Chapter Ninety-eight: The Palace (please order first when it’s available)
Brother Jiu quickly shook his head: "No, no, no... Fifth brother won't want it... We don't know when our branch office will be. We can't live on the fifty taels of silver a month. We can keep the previous properties."
It’s good to add some income..."
As for using his wife's dowry money, Brother Jiu has never thought about it, but he can't afford to lose that person.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t have prepared gifts for the three officials last time and took money from the tenth prince.
This is a man's code, how can he spend a woman's money?
Shu Shu did not force it, but once again thought about the issue of open source: "When we come back, we will arrange for someone to open the restaurant first..."
Brother Jiu became interested and echoed: "With your recipes, there are no bad ones...just those desserts, some of which are good to eat in summer..."
Shu Shu is not worried about this.
Winter naturally has winter delicacies. Now that we have chili peppers, is there still a lack of delicacies?
You can make hot pot, barbecue, whatever.
As the young couple chatted, time became less difficult.
When the carriage stopped, we arrived at the three rooms where we were staying today.
Shu Shu helped Brother Jiu get out of the carriage and looked around.
The entire team was still on the official road. There were no trees on both sides to block it. There were only patches of farmland and wilderness. There was a group of buildings on the edge of the official road not far ahead.
Wherever there is a royal road, there must be a palace.
Although it is not large in scale, it is just a few connected large and small courtyards. Because it is where the emperor travels, it is a palace with three rooms.
The team left the Forbidden City at the beginning of Yin Zheng and stopped for an hour in the middle.
In total, we walked for five hours.
The approximate speed of the carriage...
"Sir, the journey today is not only sixty miles, isn't it?"
Shu Shu calculated based on the approximate speed that this place is not close to the inner city. It should be in Shunyi in later generations, past the Capital Airport and further to the northeast.
"Well, it's more than eighty miles today! The official roads in the capital are well built, so the journey will be faster... Tomorrow it will be eighty miles, and it will be slower after Bolo and Tun..."
Brother Jiu replied.
Xiaosong and Xiaoyu both came from the carriage at the back.
Brother Jiu's eyes were fixed on Xiaosong.
This black girl is taller than Shu Shu, like an iron pillar, and can pull a seven-power bow!
On weekdays, she is not seen doing daily chores like the others, just playing with Shu Shu, like a useless girl who is useless.
Thinking about the last time she sat on Shu Shu and pushed and pushed her, Brother Jiu wished he could kick her out.
Immediately, he changed his mind.
When I go out and I can't be with you all the time, it's okay to have such a naive girl by my side.
"I'll go take a look at the imperial palace. You can take a stroll and then go back to the car and wait. Don't let anyone rush you..."
Brother Jiu told Shu Shu and took He Yuzhu to the imperial palace.
Shu Shu looked at the building and estimated the number of courtyards.
Viewed from a distance, it looks like a rather large complex of buildings. It is much larger than the ordinary three-span, five-entry courtyard. It has seven entrances from the north to the south, and is wider from east to west.
However, the retinue is so large that it is impossible to accommodate them all in the palace. However, several princes and prince Fujin should be able to follow them.
This time Kangxi appointed seven princes to serve as his retinue. The tenth and thirteenth princes were not yet married and did not have any female dependents.
The eldest brother and the third brother take care of Gege, two of them, to serve the elder brother in daily life. Without the mistress, they are not qualified to socialize in front of others. One of their wives is in poor health and has to take care of their children, and the other
The delivery date was approaching and it was not suitable to travel, so I arranged for two girls to follow each other.
There were always three people who came with the prince Fujin. In addition to Shu Shu and the sisters-in-law of the fifth Fujin, there was also the Nala clan of the seventh Fujin.
The Empress Dowager named Wu Fu Jin, Shu Shu was named by Concubine Yi, and Qi Fu Jin was decided by herself.
She planned to go out and see the world, and she also wanted to see if she could get pregnant without the Geges being in the way.
