighting time and it was completely dark outside.
The tenth elder brother stood up and said goodbye.
Brother Jiu began to worry about his old father and reminded: "Don't get up too early tomorrow, so as not to be tired and lack energy, but don't be too late, Chen is going to Qianqing Palace, and the auspicious time is at Si Zheng..."
The tenth elder brother agreed and said goodbye.
As soon as he walked out of the door of the second house, he heard movement at the entrance of the corridor on the other side of the first house.
From far and near, the sound of footsteps could be heard.
It's Brother Thirteen here.
Followed by two experienced eunuchs.
One was in front holding a glass lamp to illuminate the road, and the other was following behind.
There are lanterns hanging at the door of the second house.
Seeing Brother Ten standing under the lantern, Brother Thirteen started walking quickly and said with a smile: "Brother Ten is very happy..."
Brother Ten didn't smile on his face, he frowned and said, "Why are you here so late at night?"
Zhaoxiang is located at the northeast corner of Gongting East Road. It's a short mile to get here, and it's late at night, so you have to go through the Imperial Garden.
Nowadays, in the cold winter, the night wind is howling, and adults have to be careful about getting cold when walking at night, let alone children.
Brother Thirteen smiled and said: "Brother Ninth asked me to come..."
It turns out that this afternoon, before returning to the palace to join Shu Shu, the ninth elder brother stopped in the study room and mentioned to the thirteenth elder brother that he would be the best man tomorrow. He also went to ask for leave from the gentleman on duty.
The tenth prince heard this and reacted.
Eighth brother was injured and missing his best man. Ninth brother really pulled thirteen to make up the number.
But why did Ninth Brother ask Thirteen to come over?
The tenth brother was curious, so he accompanied the thirteenth brother into the second house.
I watched the 10th elder brother go and come back, followed by the 13th elder brother.
The ninth elder brother looked behind the thirteenth elder brother and was surprised: "Why are you the only one? Usually the fourteenth brother is like a little tail, following wherever he goes..."
Brother Thirteen smiled and said, "I'm still angry. I was told by Ninth Brother a few days ago that Ninth Brother passed by the study at noon today and only asked me to come out and talk, not him..."
Brother Jiu hummed softly: "Let him get angry, I'll be quiet for a few days..."
The fourteenth elder brother is the real doting son of the concubine. Concubine De is very pampered and has always loved to cling to her elder brother since she was a child.
Regardless of his age, others don't like to talk to him.
Only the eighth elder brother had a good temper, a gentle temper, and was patient with his younger brothers, so he let the fourteenth elder brother get involved.
Along with the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother, they all suffered, and they were often harassed by the fourteenth elder brother.
Brother Thirteen was full of curiosity and excitement: "Brother Ninth, we will have the wedding ceremony tomorrow, and we will accompany Brother Ten there. What will we do? My brother has not been the best man yet..."
The ninth elder brother has been a kid.
In March, when the eighth elder brother made their first wedding ceremony, it was the eldest elder brother who took him and accompanied the eighth elder brother to Prince An's Mansion.
At that time, everyone who came forward was the eldest brother, and I was just a make-up.
The person who will show up tomorrow is Brother Si, and it seems that he can still make up the number.
Brother Ninth feels that this status is quite good as he doesn’t have to socialize with people he doesn’t know well.
He told the thirteenth brother the truth: "With the officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs following us, we just make up the numbers and don't have to do anything. When the banquet is over, we can have a meal with the people on the other side..."
As for drinking, the Thirteenth Prince is still a half-grown child, and this is the capital city. The guests at the tables are all related to the Tenth Prince, so there should be no one who would not be open-minded to persuade the Thirteenth Prince to drink.
Brother Thirteen nodded, still a little uneasy.
"But my younger brother doesn't know anyone, so he will follow Ninth Brother when the time comes..."
Brother Jiu nodded: "Follow me, my father-in-law will go too, and then you can sit over there..."
After hearing this, Brother Thirteen felt relieved and was just happy.
It's nice to be able to go out and relax.
