Army chess was made one after another and sent to each elder brother.
Apart from sending them to the palace, Brother Jiu and Fujin Jiu were the first to play.
Afraid that too much effort would make Jiu Fujin tired, Brother Jiu played with her for a while, and then got up for a walk, walking around a bit.
With Brother Jiu accompanying him, Fujin Jiu would not be able to stay in the yard all day and be unable to go anywhere.
Of course, there were also two tall nanny by her side, and the two maids followed behind, serving as human cushions for Jiu Fujin whenever something went wrong.
Brother Jiu was even more cautious, wishing he could support Jiu Fujin to walk more slowly.
Brothers played military chess, and soon shops in the capital began to sell it.
Xiaoer will talk about how to play this new chess piece vividly next to him. There is also a private room on the second floor, where you can invite three or five friends to come and play chess together.
This shop is next door to Brother Jiu's restaurant, where tea can be delivered in private rooms and meals can also be ordered.
The food in the restaurant next door can be ordered, the price is still the same, and there is no errand fee, which is very popular with customers.
When Geng Yi found out, he couldn't help but admire Brother Jiu as a good businessman. Even if he didn't charge for running errands, just the tea fee and the fee for the private room would be enough.
Not to mention such a comfortable gathering, autumn and winter are not a good time to recite poems outside, and the cold wind will freeze to death, why not drink hot tea indoors, eat delicious meals, and order a plate or two of delicious snacks , invite three or five friends to play chess and chat together, not to mention how comfortable it is.
The restaurant has also gained benefits. Guests don't have to occupy the private rooms of the restaurant and can earn more money, so there is nothing to be unhappy about.
Concubine De also wrote a letter from the palace, asking Si elder brother what to do with this military chess.
Of course, this letter was sent to Si Fujin first, and Si Fujin mentioned it to Si Age.
The fourth elder brother just asked Si Fujin to reply to the letter. Concubine De might not just want to ask him, anyway, whoever can make it clear will do.
Geng Yi happened to be drinking tea at Sifujin's side, and Honghui had become addicted to being an older brother recently, and he might be a little lonely, after all, none of his younger brothers were ready for school.
He could only recite the Thousand-Character Classic and the Three-Character Classic to his younger brothers, and when Hong Shi occasionally repeated a few sentences, Hong Hui was already very happy.
Hongli and Hongzhou are two people who make up the head, which can also be said to be the atmosphere group.
When Honghui praised Hongshi for repeating well, Hongli would moan and chirp to express his agreement, and Hongzhou would also whine, not knowing what to express.
Anyway, the response was overwhelming, and Hong Hui became even more excited, and found some younger brothers to play with during the break.
Li Fangfujin wished that Hongshi could get closer to Honghui, so he sent the little elder brother over early in the morning.
Gege Niu Gulu also brought Hongli over, and now she was sitting next to Geng Yi drinking tea, and when she heard Si Age and Si Fujin discussing matters, she lowered her head and stared at the tea without disturbing her.
Geng Yi was quite curious that Concubine De would ask this, could it be that she wanted to play chess with the emperor?
She really guessed right, and Si Fujin guessed the same way, and wrote back to explain in detail how to play Junqi.
It didn't take long for the news to spread from the palace, saying that the best player in the harem to play military chess is Empress De, and the emperor would ask her to go to the study to accompany him to play chess together from time to time.
The other ladies in the harem were inspired by Concubine De, and hurriedly wrote to their elder brothers, asking them to teach them a lesson.
Soon there will be more and more concubines playing chess in the harem, but it is still the concubines above who are good at playing chess.
After all, to be able to stand out from so many women in the harem, this cleverness is beyond the reach of ordinary concubines.
The emperor had a lot of fun, because it was the ninth prince who sent it to the palace, so he sent someone to reward him. Naturally, the fourth elder brother was not left behind, especially as Geng Yi suggested, she also had a share. .
The rewards are all precious ornaments with excellent meanings, which can be used as a decent appearance in the yard.
When it was snowing, the fourth elder brother took them to attend the twelve elder brothers' wedding.
The bride has a beautiful appearance, she smiles a little shyly, and she looks like she has a good temper and is easy to get along with.
Brother Jiu came alone, saying that he was afraid of some disturbance and there were too many people, so bumping into each other would be bad, so he didn't let Jiu Fujin come.
He also came to learn from the fourth elder brother, because he played military chess with Jiu Fujin, the ninth elder brother lost more and more times.
It's too depressing that I can't win Jiufujin, so Brother Jiu can only come to Brother Si for advice, so that I can go back and win a game beautifully.
The fourth elder brother smiled and said: "When the ninth brother is free, come to the garden to play chess with me. After all, there is really nothing to say on paper."
Ninth elder brother thought it was right, nodded repeatedly and agreed: "Then I will bother fourth brother."
Geng Yi heard it from the side, and began to feel sympathy for Brother Jiu in his heart.
The fourth elder brother probably lacked so much interest in playing chess with Honghui all the time, and he couldn't bully his son. Is this planning to bully the ninth elder brother?
Geng Yi thought about how Honghui became more and more courageous as he got frustrated, and he thought about how to win back every day.
It's quite admirable to be young, but ambitious.
If Geng Yi himself had never won a game against others every day, he might have to overturn the chessboard and the table before long.
Honghui is a child who is too obedient and has a firm mind.
But when she thought about it, Honghui was also a character who refused to admit defeat, and the more setbacks he suffered, the more he rose to the challenge.
Within two days, the ninth elder brother came to the Old Summer Palace, and immediately went to Jiuzhou Qingyan to find the fourth elder brother to play chess.
They played chess for a whole afternoon, and in the end Brother Jiu actually left without even eating dinner.
Geng Yi thought that Brother Jiu would be entertained tonight, but while he was waiting for the big meal, he couldn't help being surprised to hear that Brother Jiu had left the garden early.
Brother Jiu didn't like Chef Ma's craftsmanship the most, so he left without even eating. Could something have happened at home?
When she went to play leaf cards with Sifujin the next day, she couldn't help asking.
Si Fujin smiled and said: "They played chess in the study all afternoon, brother Jiu may be tired."
She blinked at Geng Yi, Geng Yi was taken aback for a moment, and soon laughed.
Needless to say, the ninth elder brother lost a lot, so if he was in the mood to stay for dinner, of course he ran away from the fourth elder brother.
When it started to get cold, Geng Yi told the eunuchs not to mess with the koi.
These koi may freeze to death when they are caught, so it is better to be warmer at the bottom of the lake.
Let them recuperate through the winter, and it will not be too late to meet again in the spring.
That's what Geng Yi told Hong Zhou, lest he lose his temper when he couldn't see the koi.
Hong Zhou felt that he could understand more words, and after listening to her serious explanation, he only nodded in agreement.
Geng Yi asked the eunuch to remove the fish tank, and put the koi in it back into the fish tank.
Seeing that she let go, Niu Gulu Gege also wanted to release the koi, but Hongli made a fuss and refused to let it go.
In the end, Gege Niu had no choice but to watch Si Fujin and Li Caifujin send people back to the pond and put them back into the pond.
Without the koi, the children also have a lot of things, such as building blocks and boats sent by Brother Jiu.
This boat is a little smaller than the one in Honghui's hand, but the parts are so big that even a child can put it together with great effort.
They had small hands, Hongli lost patience after fighting for a while, and threw the boat building blocks everywhere.
Hongshi could ride for a while while sitting, and then ran to play other things. He quickly forgot the boat in his hand, and it took two days to think about it before continuing to build.
Hong Zhou was different, he started to set up as soon as he sat down, and forgot to eat.
The nanny came to feed him, and he took a bite, his eyes still fixed on the building blocks, as if he refused to move until they were put together.
Geng Yi had no choice but to persuade him: "Eat well, and fight hard after eating."
Hong Zhou glanced at him, and motioned to the nanny to put a small table in front of him, put the rice bowl on it, put on the bib, and started to eat by himself.