Although she was married into the palace in April last year, the wedding only lasted a year and a few months, but when everyone talks about it, it was only two years.
If I don’t get pregnant this year, next year will be the third year.
There is not much time left for Qi Fujin. The draft is held every three years, which is a threshold for them, Prince Fujin.
Say Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will come.
At this moment, Qi Fujin saw Qi Fujin supporting a palace maid coming from the front, his forehead was wet with sweat, and his expression was not good-looking.
The convoy of the prince's family members came in sequence.
In front of the carriages of the ninth elder brother and his wife, is the motorcade of the seventh elder brother and his wife.
"Seventh sister-in-law..."
Shu Shu came forward, took Qi Fujin's hand, and looked down at her flag shoes: "Is it because the shoes are not comfortable? Didn't you buy flat shoes?"
After riding a horse-drawn carriage for a whole day, in addition to the soreness in my back, there is another problem, that is, my feet are a little swollen. If I were still wearing the same shoes, I would definitely be in ecstasy.
Shu Shu also had the same symptoms, but because she had thought of this earlier, she prepared looser shoes.
In fact, getting off the car and walking more often can also prevent edema.
Qi Fujin smiled bitterly and said: "I thought that I would have to ride a horse on the grassland, so I only brought two pairs of boots and riding clothes. I didn't expect that riding in a car would be so difficult, and I can't even wear the flag shoes..."
"It's okay, I'm rich, but I still do it loosely..."
Qi Fujin is one fist shorter than Shu Shu, and his shoes look to be of average size, so he should be about the same size.
The two have known each other since childhood, and Qi Fujin was not polite. He only shook Shu Shu's hand gratefully: "Fortunately, I still have you..."
The Chinese army's cavalry moved first, followed by the carriages of the Queen Mother and her concubines.
By the time someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs came over and informed the carriage that it was ready to move, it was already about to arrive at Shen Zheng.
Several princes and their families arranged three courtyards.
The eldest elder brother and the third elder brother share a courtyard, the fifth elder brother and the seventh elder brother share a courtyard, and Shu Shu and the ninth elder brother share a courtyard with the tenth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother.
Shu Shu's courtyard is located at the corner of the East Palace Road. It is a small three-sided courtyard with three main rooms and two east and west wings. Someone has already cleaned it out.
As the sister-in-law, Shu Shu took over the main room without any hesitation.
Just have a night's rest, but you have to lay out your bed, take out the clothes you need to change for tomorrow, and pick out the street vegetables you prepared earlier.
All in all, except Xiaosong, everyone else performed their duties and became busy.
Xiaosong thought of the cross-country trip just now and couldn't help but be eager to try: "Fu Jin, how about I go further and hunt two rabbits and come back to add food..."
Shu Shu said: "I braised some vegetables yesterday. I can't stand this one, so I have to eat it quickly... aren't there a few braised rabbits? Eat that one first..."
Although everyone had a few naps during the morning break, it was just a nap. Xiaosong touched his belly and went to look for Xiaotang.
Xiaotang was in the corridor, having set up a simple stove and started to boil water.
Xiaosong came over to help, but the situation became more and more chaotic.
Xiaotang was impatient at being disturbed, so he took off his purse and stuffed it into her hand: "Go away quickly. If you have nothing to do, go to the dining room and ask when you can get hot water..."
This small stove is for hot food and can only boil one pot of water.
But after running around all day, even in the car, there was a lot of dust. Fujin and his brother definitely needed to take a shower.
Xiaosong pinched the purse and laughed "hehe". There were frosted peanuts in it. He pinched this one and put it in his mouth. It was fragrant and sweet.
Xiaosong ate half a bag of peanuts, then asked Walnut to go look for the big dining room together.
After entering the palace for more than a month, everyone has firmly remembered this rule in the palace, that is, no one is allowed to walk alone, and whenever going out, they must go together.
Not long after leaving the yard, Xiaosong and his wife bumped into Sun Jin, who was walking towards them.