I have been away for four and a half months. Although I am doing my homework on the road and there are teachers from the Imperial Academy following me, it is completely different from being cooped up in the study room.
Brother Thirteen felt that his mind was wandering and he was not used to working hard in the study from morning to night.
The ninth elder brother remembered that he wore a prince's auspicious suit when he first got engaged and a golden python suit when he got married. He reminded the thirteenth elder brother: "You don't need to wear auspicious clothes and python suits, just wear ordinary clothes..."
The prince's clothes are uniformly produced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If he wears auspicious clothes, he will be the same as the prince, the tenth prince.
If you wear a golden prince's python robe, you will be in the spotlight.
Brother Thirteen nodded in agreement.
Brother Jiu calculated the time in his mind again.
"You estimate that Chen Chu will come over before the second quarter, and we will accompany your tenth brother to Qianqing Palace. The auspicious time to accept the gift is Si Zheng, and the time for giving the banquet is not yet Chu. I estimate that Shen Zhengqian will be back..."
Brother Thirteen kept it in mind carefully.
The tenth prince already knew the process of the initial wedding ceremony, but he still memorized it.
Brother Thirteen came here just to ask about the arrangements for tomorrow.
Once he figured it out, he took his leave.
The tenth elder brother also came out and returned to the third house.
After the two guests left, it finally became quiet.
Shu Shu told Xiao Chun to invite Aunt Qi.
Aunt Qi, Walnut, Xiaosong and Xiaoyu left the palace yesterday and returned to Dutong Mansion.
In order to reunite Xiaosong and Xiaoyu with their families, Shushu asked them to rest for one night before coming back, so they came back this afternoon, just in time to leave Shushu.
When Shu Shu came back from outside, she was very hungry and had no time to talk.
Brother Jiu, who was nearby, saw her asking people to invite Aunt Qi, and he felt a little proud knowing that she was thinking about the Dutong Mansion.
"This morning, I went to Dutong Mansion to visit my mother-in-law and uncle-in-law. I didn't see my father-in-law. My father-in-law went to the Duke's Mansion..."
Shu Shu was very surprised.
When Sun Jin came back in the morning, he only said that Brother Jiu had something to do and would return to the palace later. He didn't expect to go to Dutong Mansion.
She smiled.
"How is Ani? How does Amo look?"
Brother Jiu recalled the meeting in the morning and said: "My mother-in-law looks fatter than she did in July, with a round face. My uncle-in-law's complexion looks good, and there is no change from July..."
Shu Shu calculated Ani's pregnancy period in her mind, it was more than five months, and it was normal to be a little fatter now.
Brother Ninth said with some gossip: "My mother-in-law's face is pale. Your status as an only daughter is not guaranteed. She is probably a girl..."
Shu Shu blinked.
This pregnancy sign of male and female and so on...
It seems like new knowledge that I have never touched in two lifetimes.
She asked for advice very seriously.
"Why do you think so?"
Brother Jiu was stunned for a moment, as if he had thought of something, and then his mood became depressed, and his whole body seemed to wilt.
Seeing this, Shu Shu knew something in her heart. It was hard to mention that most of it was related to Grandma Liu.
Even if it is a pustule, it must be picked out.
If you can't touch it for a long time, it will easily become a hidden danger.
She is thinking about how to guide.
Brother Jiu has already spoken.
"Before Xiaoqiu landed, grandma met the concubine once when she went to Yikun Palace, and talked about it when she came back... It is an old saying outside that if she is pregnant with a pregnant mother, she will look better. If she has spots or something, then she will look better.
It’s my brother who I’m pregnant with…it seems like my concubine has spots…”
Shu Shu didn't see Ani, but she only saw her mother-in-law at noon.
There is also Qi Fujin, whom I met yesterday.
This old saying should be a summary of probability, and some of it is quite accurate.
She was a little worried: "My mother-in-law and my seventh sister-in-law have smooth skin and no spots..."
Princess Huangsun, you still have a chance to ask for grace.
It's not easy for the princess to stay in Beijing.
"ah?"
Brother Jiu had not thought about this before, but now that he thinks about it, he is worried.