He kept staring at the building blocks next to him while eating, and he really liked it.
After Hong Zhou absent-mindedly finished eating and wiping his mouth, he went over to continue fighting. He spent a whole day fighting, and even made the boat out.
Hongli saw that he was done fighting, and stretched out his small hand to snatch it, but Hongzhou avoided it, and stuffed the boat into the arms of Xiao Lizi beside him.
Xiao Lizi was stunned for a moment and quickly stood up, so that Hongli did not rush over to grab his hand.
Seeing that Hongli was about to cry again, Niu Gulu could only persuade: "Don't we also have one? If you work hard, you can get the same boat."
Hongli looked at the building blocks all over the floor, and the beautiful boat in Hongzhou's hand, and put his mouth together in displeasure.
He would lose his temper after a while, and he might find it too difficult.
In the end, the fight was still not finished, Niu Gulu Gege hurriedly took Hongli back, fearing that he would look at other people's boats and cry for it.
After several days, Hongli didn't finish the spelling, and Niu Gulu Gege secretly helped him spell it out every night while he was asleep. After half a month, he finally spelled it out.
Hongli grinned as he looked at the boat in his hand.
When the fourth elder brother came over, he saw the boat in Hong Zhou's hand and knew that he had spelled it out by himself, so he nodded with a smile and said, "That's right."
Geng Yi also felt that Hong Zhou was so lazy that he was able to sit and spell it all day, obviously he really liked this model.
Unexpectedly, Hong Zhou turned around and took the boat and handed it to the fourth elder brother. The fourth elder brother was also stunned: "Give it to me?"
Hong Zhou also called out: "Ama."
The fourth elder brother touched his head and smiled slightly: "Then I take it away, are you really willing?"
After hearing this, Hong Zhou only passed it forward, and the fourth elder brother took it. He felt that this son is very filial. He likes this boat so much. After putting all his heart and soul into it, he actually gave it to him directly. Do he like himself so much?
The fourth elder brother thought that he would visit Hong Zhou more often in the future, so as not to disappoint the child's filial piety.
After Hong Zhou handed it over, his hand was empty, and he glanced at the fourth elder brother suspiciously: "Boat."
The fourth elder brother handed the boat back, and Hongzhou looked at the original boat with a puzzled expression on his face, and pushed it back: "Boat."
This made the fourth elder brother puzzled. She looked at Geng Yi from the first to the younger, and she could only try her best to translate: "Maybe what Hong Zhou meant was that this assembled boat was given to the master, and he wanted the master to bring it to Hong Zhou again." A new model coming?"
Geng Yi just guessed, and he didn't know if his guess was right.
The fourth elder brother wrote to the ninth elder brother to see if he had any other models suitable for the younger elder brother to play with.
Brother Nine, Maliu, sent two boxes over. As soon as he opened them, Hong Zhou lay on the side of the boxes and couldn't take his eyes off: "This, that..."
Geng Yi was still worried that it would be too much for him to take all of such a box, and the other brothers hadn't looked at it yet.
In the end she found that she was worrying for nothing, Hong Zhou only took two, and didn't even look at the rest.
Honghui didn't take it, Hongshi took five or six with a big wave of his hand, Hongli got more, and the rest had to be rounded up.
Niu Gulu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You won't be able to finish so many, so why don't you just take one or two?"
Hongli was not happy, so Niu Gulu said: "Then you can take as much as you can, and if you can't hold it, you can't take it away."
He babbled and carried three of them out, and wanted to get them, but the ones fell from his arms.
He picked it up again and dropped it again. Hongli was not very happy, and found that he could only take three at most.
But he took a look at Hongzhou and found that there was one more than him, so he reluctantly carried the three back.
Because the building block parts are packed in a wooden box, I don't know what they are spelled out.
It's just that the box Hong Zhou took was bigger and had many parts, so it was not easy to put it together.
He sat on the blanket and worked hard almost every day, and Geng Yi felt that this child was very much like the fourth elder brother who was working hard in the study.
As soon as Hongzhou woke up in the morning, after taking a shower and eating something, he began to fight and fight.
When he was tired, he just lay down on the blanket to rest for a while, sometimes fell asleep, and woke up in a daze to continue working hard.
Geng Yi was by the side to accompany Hong Zhou, occasionally looking down at the story book, and then looking up to see how he was putting together models. There was hot milk tea made by Madam Hu and a plate of salty snacks from the kitchen. Cozy.
"Master, it's snowing outside."
Rusui came back from the outside, patted his shoulder and then came in and said with a smile.
It was only then that Geng Yi noticed snowflakes falling outside the window, and because there were earth dragons in the room, he didn't feel the cold, so he didn't realize that it was snowing.
The snow fell more and more, and by the next morning there was already a thick layer of snow.
She was still a child at the moment, and wanted to go out and build a snowman for fun, Hu Nanny and Rusui tried desperately to persuade her, but Ruyu stood at the door and shook her head desperately, for fear that Geng Yi would go out and freeze.
Later, he could only think of a compromise, let Xiao Lizi dress thicker, and brought two little eunuchs from Yuanmingyuan to make a snowman outside the window for Geng Yi to see.
Although Geng Yi regretted it, he could only say that he wanted a bigger snowman.
Xiao Lizi pushed a big snowball over, and the other two eunuchs pushed a smaller one, and then moved it up to form a big snowman.
Geng Yi asked the kitchen to bring carrots, cut them small for eyes, and left a pointy piece for a nose, which was quite interesting to watch.
She was busy pointing it out, and when it was finished, she called Hong Zhou up from the carpet to look at it.
Hong Zhou had no interest in this snowman, and even looked disgusted: "Ugly."
Geng Yi was unhappy: "It's ugly, it's cute! You see, the snowman still has eyes and a nose, and his figure is round."
Hongzhou was silent for a while, his small face wrinkled into a ball, and finally nodded his head as if to express his agreement, but he had an expression that wanted to sigh, but Geng Yi couldn't do anything about it.
Does Geng Yi feel that her son has despised her aesthetics?
She was so angry that she gently pinched Hong Zhou's little face, and heard Hong Zhou vaguely called "Er Niang" twice, and finally calmed down.
The fourth elder brother was worried that the snow would freeze the peony seedlings. Fortunately, the gardener was well prepared. Seeing the bad weather yesterday, he set up a shed to keep out the wind and snow.
Winter is still a good time to fertilize. Gardeners pile up dry manure and wait for the next spring to bloom.
This year's Spring Festival is still lively, and the Empress Dowager's body has not recovered, but it has not completely deteriorated for the time being.
The imperial physician originally said that she was having a difficult time last year, but she did not expect to make it this year, which is also a happy event.
The emperor was very happy. During the Spring Festival, he drank two more cups. Some were overwhelmed. Concubine De sent a bowl of hangover soup, which was considered a little more comfortable.
He shook his head and said: "I'm old, I used to drink three or five bowls of spirits and I wouldn't get drunk, but now I get drunk after just a little."
Concubine De smiled and said: "It's not that the emperor is too happy today, he started drinking before eating anything, naturally he is easy to get drunk."
The emperor thought about it too, he felt a little more comfortable after eating a few chopsticks when the hot dishes were delivered from the imperial dining room.
The emperor was a little regretful that he didn't go to the Changchun Garden last year. Seeing that the Empress Dowager was in good health, he planned to take her there to enjoy the flowers in spring.
It just so happened that the fourth elder brother also invited the emperor to come over next spring, saying that it was a surprise.
Of course, the emperor had known about this surprise for a long time. After all, the fourth elder brother hired many gardeners and asked Caimai to send many peony seedlings, so he didn't mean to hide it.
The emperor was very happy when he knew it, and readily agreed.
It just so happened that good news came from Elder Fourteen, that the loach Arab was finally caught by him, and he asked the emperor whether to execute him on the spot, or bring him back to the capital to behead him.
