Shu Shu nodded: "I was also worried before, but the Queen Mother is kind, the Emperor is benevolent, and the Empress is amiable and respectable... I am good... everything is going well, so naturally I am happy..."
Much better than previously expected!
Even if the palace is strictly forbidden and there are many rules, what are you afraid of?
These two institutes form a small world of their own!
All supplies are rationed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and there are no complicated social relationships.
Just as she advised Qi Fujin last year, as long as you learn to be satisfied, life will be simple and easy.
Brother Jiu looked at her with twinkling eyes, excited words, and felt happy.
As the sun sets, the house turns dark.
Xiao Chun had already come in and lit all the lamps inside and outside.
Because of this, both husband and wife looked at the Arhat couch at the south window.
On the small table, the dragon and phoenix candlesticks have been removed.
In the morning, the couple were in a hurry to greet each other and did not take a closer look.
Now everyone can't help but feel curious.
This is also a kind of wedding custom.
It's a kind of divination.
The dragon and phoenix candles, which are as thick as a child's arm, are lit at the same time. Whichever one goes out first will take the first step in the future.
Shu Shu remembered that it was Grandma Qi who came in to clean up the house, and looked at the door: "Mammy, which one of the dragon and phoenix candles was extinguished first..."
Aunt Qi respectfully replied: "The old slave has specially measured the ones that were destroyed together... only two inches and two cents are left..."
Shu Shu smiled and nodded, but her heart thumped, and she realized something was wrong.
Perhaps because of her Mongolian ancestry, Grandma Qi has an upright personality and is not good at telling lies.
As long as she tells lies, she will hold the veil tightly in her right hand.
If the phoenix candle representing Shu Shu was extinguished, Grandma Qi regarded her as her lifeblood and would not remain indifferent all day long. It would have been exposed long ago.
Only when the dragon candle representing the ninth elder brother was extinguished, she would only feel worried, understand the seriousness and cover up the matter.
Shu Shu's worldview would not believe this, but because he knew the end of Brother Nine in history, he could not help but feel worried at this time.
When Brother Jiu went to the next room to freshen up, Shu Shu pulled Nanny Qi closer and asked in a low voice: "Tell me the truth, Nanny, what's going on with the dragon and phoenix candle? How many dragon candles are left?"
Aunt Qi's eyes were red, and she looked at Shu Shu with a distressed face: "Nine inches left!"
The dragon and phoenix candles in the palace are all uniformly sized, one foot and eight inches high.
The remaining nine inches are already half full.
Died by a short break!
If history cannot be changed, Brother Jiu died in the fourth year of Yongzheng's reign...at the age of forty-four, in his prime...
Shu Shu's face turned pale, and Grandma Qi was startled, and hurriedly advised: "Gege, don't take it seriously... How can there be such an effective thing..."
She was a Buddhist, so she had no confidence in persuading Shu Shu like this. She added: "Old slave, I will pray to the Buddha more often, do more good deeds, and bless Princess and Brother Jiu for a long time..."
She was young and widowed, so she knew the difficulties of being a widow. How could she be willing to bear the hardship for her little master who cared about her most?
Shu Shu took a long breath and regained consciousness.
I am not a fool. I would let Brother Jiu go on even though he knew it was a point of no return.
No matter what his previous fate was, when he came, he had to help him.
After finishing washing, Xiaochun also replaced the ice basin in the bedroom with ice.
The south window was open, the night breeze was blowing, and the room was not stuffy.
The young couple put down the tent and didn't need to drink wine. Brother Jiu also had a reaction.
Shu Shu would not refuse. The husband and wife played the piano and played the piano, and they did not fall asleep until the second watch.
The next day, before Maochu, Shu Shu woke up.
This is her daily routine. She has to practice calligraphy and copy books in the morning, and go to prepare books for her parents, so she wakes up at this time.
Unexpectedly, Brother Jiu woke up earlier than her and was looking at her with dark eyes.
Shu Shu touched her face: "Master, what's wrong?"
At her age, her skin is in good shape. She uses lotion to maintain her skin on weekdays, occasionally puts on makeup, and removes it at night.
Brother Jiu came over and whispered in her ear: "Tell me the truth, you have read all kinds of rubbish books, how come you understand everything? You are ashamed but not ashamed?"
Shu Shu was asked for a moment.
Which one should answer "Jin Ping Mei"?
Or "Ten Brocades"?!
Fortunately, she came to her senses immediately, knew her sense of propriety, and knew that some words should not be spoken, so she whispered: "I had an illness a few years ago, and after that I focused on health maintenance... In addition to medical classics, I also read a lot of Buddhist scriptures.
Tao Zangshu... The inner chapter of "Baopuzi" mentions the technique of 'yin and yang health'..."
Brother Jiu was joking casually, but when he saw Shu Shu's serious answer, he felt embarrassed and complained: "If you don't read serious boudoir books, you just read these evil devils..."
Shu Shu smiled and did not continue to explain.
Brother Jiu thought about the full bookshelves in the study and had to admit that his Fujin seemed indeed different from ordinary people.
She is a woman who loves reading and is knowledgeable.
She is a person who talks about the law and loves to talk about principles and rules!
Before, Brother Ninth would have been disgusted and would have thought that Shu Shu was arrogant and unruly.
At the moment, I think this is not bad.