Behind Sun Jin, there were several kitchen eunuchs carrying several lunch boxes.
"How many?"
Xiaosong was startled.
The lunch box looks exquisite, but it's not like a servant.
Sun Jin wiped the sweat from his face: "In addition to the master and his master, the tenth master and the thirteenth master also received it..."
Hearing that they were going to the large dining room, Sun Jin pointed to the southeast: "There are many stoves at that end, and two stoves are specially reserved for the prince and Fujin..."
After Sun Jin and others passed by, Xiaosong and Walnut continued towards the dining room, and met Brother Jiu and his party again. They were busy giving blessings and stepped aside to the side of the road.
"Is this Fujin sending you out? Are you looking for me, or?"
Brother Jiu asked.
"It wasn't Fujin who sent it, it was Sister Xiaotang who asked the slaves to go to the kitchen and ask for hot water..."
Komatsu answered honestly.
The ninth elder brother nodded, glanced at the tenth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother, and ordered: "Go quickly, don't be stingy with money. If there is plenty of hot water now and ask people to send more, tell the tenth master and the tenth elder brother
Third Master uses..."
Xiaosong responded.
Brother Thirteen said with embarrassment: "Brother Ninth, you have just moved in. The dining room must be busy too. My brother is not in a hurry to wash up..."
The tenth elder brother glanced at the ninth elder brother and snorted softly.
Brother Ninth coughed slightly: "The people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs came here to clean up the big dining room a long time ago... Women are troublesome and have a lot of water, so I can use it first... I'll go back to the big dining room and get some free time."
Backwater is..."
Thirteenth Brother: "..."
"Brother Ninth, let's go quickly. I'm starving to death. I made a few small fires before lunch break... My sister-in-law made all the food for Khan Ama to eat..."
The tenth elder brother started to urge, and then complained: "Khan Ama is the same. He just ate what he ate. He didn't say it was a good idea, but he rewarded my sister-in-law. I couldn't stand it, so I ordered a plate of roasted pork for you."
, otherwise you will be at a loss..."
There was not much distance in total, and the brothers arrived while chatting.
The Ninth Prince and the Tenth Prince were both escorts, and they had taken this route before. They stayed in three rooms on the first day, so they already knew the food and accommodation situation.
This was the first time Brother Thirteen saw this small courtyard, and his eyes widened.
He had heard before that he and his two brothers were assigned to a courtyard, and he thought that the courtyard would be big enough to accommodate these people.
After all, the total population of the three elder brothers is dozens.
He had seen the camp where the emperor was stationed, and thought that even if it was not that big, it would be half as big. He never expected that it would be such a small courtyard.
This yard is only two feet square.
"Brother Ninth, are we staying here? What about the people following us?"
The Thirteenth Brother looked at the small two-room west wing assigned to him. He felt that it was only a few feet square, about the size of a palm. He really couldn't think of how to accommodate the dozen or so eunuchs and nuns who followed him.
"Two night watchmen are left to serve closely, and the others will be accommodated in tents at the Ministry of Internal Affairs camp..."
Brother Jiu didn't take it seriously and said: "It's a good idea. Once we enter the grassland, there are no official roads and no camps. Even Khan Ama has to sleep in a tent, let alone us brothers..."
Brother Thirteen remained silent.
The tenth elder brother glanced at the thirteenth elder brother and did not go to the east wing, but looked at the temporary small stove under the main room.
It's just a small iron bucket with a small pot on it.
"What do you want me to eat, sister-in-law?"
The tenth elder brother didn't show up and asked Xiaotang directly.
"Fu Jin asked me to boil some boiling water and make a bowl of tea for our elder brother..."
Xiaotang replied.
There was a look of disappointment on Brother Ten's face.
Shu Shu heard the noise outside and came out, greeted the tenth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother, and then said to the ninth elder brother: "Sun Jin came back with everyone's meal, how do you eat it?"
Brother Jiu glanced at the east and west compartments, which were really small: "There are no other people around, so let's put them in the main room..."
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