Of course the emperor wanted the latter, this guy caused so much trouble, it was too cheap to execute him on the spot.
Everyone has to see what the fate of those who invaded the country will be. They must be brought back to see with their own eyes, so that the emperor can let out a sigh of relief.
Elder Brother Thirteen is also going quite smoothly. He has already used porcelain to talk to the tsar's confidantes and got a lot of news.
Sure enough, the Tsar was quite at ease with the Strow family, but the heir hated the Strow family.
Just because the tsar doted on the beauties sent by the Strow family, he was blown by the pillow, not only neglecting his wife, but also deliberately weakening the strength of his wife's mother family, so the heir was naturally not happy.
He was born of the wife of the tsar, and even though several brothers were fighting privately, they were all unanimous in dealing with the Strow family.
The beauty was backed by the Strow family, and the Strow family's sweet words to the tsar, defrauded half of the country's land, and slowly expanded outwards, which of course made the brothers very dissatisfied.
The thirteenth elder brother fanned the flames, and it took time to do it slowly, so that the czar's heirs had a worse and worse impression of the Strow family, even to the point of dying.
He originally thought that it would take two or three years for the hatred between the two sides to accumulate to the peak and then fight, and he would be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman, but it was much faster than he imagined.
The patriarch of the Strow family fell in love with a family's collection of top-quality porcelain for some reason, and came to buy it, but the owner disagreed, so he sent people to rob it, and even murdered and set fire to make it look like an accident.
Fortunately, the family managed to escape by hiding a pair of children in the basement, and told the outside world about the evil deeds of Patriarch Strow.
This family happened to be a distant relative of the tsar's wife, and the man of the house also worked privately for the heir. This was like stabbing a hornet's nest!
The queen was extremely angry, thinking that if the Strow family could attack her mother's family, could they also attack herself next time?
It didn't take long for the Tsar to fall ill suddenly, and he couldn't get up. The palace was guarded by the queen, and the beauty was killed.
When the czar fell, the doctors in the palace only let him rest and recuperate. In desperation, the czar had no choice but to pass the throne to his eldest son.
The first thing the son did after he came to power was to lead troops against the Strow family and take back a large piece of land.
Since there was a fight over there, so as not to suffer from the disaster of the fish pond, the emperor deliberately let the thirteenth elder brother come back, and by the way, he and the fourteenth elder brother settled the marriage together, so as not to delay it until next year.
Because the tsar planned to abdicate secretly, the new tsar was going to take down the patriarch of Strow at the succession ceremony, and then sent troops when the dragons were leaderless, so the emperor did not receive the news.
However, the Strow family has been arrogant for a long time, and they are also self-inflicted.
It's just that the sale of the salt mine at Stroh may have to be broken because of the war.
Unexpectedly, Brother Thirteen did another thing on the way back, that is, formed a knight order with the housekeeper to guard the salt mine of the Strow family.
The housekeeper gave the money, and the thirteenth brother sent some weapons and a lot of dry food that were almost scrapped by the Armed Forces Institute.
Making money while making money is the right thing to do.
In the future, if the housekeeper wins and defends the salt mine, then their salt stone will not be broken.
If the steward loses, the thirteenth elder brother can only express regret.
If you want him to continue to help without paying, Brother Thirteen will definitely not do it.
The fourth elder brother did not expect the thirteenth elder brother to be so capable, and he was relieved that this younger brother had really grown up.
By the time the thirteenth elder brother came back, it was already spring. After washing up, he went to the Changchun Garden to report the news he got on the way to the emperor.
The emperor nodded after listening: "You have done a good job, now you just need to wait and see."
Tu Lishen did not follow him back, but retreated hundreds of miles to another safe city to settle down. By the way, he continued to send people to inquire about the news, and then sent back to the capital after collecting the information.
The thirteenth elder brother has grown stronger and looks more energetic, so the fourth elder brother is relieved.
After going to Changchun Garden, he stopped by Yuanmingyuan, which was not far away anyway.
The fourth elder brother greeted the thirteenth elder brother drinking tea and admiring the flowers in the corridor of Qingyan, Jiuzhou. The thirteenth elder brother said with emotion: "It's still comfortable at home, but it's too cold over there. If it wasn't for the hot kang early, I'm afraid it will be too late." I can't stand the cold winter over there."
With the prescription given by Geng Yi, he didn't freeze.
The fourth elder brother asked with concern: "Did you let the imperial doctor take a pulse just now? Don't worry about any hidden dangers, but you didn't notice it yourself."
The thirteenth elder brother was only concerned with reporting to the emperor just now, so naturally he didn't say these things, and of course the emperor didn't invite the imperial doctor.
After all, the thirteenth elder brother looked good, and the emperor probably didn't think of asking for an imperial doctor.
You can guess it by looking at his face, so the fourth elder brother invited Dr. Li to come over and give the thirteenth elder brother a pulse.
Doctor Li took his pulse and said: "Brother Thirteen is in good health, his pulse is stable, but there is still some cold air entering his body, hot and dry, he needs to recuperate."
Spring is a good time for health preservation, especially suitable for gentle nourishment.
Dr. Li knows a lot of prescriptions, but he is not so good at medicinal food.Although he knew a few medicinal recipes, he was not as familiar with them as Geng Yi, and he could cook them very deliciously.
The fourth elder brother called Geng Yi, and showed the thirteenth elder brother what suitable medicinal food to eat.
After hearing Dr. Li's diagnosis, Geng Yi thought for a while and said, "Mung bean, lotus seed and pigeon soup is the most suitable for Brother Thirteen. It can detoxify and relieve internal heat, clear away heat and detoxify, and the pigeon meat can be gentle and nourishing."
The thirteenth elder brother came back from a long journey, even if he looked at his spirit, his body was still very tired.
These days in the border town, he had to keep an eye on the movement, and rushed back without much rest. Even if he was young, he couldn't bear it. He needed to nourish himself and replenish his vitality.
Put some ginger, and stew mung beans, lotus seeds, wolfberry and pigeon meat together for an hour, add some salt and eat.
Not to mention the delicious taste, it is also good for Brother Thirteen's body.
"Craucian carp soup with shredded radish can also be used, it can nourish Qi and invigorate the spleen, clear away heat and detoxify."
Geng Yi could tell that Elder Brother Shisan was not usually angry, he probably ate too much meat over there, and he had to keep an eye on the situation in Russia and sleep less. It was hot and hot.
Therefore, for the medicated diet of the thirteenth elder brother, it is enough to clear away heat and supplement it with nourishment.
Brother Thirteen got two medicinal recipes and thanked Geng Yi repeatedly.
The fourth elder brother simply kept him for dinner, and asked the kitchen to make these two medicinal meals and send them over.
Geng Yi glanced at the fourth elder brother. He didn't like mung beans. He might not be able to eat one of these two dishes. He would have to order the kitchen to make another dish later.
Later, the kitchen brought a dish of duck with ginseng and lily. Needless to say, it was Geng Yi's special order. After all, the fourth elder brother has been a little hot and humid recently, so this is the most suitable food.
The two brothers chatted while eating, but Geng Yi didn't bother them much.
After eating, the two of them played two games of military chess together. Brother Nine also sent someone to add this to the porcelain box. Brother Thirteen would occasionally play to pass the time, but it was not as fun as playing chess with Brother Four. .
The chess skills of the two were equal, and the fight was fierce. It took an hour to barely finish a game, and then they thought about it for a long time before moving the chess pieces. In the end, it was almost a tie.
The thirteenth elder brother still has some unfinished thoughts: "When I go back and relax, my younger brother will definitely come and play chess with the fourth brother for a whole day."
He had to go back to prepare for the big wedding, and it was really not easy to stay for a long time, so he got up and said goodbye.
The fourteenth elder brother came back not long after, which can be regarded as a triumphant return. He also brought Arab, the head of the Junggar clan, with him.