The couple can talk to each other, but if they really want to get a wife who says "it is virtue for a woman not to have talent", how to get along with each other? Brother Jiu doesn't even dare to think about it.
After the couple finished washing, breakfast was served.
There are still four meat and four vegetables, two plates of dumplings, one soup and one porridge.
The porridge is shredded pork and old stem rice porridge.
One plate of pastry is old yellow rice cake and one plate is small bamboo buns.
When Shu Shu saw it, she couldn't help frowning and said to Xiaotang: "Didn't I tell you that we will start ordering today? I didn't hand over the menu yesterday, so why are we serving regular dishes today?"
The two meals a day in the palace are both main meals, so the regular dishes are all meat.
But if it’s so greasy in the morning, who can eat it?
Not to mention Brother Jiu, who doesn't like food, even Shu Shu, who has a good appetite, can't eat anything after seeing these.
Xiaotang's face didn't look good either. He glanced at Brother Ninth and said with bulging cheeks: "The person in charge of cooking the stove in the kitchen right now is Aunt Zhao. She said it was specially ordered by Aunt Liu. My brother has a weak intestines and stomach, so he doesn't eat well.
move……"
Shu Shu couldn't help but laugh: "Brother's food can't be touched, but what about my Fujin's food? I sent this menu last night. Isn't my order in vain?"
To put it bluntly, the couple eats meat and vegetables every meal.
Just because we had dinner together these two days, we didn't ask the kitchen to prepare double portions.
According to what the kitchen said, they didn't dare to touch Brother Ninth's instructions, so they should follow Shu Shu's instructions to make the menu.
Xiaotang's eyes almost burst out with fire: "Mama Zhao said that there are only four stoves in the dining room, two for the master and two for the slaves... I am busy in the morning and evening, but I can't worry about my brother's food.
, can't move the stove hole... If Fujin wants to cook a meal, I'm afraid he will have to inform the Ministry of Internal Affairs in advance and ask them to send someone over to add two stoves..."
Shu Shu could still listen calmly, but Brother Jiu had already cursed angrily: "Which slave is so trustworthy and wants to put pressure on the master? Go and call me. I know that there is such a statue hidden in this yard."
Big Buddha!”
Xiaotang immediately became furious.
Shu Shu calmed down instead.
Ever since Grandma Liu took the initiative to bring the two princesses to the front yard yesterday, Shu Shu knew that they were someone who relied on her elders to show off her old age, but she didn't expect that she would still be able to find something to do since she was on vacation.
Brother Ninth loves face the most. Seeing that everyone around his wife was obedient, but such a rare thing happened to him, he became even more angry: "It's because I'm always so lenient and indulges them, but I'm just kicking my nose."
Damn it! Is it true that the master is just a little brother who is being manipulated by his slaves?"
Cui Nanshan led the people over and walked to the door. After hearing this, he looked at He Yuzhu who was standing at the door: "What's going on? Which slave offended my elder brother without opening his eyes?"
He Yuzhu's face didn't look good either.
In the past two days, the master's interaction with Fujin was seen in his eyes. They were harmonious and beautiful. Even the people who were serving next to him felt good about it.
There was one person who didn't open his eyes and bullied Fujin directly.
He didn't hide anything and told what happened in the kitchen.
Cui Nanshan's expression remained unchanged, his eyes darkened.
On the other hand, the palace maid in light green clothes who followed could not help but frowned: "Aunt Zhao again? You really let the master talk, she is indeed a dirty slave..."
This sentence not only alarmed Shu Shu and Brother Jiu in the room, but also Aunt Zhao, who had followed Xiaotang, turned pale and said with a bit of fawning: "Aunt Xianglan..."
Xianglan glanced at Aunt Zhao expressionlessly, also disgusted.
The master does not want to be troublesome, especially between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, for fear that something bad will appear in the eyes of others and make others laugh.
The four concubines in the palace have lived side by side for many years. On the surface, they are harmonious, but in private there is no comparison between them.
In his early years, he was compared to divine favor and children.
Now that the children are older, they are overtly and covertly comparing whether the daughter-in-law is obedient and whether the grandchildren are prosperous.
My concubine and mistress is very strong at heart and wishes she could be perfect in everything.
This damn bitch is very troublesome.
In the room, Brother Jiu said to Shu Shu: "It's Aunt Xianglan who is by your side, whom I met yesterday..."
Shu Shu thought for a moment. Yesterday at Yikun Palace, the palace maid who came out to greet her was in her early twenties. Her clothes were not the common dark green palace maid uniforms. The color was lighter, which was within the rules.
When Cui Nanshan led the people in, it turned out to be this person.
Shu Shu stood up, not to please the maids around her mother-in-law, but to "respect the elderly", as is the custom of "respecting the elderly".
Just like in "A Dream of Red Mansions", Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian both call Yuanyang "sister", that's why.
Brother Jiu also stood up: "Why are you here? But the queen has some orders?"
Xianglan first performed the squatting ceremony in a polite manner, and waited for the two people to call, then turned around and took the delicate food box from the hands of the little palace maid behind her and held it: "Today, I made door-nail meat cakes on the stove. Master, eat well."
, send the slave to bring a plate to Brother, Fujin can try something new..."
Brother Jiu signaled He Yuzhu to take it, and asked directly without being tactful: "Auntie mentioned Aunt Zhao just now... why did that slave go to Yikun Palace?"