The daily life of Jiufu Jin in Qing Dynasty

King Zhijun hosted a banquet today and invited the iron triangle of Eighth Brother, Ninth Brother, and Tenth Brother to eat, not just for the simple purpose of eating, but his real purpose was to win over these three younger brothers.

To be honest, although King Zhijun and Brother Jiu are half-brothers, King Zhijun seldom gets in touch with them. The county king didn't see these brothers at all before.

In his eyes, only Prince Yinfeng was the only one.

When he was very young, the king of Zhijun didn't know how he was inferior to Yinfeng. He was obviously the first son of Huang Ama, and he was the elder brother, but it was Yinfeng who was established as the prince. Reng instead of him.

So every time he sees Yinreng, he has to salute to him. Every time Huang Ama rewards them, he always gets less than Yinreng. Every time he and Yinreng appear at the same time, Huang Ama is the first to see The person who arrives will always be Yinfeng instead of him.

How could this convince King Zhijun?

Obviously other people's homes don't do this!

Because of the successive deaths of princes in the palace in the early days of Kangxi, no matter how reluctant he was, King Zhijun was carried out of the palace not long after he was born, and lived outside the palace temporarily, until he was brought back to the palace when he was five years old.

Before this, King Zhijun didn't know that he was a prince, or he knew, but he didn't have the concept of prince, so King Zhijun always thought that his family situation was the same as that of other families. , brothers and sisters Christine.

Therefore, before returning to the palace, King Zhijun had expectations for Ama and his younger brother who had never met before, but after he returned to the palace, he found that the facts were completely different from what he had imagined.

Huang Ama did not treat him badly, but he was never as good as Yinfeng, and Yinfeng treated him as an elder brother with no respect.

Later, when he grew up, King Zhijun finally knew the difference between himself and Yinreng. The difference was that he was a concubine and he was a concubine, so the position of prince of the Qing Dynasty belonged to Yinreng, not him.

After knowing the reason, King Zhijun was even more unconvinced, because he didn't think Yinfeng was better than him, and he was able to surpass him and become the crown prince because of his good fate.

Otherwise, how could he have been established as the crown prince of the Qing Dynasty when he was still in his infancy?One must know that he couldn't even speak well at that time, so how could it be possible to tell whether he was smart in the future?

But Huang Ama still praised him for his extraordinary appearance and perfect talent at the canonization ceremony.

In the beginning, King Zhijun fought against the prince everywhere, just because he wanted to prove to Kangxi that he was better than the prince, but gradually, King Zhijun's original intention changed.

If it is said that the reason for opposing the prince at the beginning was because of his ambition, then the king of Zhijun is now because of his ambition. Pull the prince off the horse and become the next emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

And he has no turning back to go, just like the Prince Zhijun will not let the prince off if he succeeds in ascending the throne, and the prince will not let the Prince Zhijun off if he succeeds in ascending the throne, so if he doesn't want to lose, then he can only try his best way to win.

Now the ministers in the DPRK are basically divided into three factions, one is the Suo'etu Party, the other is the Pearl Party, and the other is the Neutral Party. Needless to say, the Neutral Party, let alone who is standing behind the Soetu Party and the Pearl Party When the court is in the middle, even the people know it.

Just that there are only three factions in the court does not mean that there are only two princes, the crown prince and Zhijun king. Those younger brothers who are not seen by their brothers are growing up day by day, and they are no longer the three-year-old they thought. Little boy.

When they enter the court one by one, they may be their hindrance, but they may also be their helpers.

For example, fourth master, when he was studying in the study, he stood by the prince's side. After entering the court, he naturally became a good helper for him. Another example is eighth master, because he was raised under Hui Concubine's knee since childhood, So as soon as he entered the court, he was labeled as the king of Zhijun.

But besides the fourth master and the eighth master, the prince and the king of Zhijun are not limited to these two younger brothers, and there are not only four princes in the court, so for other princes, the prince and king of Zhijun naturally want to win over.

After all, one more person means more strength. Of course, if someone as ambitious as King Cheng wants to get a share of the pie, the crown prince and King Zhijun will naturally not waste their energy, but they don't pay much attention to him.

Because King Cheng is ambitious, but who doesn't know who the brothers have studied together in the upper study for so many years?If you ask him to recite poems, he will do it right, but if you ask him to govern the country, what the hell does he know?

Unless their Huang Ama's brain is flooded, it is impossible to hand over the throne to such a romantic prince.