As soon as he entered the city, he was surrounded by countless people, who cheered excitedly when they saw him.
Elder Fourteen raised his eyebrows, and said to Lao Li beside him, "I'm returning home, right?"
Lao Li wanted to say that Homecoming is not used in this way, but he didn't intend to correct this statement. He only asked people to separate the people on both sides so as not to startle the horses.
The emperor came back from the Changchun Garden on purpose, and was extremely happy to see Arab being executed.
It's a pity that one of Arab's three sons died in battle and two escaped.
Brother Fourteen thought it was not a pity at all, after all, he and Brother Eight deliberately let the other two go, how could they make trouble if they didn't let go?
These two brothers are not the same biological mother, and they have always been at odds.
The one who died was the heir carefully cultivated by Arab. He was courageous and resourceful, and he would definitely become the second Arab when he grew up. Therefore, he must die quickly, so that he cannot have any room for growth.
The other two were guarded by Arab, lest they be too good to threaten the eldest son, so raising one is not as good as the other.
However, the two of them bear the halo of Arab's son, and there must be someone willing to follow.
If the two sides don't deal with each other, the followers will certainly not deal with it either. Wouldn't that give Eighth Brother a chance to attack?
It is not easy to find Arab's confidantes and subordinates one by one. Let these two idiots gather them first and catch them all later. It is simply not too easy.
Of course, for such a bold plan, the two planned it secretly, and dared not tell the emperor for the time being, lest they be scolded bloody.
After all, this plan is too dangerous, and it is easy to overturn if you are not careful.
If there are one or two powerful followers, even if there is only one, it may make the two sons come back.
So the eighth elder brother didn't come back, so he just sent people to see if there were any unusable people in it at any time, and it was better to act first, so as not to give the two sons a chance to come back.
Just when the peonies were blooming, the fourth elder brother invited the emperor to come to the Old Summer Palace to enjoy the flowers, and the fourteenth elder brother followed suit.
Now that he handed over the tiger talisman, he has nothing to do, and after he went to the harem to pay his respects to Concubine De, he didn't intend to take over the errand so soon, he just wanted to have a good rest, so he followed the emperor.
Although the emperor knew that the fourth elder brother planted a peony field, he didn't expect it to be so big.
After marking out a large area, standing in the built pavilion, looking at the almost limitless peony field, the emperor stroked his beard and was quite happy: "That's right, the peonies of the fourth brother are growing really well."
Peonies are the most delicate, and it is difficult to raise several pots, not to mention the entire flower field, I don't know how much effort it takes.
The peonies in full bloom are charming, graceful and luxurious, and have excellent meanings, representing wealth, auspiciousness, prosperity and prosperity. In the eyes of the emperor, they are the symbol of "peace and prosperity", so naturally they like it very much.
The emperor also came to the interest, and asked people to prepare paper, ink, brush and inkstone, and wrote a poem to express his joy of admiring the peony.
The fourth elder brother also took up a brush and drew a picture of peonies blooming, and asked the emperor to inscribe it.
The painting was later taken back by the emperor and hung in his study in the Changchun Garden. He obviously liked it very much.
The emperor took the fourteenth elder brother away and urged him to go back to prepare for the big wedding.
Although the Ministry of Internal Affairs is helping to prepare, Elder Fourteen can't do nothing by himself.
It's too hot to get married in Xia Tian, and the two of them may suddenly leave without knowing when.
Qin Tianjian sent several auspicious days for this year, and the emperor simply circled the most recent good day.
The time is May between spring and summer, the weather is neither cold nor hot, the most comfortable time.
Because the time was too short, the House of Internal Affairs was in chaos.
Not only did they have to prepare a dowry gift for the Fujin family, but they also had to send it to Fujin's home at the auspicious time, and they asked the nuns in the palace to go to Fujin's family to teach the future Fujin family the process of their wedding, so as not to make any mistakes.
Brother Twelve was so busy that he didn't touch the ground, he walked with the wind, while looking at the accounts handed in, he also had to assign people, the table was full, and he was going to live in the House of Internal Affairs for several days in a row .
Fortunately, everything went well, and it wasn't the first time that the House of Internal Affairs was handling the errands of the princes' weddings. The people at the bottom were a little flustered because the days were too close, and soon they began to get organized.
Luan Yiwei also prepared a guard of honor, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent deputy directors and subordinate officials to Fujin's mansion to personally greet and escort Fujin to the prince's mansion.
Brother Thirteen was a little nervous, seeing his Fujin being helped out of the car by the female officer, he couldn't help smiling.
Elder Fourteen had to be more careful. After waiting in the flower hall for a while, he planned to meet Fujin at the door, but was stopped by Lao Li anyway.
Now Lao Li can be regarded as the exclusive lieutenant of Elder Fourteen. On a good day for the wedding, Elder Fourteen naturally invited him.
Fourteenth elder brother heard the sound of the carriage from a distance, and knew that his family Fujin was coming, turned his head and asked suddenly: "By the way, does Lao Li know that fourth brother is coming?"
Lao Li naturally knew that the fourth elder brother was coming, but first went to the thirteenth elder brother next door.
The fourteenth elder brother asked this, because he must think that as the elder brother of the same mother, the fourth elder brother should come to him.
Happy life, Brother Fourteen, don't look down in front of Fujin, this young couple must have misunderstood before they got married.
Lao Li hurriedly said: "The fourth prince hasn't arrived yet, so go back and ask the subordinates where he is."
The fourteenth elder brother then said: "Then you go to remind me, and I will toast after the worship, and I should be the first to toast the fourth brother."
Lao Li's cold sweat is about to break down, and the fourth elder brother is probably waiting for a toast next door.
The auspicious times on both sides are about the same time, and the fourth elder brother can't split himself in half, and go to the two younger brothers to toast separately, which is really embarrassing.
But Lao Li still honestly asked the soldiers to sneak in with the fourth elder brother. He was facing the fourteenth elder brother. Of course, he hoped that the fourth elder brother would come here quickly.
The guards sneaked over, and the thirteenth elder brother spotted him with sharp eyes, so he persuaded with a smile: "Fourth brother, let's go to the fourteenth brother first, the fourth brother will come to the younger brother first, the younger brother is already very happy."
He was really happy, proving that the fourth elder brother was closer to him than the fourteenth elder brother, his brother from the same mother.
The fourth elder brother hesitated for a while, worried that the fourteenth elder brother would make a fuss, so he went next door.
The fourteenth elder brother saw the fourth elder brother coming, and then he smiled.
Just now his face was tense, and Lao Li was worried that Brother Fourteen would scare Xin Fujin.
Fortunately, Fourteen Fujin is also the daughter of a general, so she is not so timid.
It's just that she was also surprised that Elder Fourteen was not very happy, and was poking his head outside.
When the fourth elder brother came, the fourteenth elder brother greeted him with a smile, and the fourteenth Fujin suddenly realized.
It seems that the two brothers have a good relationship, and the fourteenth elder brother was a little unhappy because he didn't see the fourth elder brother coming over.
"Fourth brother is too slow."
Hearing the fourteenth elder brother complaining, the fourth elder brother smiled and said: "Sorry, I'm late, I should be punished with a glass of wine."
On such a happy day, how could the fourteenth elder brother let the fourth elder brother drink any fine wine? He smiled and said, "It should be me toasting the fourth elder brother, come on!"
The two had a drink, looked at each other and smiled.
The fourth elder brother said: "After the fourteenth brother gets married, he will also start a family and start a business, and he can no longer do whatever he wants in the future."
The fourteenth elder brother was a little displeased: "Fourth brother, my brother, why did I mess around, didn't I come back after winning the battle?"
The fourth elder brother knows that the fourteenth elder brother is very good in military affairs, but it is hard to say anything else.
But on this good day, he didn't intend to reprimand Elder Fourteen, he just said vaguely: "You understand it in your heart, and you should be more careful in the future, do you understand?"