However, he had always thought about it. He calculated the time with his fingers and said: "Even if the queen gives birth to a princess, it will take twenty years to get married. Then I will just ask Khan Amma for a favor..."
Shu Shu nodded.
It is indeed many years later, and it is too early to worry now.
Brother Ninth fell into deep thought.
Huh?
At that time, apart from this, grandma seemed to be talking about other things...
It was said that the empress was so favored that the emperor felt sorry for her pain of losing her son, so he placed the pregnant concubine in Yikun Palace.
In this way, there are three brothers in Yikun Palace...
Brother Yi Kun Palace?
Brother Ninth looked at Shu Shu: "It seems that the officials at the Ministry of Internal Affairs call me 'Brother Yikun Palace', but why do they call me 'Brother Yikungong' at the Eight Banners?"
Shu Shu thought for a while.
Before the wedding, not much was said about Brother Jiu.
"I have never heard anyone mention the name of the palace. I just say that I am the son of a beloved concubine..."
After saying this, she paused: "Why do you think of this..."
As for "if you are not good at writing, you will not be able to do anything in martial arts" or "a dandy prince", there is no need to tell Brother Jiu.
Brother Jiu touched his chin and said: "I have long known that in the palace, 'son is more valuable than mother' and 'mother is more valuable than son', but I never thought that there would be such a distinction..."
Use the biological mother to divide the elder brother.
Shu Shu said: "Isn't it always like this? Even in the previous generations of clans, the branches from the same mother are naturally close, and they are more united... For example, Prince Lilie and Guanglue Baylor, and Shang Sanqi have the same mother.
The two descendants of the princes... like the descendants of Prince Ying and Prince Yu, who have a deadly feud and have no contact with each other forever, are the aliens..."
Brother Ninth was thoughtful.
After a while, he said: "The sixth elder brother and the eleventh brother died..."
Although Shu Shu also felt that this was possible.
But I don’t want Brother Nine to fall into persecution paranoia.
The previous eleventh brother had made him speculate.
If the death of Sixth Brother is revealed again...
Don't know yet what will happen.
Shu Shu comforted him and said: "It shouldn't be the case. When the sixth elder brother died, the fourth elder brother was raised by the empress of Jingren Palace. There was no fourteenth elder brother. The only one beside the empress of Yonghe Palace was this son..."
Brother Ninth's face relaxed.
"It's because I'm confused. I think about conspiracy... The sixth brother died in twenty-four years, and the fourteenth brother died in twenty-seven years..."
Shu Shu took his hand and said: "There is an idiom called 'suspicious neighbor steals axe'. Don't be anxious, just explore slowly... It's hard to raise a child. Come to think of it, in the past ten years, the palace preface has
Brother Zhi didn’t suffer much, but he suffered a lot from the princess. Twelve Gege is already twelve, and he recovered from a serious illness last year...Okay, who harmed the princess and did what?"
Counting forward, the seventh daughter of the emperor by Concubine De, the eighth daughter by Empress Xiaoyi, and the eleventh daughter by Concubine Wen Xi are all less than a year old.
The year before last, Concubine Yi lost her eleventh brother, who was twelve years old.
Last year, Concubine De gave birth to the twelve-year-old daughter of the emperor.
Brother Jiu nodded.
He knew what Shu Shu said made sense, but sometimes people's hearts were hard to control.
I got suspicious, and everything felt wrong.
Grandma Qi has been waiting at the door for a long time.
Shu Shu looked up and saw it, calling her in.
Xiao Chun moved the stool over.
Shu Shu asked Aunt Qi to sit down.
Aunt Qi glanced at Brother Ninth, her face became more respectful, and she said to Shu Shu: "Madam and Mrs. Uncle praised me for being so good... Brother was so considerate that he bought mutton and Dongzi vegetables and made a whole
I bought lamb with the skin off, half a basket of dongzi vegetables, and a batch of chess piece pancakes that Brother Fusong and several young men love to eat..."
Shu Shu looked at Brother Jiu softly, feeling weak in her heart.
It’s really rare.
I tried to please my mother-in-law, but when I came back, I didn’t ask for credit to show off.