But there is only one king of Chengjun, and the rest of the brothers were either kicked out by Kangxi in advance, such as the fifth master who was brought up by the queen mother not long after he was born, or married by Huang Ama. The ten elder brothers in Fujin, Mongolia, and the twelve elder brothers who were brought up by Aunt Suma; Shang's Ninth Elder Brother; or if he hasn't started working in the DPRK yet, he can ignore it for the time being.

That's why King Zhijun hosted a banquet today to invite Eighth Master, Nine Elder Brothers, and Tenth Elder Brothers. As for why he didn't invite the rest of the younger brothers who could be recruited as helpers, it's still the same sentence, Zhijun King and these younger brothers They are not familiar with each other.

In addition, the food needs to be eaten one bite at a time, and people have to be wooed one by one. It just so happens that the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother have a good relationship with the eighth master, and the eighth master is raised under the knee of the concubine Hui. The king of the county also took advantage of this relationship to invite the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother.

Just like Concubine Hui thought, King Zhijun didn't think Ba Ye was qualified to aspire to the throne, so even though he had always had a good relationship with Brother Nine and Brother Ten, King Zhijun never doubted him or was wary of him. Only when he is helping him win contacts.

But if you want to win someone over, you naturally have to give benefits. King Zhijun and his counselors thought about it, and finally decided that sending a woman is the best way to win over.

On the one hand, it can show goodwill, and on the other hand, it will not be too conspicuous. After all, it is not a rare thing to send women to each other now, otherwise, the "famous name" of Yangzhou Shouma will not be spread all over the world.

There is also a very important point, others may be able to use money to win over, but it is impossible for Brother Nine and Brother Ten. Needless to say, Brother Nine, who doesn't know that his nickname is God of Wealth Nine?

As for Elder Brother Shi, as the only child of Concubine Wen Xi, after the death of Concubine Wen Xi, everything under her name belongs to Elder Brother Ten, and don’t forget, Imperial Concubine Wen Xi is dead, but the button behind her The Co-Lu clan doesn't exist yet, so Elder Brother Shi is not short of money at all.

So if you want to use money to win over Brother Nine and Brother Ten, then the possibility of success is basically zero, but Yangzhou Shouma is different.

In addition, Roujia and Qiqige are both pregnant now, so as the elder brother, it is normal for him to send some women to his younger brothers, but what King Zhijun didn't expect was that Brother Jiu and the others all rejected them.

That's right, all!All!

"Could it be that you are still being polite to me?" Zhijun Wang said, "It's just a few women."

"Brother, Mama Huang took my hand and warned me not to make Qiqige angry when she found out that Qiqige was pregnant." Elder Brother Ten said, "You said that if I bring a few women back If so, according to Qiqige's temper, she can't fight with me?"

Upon hearing this, King Zhijun felt that what Brother Shi said was not unreasonable, because Fujin came from Mongolia and was from the same family as the Queen Mother, so among the many granddaughter-in-laws, she always liked Fujin more.

In the past, so many princesses from Mongolia entered the harem or the backyard, but few of them were able to give birth to children. Now it is rare that Qiqige is pregnant. It is normal for the queen mother to be so nervous.

but……

"The ten younger brothers and sisters are pregnant now, if they don't make trouble for you, how dare they make trouble with you?"

The relationship between King Zhijun and Dafujin is very good, even if she gave birth to four golden flowers, she has to fight for a son with her, although part of the reason for this is because he was fighting with the prince and wanted to give birth before him Huang Ama's first grandson, partly because he had suffered from the eldest son, but partly because he really wanted Fujin to give birth to their own son.

It's just that before Da Fujin gave birth to his son, although King Zhijun didn't let other princesses have children, he could still sleep, and when Dafujin was pregnant and couldn't serve King Zhijun, he would also arrange for him to serve him with a woman. sleep.

"Why don't you dare?" Elder Brother Ten said, "Brother, I, Fujin, are different from my sister-in-law. She doesn't have the words virtuous and virtuous at all, so it's better not to mess with me."

"What about you? Brother Nine." King Zhijun looked at Brother Nine, "I heard that girls from Dong E's family have always been knowledgeable about books and etiquette, gentle and virtuous, and Nine Brothers and Sisters will never fight with you just because you brought two women back. Bar?"

Brother Jiu: "...???"

Did he mean his Fujin?