The fourteenth elder brother was muttering, and the fourth elder brother urged him to go to other tables. A minister came to the wedding banquet and toasted the fourteenth elder brother.
The ministers are also in a dilemma. The thirteenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother got married on the same day, so it is a problem where to go.
It seems a little bad to only go to one side, and it is not appropriate not to go to the other side.
So some ministers thought of a good idea, if you have brothers, you can go to one side alone, which is not considered rude.
If you don't have brothers, no matter if you have a brother-in-law or your own father-in-law, please come quickly and go to one side alone, that's all right.
What's more, those who are not yet married, or whose wife has passed away, have no brothers, or who can't keep up with the brothers in the capital, and the Yue family has no suitable candidates, they are at a loss.
In the end, I could only excuse my illness and neither side would go, but if both sides sent congratulatory gifts, it would be considered the end of the matter.
Brothers also have a headache, still can't split themselves on both sides, they can only go to both sides.
But go, which way to go first is another question.
The elder brother simply said: "13 years old, let's go to Shisan's side first, and then go to Fourteen's side, so we don't have to worry about it."
Brother Nine said: "If little Fourteen makes a fuss, what should I do?"
The third elder brother said: "It's a good day, he still dares to make a fuss, if Huang Ama finds out, it's okay?"
A few of them discussed and discussed, and came up with a compromise, half of them went to the thirteenth brother, half went to the fourteenth brother, and then switched.
It wouldn't be so embarrassing that all the elder brothers would go to the thirteenth elder brother's side, and the fourteenth elder brother's side would not be as lively as here.
This method was quite good, so the elder elder brother took one or two younger elder brothers to drink wedding wine separately.
Brother Nine brought the gift, and whispered to Brother Ten, "It's not easy for us to have a wedding, we have to make some plans."
Elder Brother Ten laughed and said, "It's not that Thirteenth and Fourteenth got married on the same day, it's also that there are no good days around this time."
The next good day will have to be in midsummer, and so is the emperor
Apart from sending them to the palace, Brother Jiu and Fujin Jiu were the first to play.
Afraid that too much effort would make Jiu Fujin tired, Brother Jiu played with her for a while, and then got up for a walk, walking around a bit.
With Brother Jiu accompanying him, Fujin Jiu would not be able to stay in the yard all day and be unable to go anywhere.
Of course, there were also two tall nanny by her side, and the two maids followed behind, serving as human cushions for Jiu Fujin whenever something went wrong.
Brother Jiu was even more cautious, wishing he could support Jiu Fujin to walk more slowly.
Brothers played military chess, and soon shops in the capital began to sell it.
Xiaoer will talk about how to play this new chess piece vividly next to him. There is also a private room on the second floor, where you can invite three or five friends to come and play chess together.
This shop is next door to Brother Jiu's restaurant, where tea can be delivered in private rooms and meals can also be ordered.
The food in the restaurant next door can be ordered, the price is still the same, and there is no errand fee, which is very popular with customers.
When Geng Yi found out, he couldn't help but admire Brother Jiu as a good businessman. Even if he didn't charge for running errands, just the tea fee and the fee for the private room would be enough.
Not to mention such a comfortable gathering, autumn and winter are not a good time to recite poems outside, and the cold wind will freeze to death, why not drink hot tea indoors, eat delicious meals, and order a plate or two of delicious snacks , invite three or five friends to play chess and chat together, not to mention how comfortable it is.
The restaurant has also gained benefits. Guests don't have to occupy the private rooms of the restaurant and can earn more money, so there is nothing to be unhappy about.
Concubine De also wrote a letter from the palace, asking Si elder brother what to do with this military chess.
Of course, this letter was sent to Si Fujin first, and Si Fujin mentioned it to Si Age.
The fourth elder brother just asked Si Fujin to reply to the letter. Concubine De might not just want to ask him, anyway, whoever can make it clear will do.
Geng Yi happened to be drinking tea at Sifujin's side, and Honghui had become addicted to being an older brother recently, and he might be a little lonely, after all, none of his younger brothers were ready for school.
He could only recite the Thousand-Character Classic and the Three-Character Classic to his younger brothers, and when Hong Shi occasionally repeated a few sentences, Hong Hui was already very happy.
Hongli and Hongzhou are two people who make up the head, which can also be said to be the atmosphere group.
When Honghui praised Hongshi for repeating well, Hongli would moan and chirp to express his agreement, and Hongzhou would also whine, not knowing what to express.
Anyway, the response was overwhelming, and Hong Hui became even more excited, and found some younger brothers to play with during the break.
Li Fangfujin wished that Hongshi could get closer to Honghui, so he sent the little elder brother over early in the morning.
Gege Niu Gulu also brought Hongli over, and now she was sitting next to Geng Yi drinking tea, and when she heard Si Age and Si Fujin discussing matters, she lowered her head and stared at the tea without disturbing her.
Geng Yi was quite curious that Concubine De would ask this, could it be that she wanted to play chess with the emperor?
She really guessed right, and Si Fujin guessed the same way, and wrote back to explain in detail how to play Junqi.
It didn't take long for the news to spread from the palace, saying that the best player in the harem to play military chess is Empress De, and the emperor would ask her to go to the study to accompany him to play chess together from time to time.
The other ladies in the harem were inspired by Concubine De, and hurriedly wrote to their elder brothers, asking them to teach them a lesson.
Soon there will be more and more concubines playing chess in the harem, but it is still the concubines above who are good at playing chess.
After all, to be able to stand out from so many women in the harem, this cleverness is beyond the reach of ordinary concubines.
The emperor had a lot of fun, because it was the ninth prince who sent it to the palace, so he sent someone to reward him. Naturally, the fourth elder brother was not left behind, especially as Geng Yi suggested, she also had a share. .
The rewards are all precious ornaments with excellent meanings, which can be used as a decent appearance in the yard.
When it was snowing, the fourth elder brother took them to attend the twelve elder brothers' wedding.
The bride has a beautiful appearance, she smiles a little shyly, and she looks like she has a good temper and is easy to get along with.
Brother Jiu came alone, saying that he was afraid of some disturbance and there were too many people, so bumping into each other would be bad, so he didn't let Jiu Fujin come.
He also came to learn from the fourth elder brother, because he played military chess with Jiu Fujin, the ninth elder brother lost more and more times.
It's too depressing that I can't win Jiufujin, so Brother Jiu can only come to Brother Si for advice, so that I can go back and win a game beautifully.
The fourth elder brother smiled and said: "When the ninth brother is free, come to the garden to play chess with me. After all, there is really nothing to say on paper."
Ninth elder brother thought it was right, nodded repeatedly and agreed: "Then I will bother fourth brother."
Geng Yi heard it from the side, and began to feel sympathy for Brother Jiu in his heart.
The fourth elder brother probably lacked so much interest in playing chess with Honghui all the time, and he couldn't bully his son. Is this planning to bully the ninth elder brother?
Geng Yi thought about how Honghui became more and more courageous as he got frustrated, and he thought about how to win back every day.
It's quite admirable to be young, but ambitious.
If Geng Yi himself had never won a game against others every day, he might have to overturn the chessboard and the table before long.
Honghui is a child who is too obedient and has a firm mind.
But when she thought about it, Honghui was also a character who refused to admit defeat, and the more setbacks he suffered, the more he rose to the challenge.
Within two days, the ninth elder brother came to the Old Summer Palace, and immediately went to Jiuzhou Qingyan to find the fourth elder brother to play chess.
They played chess for a whole afternoon, and in the end Brother Jiu actually left without even eating dinner.
Geng Yi thought that Brother Jiu would be entertained tonight, but while he was waiting for the big meal, he couldn't help being surprised to hear that Brother Jiu had left the garden early.
Brother Jiu didn't like Chef Ma's craftsmanship the most, so he left without even eating. Could something have happened at home?
When she went to play leaf cards with Sifujin the next day, she couldn't help asking.