Brother Jiu felt uncomfortable being stared at and coughed lightly: "What does this mean? It's still worthy of my mother's words..."
Ha ha!
He is also a wise man.
Shu Shu was so filial to the Queen Mother and the empress, why couldn't he be filial to his mother-in-law?
Aunt Qi has a somewhat dull temper and is not very clever in her words, but she insists at this moment: "When I do this for Fujin, I must let Fujin know that it is all out of love..."
Shu Shu is more than grateful?
It also brings warmth.
I have sent people back ten times and talked about the days in the palace in great detail, but none of them are as good as the ninth elder brother's trip to make the elders feel at ease.
Thinking about Grandma Qi’s description.
A lamb...
Half a basket of Dongzi vegetables...
A batch of chess cakes...
There was a picture in Shu Shu's mind.
Background music is also automatically generated.
There are also older lyrics.
There is a chicken in the left hand, a duck in the right hand, and a fat baby on the back...
Brother Jiu was so considerate, and Shu Shu reciprocated the favor.
This night.
The two unlocked new knowledge.
The smog of Ninth Brother has cleared away, and all that is left is satisfaction.
When he woke up the next day, he was in high spirits.
I stopped wearing the peacock blue uniform I had prepared earlier because I disliked the dark color, so I changed into a brown mink cloak, which looked much brighter.
He adjusted his cuffs, tied on a black gold-threaded treasure vase purse, and muttered to Shu Shu.
"I have been wearing these two purses for half a year and they are no longer bright. Is it time to make a new purse for me?"
Shu Shu looked over.
The purse is made of satin and is a bit light and thin, so it can be worn with clothes in spring, autumn and summer.
Winter fur clothes are a bit thin with this purse.
Shu Shu nodded happily and said: "I'll ask someone to find materials soon to make a new bag for me..."
Brother Jiu smiled, and then thought that Shu Shu was not good at needlework, so he had to remind him: "Don't be anxious, and don't choose a complicated look. I like simple things..."
"Um!"
Shu Shu didn't bother to say that his aesthetics had always been gorgeous, so he silently accepted the compassionate offer and helped him straighten his hat.
Brother Nine wears a sable warm hat with red coral beads on his head.
Shu Shu asked someone to get the end shield and lambskin gloves.
Today they went to the inner hall to accept the lottery, and they had to ride horses instead of cars.
Fortunately, we walked from the front, and the inner pavilion was not far away from the Daqing Gate. Otherwise, we would have suffered a lot.
At this moment, Brother Thirteen arrived.
There was helplessness on his face, followed by the angry Fourteenth Brother.
The fourteenth elder brother bowed slightly to Shu Shu, indicating that he had seen her before, and then glared at the ninth elder brother with condemnation.
"What's going on with Brother Ninth? It's so unloyal! We are the same brothers, why are we treated differently? You called me Brother Thirteen but not me..."
The ninth elder brother held down the fourteenth elder brother's head and pressed down.
"What do you think you're doing? It's serious business. Why are you, a little brat, following along?"
Brother Fourteen struggled to open his head, feeling dissatisfied.
"Who's a brat? I'm already eleven..."
Brother Ninth pushed him towards Brother Thirteen and asked them to stand together.
"Take a look for yourself to see if it's a child..."
Brother Thirteen is thirteen years old, tall and tall, already looking like a teenager.
The fourteenth elder brother is two years younger, which is very obvious, and he is only the thirteenth elder brother's chin.
The fourteenth elder brother curled his lips and his eyes were red: "I don't care, I want to go too. I will be twelve next year, and they won't take me with them. They won't take me with them during the Northern Expedition, and they won't take them with them now..."
Brother Jiu felt a headache: "It doesn't matter what I said. Thirteen is going to be the best man. It was Khan Ama who nodded. If you want to follow, just go to Qianqing Palace and ask Khan Ama..."
After hearing this, Brother Fourteen's eyes lit up and he nodded quickly: "I'll go right away..."
After that, he ran away in a flash.
Brother Jiu couldn't stop him in time, and felt as if he had owed something...
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