Brother Jiu thought to himself, just say to Rou Jia that she is knowledgeable in books and etiquette, gentle and virtuous, he almost doesn't know these eight characters.

"That's right, Ninth Brother, and you just said that you want to take a concubine, isn't your chance now?" Tenth Brother said aside.

Brother Nine: "...!!!"

This is a veritable pit brother, right?

"I really want to take a concubine, but there is no other way." Brother Jiu first gave Brother Shi a sneaky look, and then said to Prince Zhijun, "Brother, it's not like you don't know the relationship between me, Fujin, and my mother-in-law. How wonderful, I, Fujin, dare not make trouble with me, but if she is unhappy and affects the fetus, will my mother know and give me good fruit?"

About Yifei and Roujia, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Zhijun Wang has also heard about it, so he didn't suspect anything when he heard what Brother Jiu said, because no one in the palace knows the relationship between Yifei and Roujia's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law Too good to be true?

But Brother Nine's words can fool King Zhijun, but Brother Ten can't. Others don't know what's going on between him and Roujia, doesn't he?

He admitted that his ninth brother was telling the truth, but the question was, is his ninth brother such an obedient person?

He is not.

That's right, no one denies that Brother Jiu is a first-class filial son, but filial piety does not mean that he listens to Concubine Yi in everything. If his Brother Ninth was really so obedient, he wouldn't have the same relationship with his sister-in-law as before. It's so frustrating.

So Elder Brother Ten is very sure that why Concubine Yi won't give him good fruit is just a shield for Elder Ninth, in fact he just dare not take a concubine.

Elder Brother Ten had already been very aware of his Brother Ninth's family status in the manor when he was on the grassland, so what he said to him this afternoon, Elder Brother Ten went in with his left ear and out with his right ear.

Although the ignorant King Zhijun didn't doubt what Brother Jiu said, but he didn't give up. He said: "Yi'eniang is also your mother. Could it be that she will still stand by your Fujin?"

As he said that, King Zhijun said again, "Ninth brother, you are not close to Zhu Zhechi, close to Mo Zhehei, have played with your starling a lot, and also learned his virtue of fearing his wife like a tiger?"

In the 21st century, being afraid of his wife can be said to be an advantage, but at this time it is definitely a disadvantage. Even though Zhijun Wang said this sentence in a joking tone, Ba Ye's eyes turned cold for a moment.

Ba Ye knew that King Zhijun had always looked down on him, but why didn't he think about it, how could he ever think of him again?

In Ba Ye's view, his eldest brother is simply a waste of his good status as the eldest son. It's okay to be brave and foolish, and he still can't see his own ability clearly. If it wasn't because he was raised by Concubine Hui since childhood, Ba Ye would It is absolutely impossible to have any relationship with King Zhijun.

Because Ba Ye sees very clearly that the possibility of King Zhijun being able to aspire to the throne is very low, just like King Zhijun and the others think that Kangxi will not hand over the Qing Dynasty to a scholar like King Chengjun, Ba Ye does not think that Kangxi Will hand over the country to a reckless man like Zhijun Wang.

Indeed, King Zhijun is quite talented in marching and fighting, and he is a veritable Baturu, but running a country is not about fighting, and what you want is not someone who can only rush forward but not use his brain.

Coupled with King Zhijun's attitude towards him, it is strange that Ba Ye would sincerely support him. Originally, Ba Ye felt inferior because his biological mother was from Xinzheku. Such a person actually cares about other people's attitude towards him.

So why did Ba Ye get close to Brother Nine and Brother Ten when he was studying in the study, and put all his effort into making friends with them?

Firstly, it was because they were relatively easy to get close to, and secondly, it was also because their attitude towards him was not like that of other brothers, and they always had a feeling of superiority.

"It's not right for eldest brother to say that." Hearing what King Zhijun said, Brother Jiu opened his mouth and said, "Elder brother just loves his eighth sister-in-law, so it's even more impossible for me to talk about fearing his wife like a tiger, and elder brother you I also said, it's just a few women, if I want it, when can't I have it? Why bother myself at this time?"

Although the relationship between Brother Jiu and Master Ba is not as close as before, he still couldn't help but speak for Master Ba after hearing what King Zhijun said. After all, the relationship between the previous ten years was not fake.

Brother Jiu has already mentioned this point. It is impossible for the king of Zhijun to force him to accept these Yangzhou skinny horses. If this is the case, it is not a win-win but a feud. It is just a prepared Yangzhou skinny horse. If they couldn't be sent out, Zhijun Wang was naturally a little unhappy.