Si Fujin smiled and said: "They played chess in the study all afternoon, brother Jiu may be tired."
She blinked at Geng Yi, Geng Yi was taken aback for a moment, and soon laughed.
Needless to say, the ninth elder brother lost a lot, so if he was in the mood to stay for dinner, of course he ran away from the fourth elder brother.
When it started to get cold, Geng Yi told the eunuchs not to mess with the koi.
These koi may freeze to death when they are caught, so it is better to be warmer at the bottom of the lake.
Let them recuperate through the winter, and it will not be too late to meet again in the spring.
That's what Geng Yi told Hong Zhou, lest he lose his temper when he couldn't see the koi.
Hong Zhou felt that he could understand more words, and after listening to her serious explanation, he only nodded in agreement.
Geng Yi asked the eunuch to remove the fish tank, and put the koi in it back into the fish tank.
Seeing that she let go, Niu Gulu Gege also wanted to release the koi, but Hongli made a fuss and refused to let it go.
In the end, Gege Niu had no choice but to watch Si Fujin and Li Caifujin send people back to the pond and put them back into the pond.
Without the koi, the children also have a lot of things, such as building blocks and boats sent by Brother Jiu.
This boat is a little smaller than the one in Honghui's hand, but the parts are so big that even a child can put it together with great effort.
They had small hands, Hongli lost patience after fighting for a while, and threw the boat building blocks everywhere.
Hongshi could ride for a while while sitting, and then ran to play other things. He quickly forgot the boat in his hand, and it took two days to think about it before continuing to build.
Hong Zhou was different, he started to set up as soon as he sat down, and forgot to eat.
The nanny came to feed him, and he took a bite, his eyes still fixed on the building blocks, as if he refused to move until they were put together.
Geng Yi had no choice but to persuade him: "Eat well, and fight hard after eating."
Hong Zhou glanced at him, and motioned to the nanny to put a small table in front of him, put the rice bowl on it, put on the bib, and started to eat by himself.
He kept staring at the building blocks next to him while eating, and he really liked it.
After Hong Zhou absent-mindedly finished eating and wiping his mouth, he went over to continue fighting. He spent a whole day fighting, and even made the boat out.
Hongli saw that he was done fighting, and stretched out his small hand to snatch it, but Hongzhou avoided it, and stuffed the boat into the arms of Xiao Lizi beside him.
Xiao Lizi was stunned for a moment and quickly stood up, so that Hongli did not rush over to grab his hand.
Seeing that Hongli was about to cry again, Niu Gulu could only persuade: "Don't we also have one? If you work hard, you can get the same boat."
Hongli looked at the building blocks all over the floor, and the beautiful boat in Hongzhou's hand, and put his mouth together in displeasure.
He would lose his temper after a while, and he might find it too difficult.
In the end, the fight was still not finished, Niu Gulu Gege hurriedly took Hongli back, fearing that he would look at other people's boats and cry for it.
After several days, Hongli didn't finish the spelling, and Niu Gulu Gege secretly helped him spell it out every night while he was asleep. After half a month, he finally spelled it out.
Hongli grinned as he looked at the boat in his hand.
When the fourth elder brother came over, he saw the boat in Hong Zhou's hand and knew that he had spelled it out by himself, so he nodded with a smile and said, "That's right."
Geng Yi also felt that Hong Zhou was so lazy that he was able to sit and spell it all day, obviously he really liked this model.
Unexpectedly, Hong Zhou turned around and took the boat and handed it to the fourth elder brother. The fourth elder brother was also stunned: "Give it to me?"
Hong Zhou also called out: "Ama."
The fourth elder brother touched his head and smiled slightly: "Then I take it away, are you really willing?"
After hearing this, Hong Zhou only passed it forward, and the fourth elder brother took it. He felt that this son is very filial. He likes this boat so much. After putting all his heart and soul into it, he actually gave it to him directly. Do he like himself so much?
The fourth elder brother thought that he would visit Hong Zhou more often in the future, so as not to disappoint the child's filial piety.
After Hong Zhou handed it over, his hand was empty, and he glanced at the fourth elder brother suspiciously: "Boat."
The fourth elder brother handed the boat back, and Hongzhou looked at the original boat with a puzzled expression on his face, and pushed it back: "Boat."
This made the fourth elder brother puzzled. She looked at Geng Yi from the first to the younger, and she could only try her best to translate: "Maybe what Hong Zhou meant was that this assembled boat was given to the master, and he wanted the master to bring it to Hong Zhou again." A new model coming?"
Geng Yi just guessed, and he didn't know if his guess was right.
The fourth elder brother wrote to the ninth elder brother to see if he had any other models suitable for the younger elder brother to play with.
Brother Nine, Maliu, sent two boxes over. As soon as he opened them, Hong Zhou lay on the side of the boxes and couldn't take his eyes off: "This, that..."
Geng Yi was still worried that it would be too much for him to take all of such a box, and the other brothers hadn't looked at it yet.
In the end she found that she was worrying for nothing, Hong Zhou only took two, and didn't even look at the rest.
Honghui didn't take it, Hongshi took five or six with a big wave of his hand, Hongli got more, and the rest had to be rounded up.
Niu Gulu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You won't be able to finish so many, so why don't you just take one or two?"
Hongli was not happy, so Niu Gulu said: "Then you can take as much as you can, and if you can't hold it, you can't take it away."
He babbled and carried three of them out, and wanted to get them, but the ones fell from his arms.
He picked it up again and dropped it again. Hongli was not very happy, and found that he could only take three at most.
But he took a look at Hongzhou and found that there was one more than him, so he reluctantly carried the three back.
Because the building block parts are packed in a wooden box, I don't know what they are spelled out.
It's just that the box Hong Zhou took was bigger and had many parts, so it was not easy to put it together.
He sat on the blanket and worked hard almost every day, and Geng Yi felt that this child was very much like the fourth elder brother who was working hard in the study.
As soon as Hongzhou woke up in the morning, after taking a shower and eating something, he began to fight and fight.
When he was tired, he just lay down on the blanket to rest for a while, sometimes fell asleep, and woke up in a daze to continue working hard.
Geng Yi was by the side to accompany Hong Zhou, occasionally looking down at the story book, and then looking up to see how he was putting together models. There was hot milk tea made by Madam Hu and a plate of salty snacks from the kitchen. Cozy.
"Master, it's snowing outside."
Rusui came back from the outside, patted his shoulder and then came in and said with a smile.
It was only then that Geng Yi noticed snowflakes falling outside the window, and because there were earth dragons in the room, he didn't feel the cold, so he didn't realize that it was snowing.
The snow fell more and more, and by the next morning there was already a thick layer of snow.
She was still a child at the moment, and wanted to go out and build a snowman for fun, Hu Nanny and Rusui tried desperately to persuade her, but Ruyu stood at the door and shook her head desperately, for fear that Geng Yi would go out and freeze.
Later, he could only think of a compromise, let Xiao Lizi dress thicker, and brought two little eunuchs from Yuanmingyuan to make a snowman outside the window for Geng Yi to see.
Although Geng Yi regretted it, he could only say that he wanted a bigger snowman.
Xiao Lizi pushed a big snowball over, and the other two eunuchs pushed a smaller one, and then moved it up to form a big snowman.
Geng Yi asked the kitchen to bring carrots, cut them small for eyes, and left a pointy piece for a nose, which was quite interesting to watch.
She was busy pointing it out, and when it was finished, she called Hong Zhou up from the carpet to look at it.
Hong Zhou had no interest in this snowman, and even looked disgusted: "Ugly."
Geng Yi was unhappy: "It's ugly, it's cute! You see, the snowman still has eyes and a nose, and his figure is round."
Hongzhou was silent for a while, his small face wrinkled into a ball, and finally nodded his head as if to express his agreement, but he had an expression that wanted to sigh, but Geng Yi couldn't do anything about it.
Does Geng Yi feel that her son has despised her aesthetics?
She was so angry that she gently pinched Hong Zhou's little face, and heard Hong Zhou vaguely called "Er Niang" twice, and finally calmed down.
The fourth elder brother was worried that the snow would freeze the peony seedlings. Fortunately, the gardener was well prepared. Seeing the bad weather yesterday, he set up a shed to keep out the wind and snow.
Winter is still a good time to fertilize. Gardeners pile up dry manure and wait for the next spring to bloom.
This year's Spring Festival is still lively, and the Empress Dowager's body has not recovered, but it has not completely deteriorated for the time being.
The imperial physician originally said that she was having a difficult time last year, but she did not expect to make it this year, which is also a happy event.
The emperor was very happy. During the Spring Festival, he drank two more cups. Some were overwhelmed. Concubine De sent a bowl of hangover soup, which was considered a little more comfortable.
He shook his head and said: "I'm old, I used to drink three or five bowls of spirits and I wouldn't get drunk, but now I get drunk after just a little."
Concubine De smiled and said: "It's not that the emperor is too happy today, he started drinking before eating anything, naturally he is easy to get drunk."
The emperor thought about it too, he felt a little more comfortable after eating a few chopsticks when the hot dishes were delivered from the imperial dining room.
The emperor was a little regretful that he didn't go to the Changchun Garden last year. Seeing that the Empress Dowager was in good health, he planned to take her there to enjoy the flowers in spring.
It just so happened that the fourth elder brother also invited the emperor to come over next spring, saying that it was a surprise.
Of course, the emperor had known about this surprise for a long time. After all, the fourth elder brother hired many gardeners and asked Caimai to send many peony seedlings, so he didn't mean to hide it.
The emperor was very happy when he knew it, and readily agreed.
It just so happened that good news came from Elder Fourteen, that the loach Arab was finally caught by him, and he asked the emperor whether to execute him on the spot, or bring him back to the capital to behead him.
Of course the emperor wanted the latter, this guy caused so much trouble, it was too cheap to execute him on the spot.
Everyone has to see what the fate of those who invaded the country will be. They must be brought back to see with their own eyes, so that the emperor can let out a sigh of relief.
Elder Brother Thirteen is also going quite smoothly. He has already used porcelain to talk to the tsar's confidantes and got a lot of news.
Sure enough, the Tsar was quite at ease with the Strow family, but the heir hated the Strow family.
Just because the tsar doted on the beauties sent by the Strow family, he was blown by the pillow, not only neglecting his wife, but also deliberately weakening the strength of his wife's mother family, so the heir was naturally not happy.
He was born of the wife of the tsar, and even though several brothers were fighting privately, they were all unanimous in dealing with the Strow family.
The beauty was backed by the Strow family, and the Strow family's sweet words to the tsar, defrauded half of the country's land, and slowly expanded outwards, which of course made the brothers very dissatisfied.
The thirteenth elder brother fanned the flames, and it took time to do it slowly, so that the czar's heirs had a worse and worse impression of the Strow family, even to the point of dying.
He originally thought that it would take two or three years for the hatred between the two sides to accumulate to the peak and then fight, and he would be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman, but it was much faster than he imagined.
The patriarch of the Strow family fell in love with a family's collection of top-quality porcelain for some reason, and came to buy it, but the owner disagreed, so he sent people to rob it, and even murdered and set fire to make it look like an accident.
Fortunately, the family managed to escape by hiding a pair of children in the basement, and told the outside world about the evil deeds of Patriarch Strow.
This family happened to be a distant relative of the tsar's wife, and the man of the house also worked privately for the heir. This was like stabbing a hornet's nest!
The queen was extremely angry, thinking that if the Strow family could attack her mother's family, could they also attack herself next time?
It didn't take long for the Tsar to fall ill suddenly, and he couldn't get up. The palace was guarded by the queen, and the beauty was killed.
When the czar fell, the doctors in the palace only let him rest and recuperate. In desperation, the czar had no choice but to pass the throne to his eldest son.
The first thing the son did after he came to power was to lead troops against the Strow family and take back a large piece of land.
Since there was a fight over there, so as not to suffer from the disaster of the fish pond, the emperor deliberately let the thirteenth elder brother come back, and by the way, he and the fourteenth elder brother settled the marriage together, so as not to delay it until next year.
Because the tsar planned to abdicate secretly, the new tsar was going to take down the patriarch of Strow at the succession ceremony, and then sent troops when the dragons were leaderless, so the emperor did not receive the news.
However, the Strow family has been arrogant for a long time, and they are also self-inflicted.
It's just that the sale of the salt mine at Stroh may have to be broken because of the war.
Unexpectedly, Brother Thirteen did another thing on the way back, that is, formed a knight order with the housekeeper to guard the salt mine of the Strow family.
The housekeeper gave the money, and the thirteenth brother sent some weapons and a lot of dry food that were almost scrapped by the Armed Forces Institute.
Making money while making money is the right thing to do.
In the future, if the housekeeper wins and defends the salt mine, then their salt stone will not be broken.
If the steward loses, the thirteenth elder brother can only express regret.
If you want him to continue to help without paying, Brother Thirteen will definitely not do it.
The fourth elder brother did not expect the thirteenth elder brother to be so capable, and he was relieved that this younger brother had really grown up.
By the time the thirteenth elder brother came back, it was already spring. After washing up, he went to the Changchun Garden to report the news he got on the way to the emperor.
The emperor nodded after listening: "You have done a good job, now you just need to wait and see."
Tu Lishen did not follow him back, but retreated hundreds of miles to another safe city to settle down. By the way, he continued to send people to inquire about the news, and then sent back to the capital after collecting the information.
The thirteenth elder brother has grown stronger and looks more energetic, so the fourth elder brother is relieved.
After going to Changchun Garden, he stopped by Yuanmingyuan, which was not far away anyway.
The fourth elder brother greeted the thirteenth elder brother drinking tea and admiring the flowers in the corridor of Qingyan, Jiuzhou. The thirteenth elder brother said with emotion: "It's still comfortable at home, but it's too cold over there. If it wasn't for the hot kang early, I'm afraid it will be too late." I can't stand the cold winter over there."
With the prescription given by Geng Yi, he didn't freeze.
The fourth elder brother asked with concern: "Did you let the imperial doctor take a pulse just now? Don't worry about any hidden dangers, but you didn't notice it yourself."
The thirteenth elder brother was only concerned with reporting to the emperor just now, so naturally he didn't say these things, and of course the emperor didn't invite the imperial doctor.
After all, the thirteenth elder brother looked good, and the emperor probably didn't think of asking for an imperial doctor.
You can guess it by looking at his face, so the fourth elder brother invited Dr. Li to come over and give the thirteenth elder brother a pulse.
Doctor Li took his pulse and said: "Brother Thirteen is in good health, his pulse is stable, but there is still some cold air entering his body, hot and dry, he needs to recuperate."
Spring is a good time for health preservation, especially suitable for gentle nourishment.
Dr. Li knows a lot of prescriptions, but he is not so good at medicinal food.Although he knew a few medicinal recipes, he was not as familiar with them as Geng Yi, and he could cook them very deliciously.
The fourth elder brother called Geng Yi, and showed the thirteenth elder brother what suitable medicinal food to eat.
After hearing Dr. Li's diagnosis, Geng Yi thought for a while and said, "Mung bean, lotus seed and pigeon soup is the most suitable for Brother Thirteen. It can detoxify and relieve internal heat, clear away heat and detoxify, and the pigeon meat can be gentle and nourishing."
The thirteenth elder brother came back from a long journey, even if he looked at his spirit, his body was still very tired.
These days in the border town, he had to keep an eye on the movement, and rushed back without much rest. Even if he was young, he couldn't bear it. He needed to nourish himself and replenish his vitality.
Put some ginger, and stew mung beans, lotus seeds, wolfberry and pigeon meat together for an hour, add some salt and eat.