Although he is also a concubine, King Zhijun is also the first son of Kangxi to stand upright. Although he is not as good as the crown prince, he is much better than other sons.

In many people's eyes, Kangxi has many sons, but his father's love is only divided into three parts. The largest part must belong to the crown prince, followed by the king of Zhijun, and the remaining small part belongs to the remaining sons. The sons are divided equally.

Therefore, it is not without reason that King Zhijun is arrogant, but for Brother Jiu and the others, everyone is Huang Ama's concubine, and his mother-in-law is one of the four concubines, so isn't his mother-in-law?

Brother Jiu, who was spoiled and raised by Concubine Yi, couldn't bear the airs of Prince Zhijun, so he turned around and walked away, followed by Brother Jiu's white eyes.

"This boss...tsk." Brother Nine raised his chin, then snorted and said, "I haven't seen him look directly at you in the past ten years, but now you want to win me over?"

Don't think that Brother Jiu doesn't know what the purpose of King Zhijun's banquet for them is, they are all from the palace, who is not human?

But Zhijun Wang thought he could win him over with a few women?

Let's make his spring and autumn dream!

"Don't Brother Ninth like this method of courting big brother?" Brother Ten said with a chuckle, "Obviously Ninth Brother said in the afternoon that he would bring two concubines back to let Nine Sisters know how powerful they are."

"You still say?" Brother Jiu raised his foot directly, "I haven't settled with you yet."

"That's right, I made a mistake." Elder Brother Ten jumped away quickly, but kept saying, "I'll just listen to Brother Ninth's words from now on. If Brother Nine says he's not afraid of Sister-in-law Jiu, he's afraid of Sister-in-law Nine. Ninth Brother said he wanted to show Ninth Sister-in-law a good look, so he just said it casually, Ninth Brother said..."

Brother Jiu who was exposed became angry with embarrassment, and Ba Ye's face flashed a contemplative look. He had already noticed that Brother Jiu's attitude towards Rou Jia was different from before, otherwise he would not have told Ba Fujin to be gentle with Rou Jia. Jia gets along well.

But now, after listening to Elder Brother Ten, Master Eighth has a clear understanding of the relationship between Elder Brother Nine and Elder Rou. It's about the eight blessings.

"Ninth brother, you also know that your eighth sister-in-law is always outspoken. If she offends the ninth brother and sister in any way, the eighth brother apologizes for her."

"There's no need to apologize." Brother Jiu said, glanced at Ba Ye, and then said, "She is her, you are you, but if Ba Ge really has the heart, then persuade her not to trouble me, Fujin , starling, you also know that I always protect my weaknesses."

Brother Jiu didn't say much, it was enough to click until the end, but even so, Master Ba's expression changed slightly: "Brother Jiu, I..."

Before Ba Ye finished speaking, Brother Jiu waved his hands, and said: "That's it, I, Fujin, are still waiting for me at home."

"Then I'll go first too, Mynah." Seeing that Brother Nine has left, Elder Ten, what is he doing here?

After the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother had left, the eighth master who stayed where he was was looked gloomy.

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Brother Jiu didn't know what Ba Ye would do after hearing what he said, and he didn't care about it. Anyway, he said what he should say. If it wasn't for seeing that Rou Jia is pregnant now, I'm afraid Ba Fujin will lose his mind someday. If you don't know the trouble to find her, elder brother Jiu won't speak up.

After returning home, Brother Nine walked straight towards the main courtyard, he knew that Rou Jia must have not slept at this point, as expected, at this moment Rou Jia had finished her dinner and was digesting.

It's fine if you don't sleep, Brother Jiu hooked his lips, and planned to mention to her that King Zhijun wanted to give him a Yangzhou skinny horse. He could really get her a few concubines in minutes.

As a result, Brother Jiu didn't say anything, but when he got close to Roujia, he saw her frowning first, then she leaned forward and sniffed at him, muttering to herself, "This smell..."

What is the taste?

Brother Nine heard the words, lowered his head and smelled his clothes, and then smelled a faint smell of rouge and gouache.

and many more!

Rouge gouache?

Suddenly remembering that he was being approached by two Yangzhou skinny horses, Brother Jiu quickly looked at Rou Jia, and saw that she showed a suddenly realized expression, and then looked at him angrily.

"I'm not, I'm not, it's all because of the boss!"

"You actually went out to eat alone!!!"

"...????"