Not to mention the delicious taste, it is also good for Brother Thirteen's body.
"Craucian carp soup with shredded radish can also be used, it can nourish Qi and invigorate the spleen, clear away heat and detoxify."
Geng Yi could tell that Elder Brother Shisan was not usually angry, he probably ate too much meat over there, and he had to keep an eye on the situation in Russia and sleep less. It was hot and hot.
Therefore, for the medicated diet of the thirteenth elder brother, it is enough to clear away heat and supplement it with nourishment.
Brother Thirteen got two medicinal recipes and thanked Geng Yi repeatedly.
The fourth elder brother simply kept him for dinner, and asked the kitchen to make these two medicinal meals and send them over.
Geng Yi glanced at the fourth elder brother. He didn't like mung beans. He might not be able to eat one of these two dishes. He would have to order the kitchen to make another dish later.
Later, the kitchen brought a dish of duck with ginseng and lily. Needless to say, it was Geng Yi's special order. After all, the fourth elder brother has been a little hot and humid recently, so this is the most suitable food.
The two brothers chatted while eating, but Geng Yi didn't bother them much.
After eating, the two of them played two games of military chess together. Brother Nine also sent someone to add this to the porcelain box. Brother Thirteen would occasionally play to pass the time, but it was not as fun as playing chess with Brother Four. .
The chess skills of the two were equal, and the fight was fierce. It took an hour to barely finish a game, and then they thought about it for a long time before moving the chess pieces. In the end, it was almost a tie.
The thirteenth elder brother still has some unfinished thoughts: "When I go back and relax, my younger brother will definitely come and play chess with the fourth brother for a whole day."
He had to go back to prepare for the big wedding, and it was really not easy to stay for a long time, so he got up and said goodbye.
The fourteenth elder brother came back not long after, which can be regarded as a triumphant return. He also brought Arab, the head of the Junggar clan, with him.
As soon as he entered the city, he was surrounded by countless people, who cheered excitedly when they saw him.
Elder Fourteen raised his eyebrows, and said to Lao Li beside him, "I'm returning home, right?"
Lao Li wanted to say that Homecoming is not used in this way, but he didn't intend to correct this statement. He only asked people to separate the people on both sides so as not to startle the horses.
The emperor came back from the Changchun Garden on purpose, and was extremely happy to see Arab being executed.
It's a pity that one of Arab's three sons died in battle and two escaped.
Brother Fourteen thought it was not a pity at all, after all, he and Brother Eight deliberately let the other two go, how could they make trouble if they didn't let go?
These two brothers are not the same biological mother, and they have always been at odds.
The one who died was the heir carefully cultivated by Arab. He was courageous and resourceful, and he would definitely become the second Arab when he grew up. Therefore, he must die quickly, so that he cannot have any room for growth.
The other two were guarded by Arab, lest they be too good to threaten the eldest son, so raising one is not as good as the other.
However, the two of them bear the halo of Arab's son, and there must be someone willing to follow.
If the two sides don't deal with each other, the followers will certainly not deal with it either. Wouldn't that give Eighth Brother a chance to attack?
It is not easy to find Arab's confidantes and subordinates one by one. Let these two idiots gather them first and catch them all later. It is simply not too easy.
Of course, for such a bold plan, the two planned it secretly, and dared not tell the emperor for the time being, lest they be scolded bloody.
After all, this plan is too dangerous, and it is easy to overturn if you are not careful.
If there are one or two powerful followers, even if there is only one, it may make the two sons come back.
So the eighth elder brother didn't come back, so he just sent people to see if there were any unusable people in it at any time, and it was better to act first, so as not to give the two sons a chance to come back.
Just when the peonies were blooming, the fourth elder brother invited the emperor to come to the Old Summer Palace to enjoy the flowers, and the fourteenth elder brother followed suit.
Now that he handed over the tiger talisman, he has nothing to do, and after he went to the harem to pay his respects to Concubine De, he didn't intend to take over the errand so soon, he just wanted to have a good rest, so he followed the emperor.
Although the emperor knew that the fourth elder brother planted a peony field, he didn't expect it to be so big.
After marking out a large area, standing in the built pavilion, looking at the almost limitless peony field, the emperor stroked his beard and was quite happy: "That's right, the peonies of the fourth brother are growing really well."
Peonies are the most delicate, and it is difficult to raise several pots, not to mention the entire flower field, I don't know how much effort it takes.
The peonies in full bloom are charming, graceful and luxurious, and have excellent meanings, representing wealth, auspiciousness, prosperity and prosperity. In the eyes of the emperor, they are the symbol of "peace and prosperity", so naturally they like it very much.
The emperor also came to the interest, and asked people to prepare paper, ink, brush and inkstone, and wrote a poem to express his joy of admiring the peony.
The fourth elder brother also took up a brush and drew a picture of peonies blooming, and asked the emperor to inscribe it.
The painting was later taken back by the emperor and hung in his study in the Changchun Garden. He obviously liked it very much.
The emperor took the fourteenth elder brother away and urged him to go back to prepare for the big wedding.
Although the Ministry of Internal Affairs is helping to prepare, Elder Fourteen can't do nothing by himself.
It's too hot to get married in Xia Tian, and the two of them may suddenly leave without knowing when.
Qin Tianjian sent several auspicious days for this year, and the emperor simply circled the most recent good day.
The time is May between spring and summer, the weather is neither cold nor hot, the most comfortable time.
Because the time was too short, the House of Internal Affairs was in chaos.
Not only did they have to prepare a dowry gift for the Fujin family, but they also had to send it to Fujin's home at the auspicious time, and they asked the nuns in the palace to go to Fujin's family to teach the future Fujin family the process of their wedding, so as not to make any mistakes.
Brother Twelve was so busy that he didn't touch the ground, he walked with the wind, while looking at the accounts handed in, he also had to assign people, the table was full, and he was going to live in the House of Internal Affairs for several days in a row .
Fortunately, everything went well, and it wasn't the first time that the House of Internal Affairs was handling the errands of the princes' weddings. The people at the bottom were a little flustered because the days were too close, and soon they began to get organized.
Luan Yiwei also prepared a guard of honor, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent deputy directors and subordinate officials to Fujin's mansion to personally greet and escort Fujin to the prince's mansion.
Brother Thirteen was a little nervous, seeing his Fujin being helped out of the car by the female officer, he couldn't help smiling.
Elder Fourteen had to be more careful. After waiting in the flower hall for a while, he planned to meet Fujin at the door, but was stopped by Lao Li anyway.
Now Lao Li can be regarded as the exclusive lieutenant of Elder Fourteen. On a good day for the wedding, Elder Fourteen naturally invited him.
Fourteenth elder brother heard the sound of the carriage from a distance, and knew that his family Fujin was coming, turned his head and asked suddenly: "By the way, does Lao Li know that fourth brother is coming?"
Lao Li naturally knew that the fourth elder brother was coming, but first went to the thirteenth elder brother next door.
The fourteenth elder brother asked this, because he must think that as the elder brother of the same mother, the fourth elder brother should come to him.
Happy life, Brother Fourteen, don't look down in front of Fujin, this young couple must have misunderstood before they got married.
Lao Li hurriedly said: "The fourth prince hasn't arrived yet, so go back and ask the subordinates where he is."
The fourteenth elder brother then said: "Then you go to remind me, and I will toast after the worship, and I should be the first to toast the fourth brother."
Lao Li's cold sweat is about to break down, and the fourth elder brother is probably waiting for a toast next door.
The auspicious times on both sides are about the same time, and the fourth elder brother can't split himself in half, and go to the two younger brothers to toast separately, which is really embarrassing.
But Lao Li still honestly asked the soldiers to sneak in with the fourth elder brother. He was facing the fourteenth elder brother. Of course, he hoped that the fourth elder brother would come here quickly.
The guards sneaked over, and the thirteenth elder brother spotted him with sharp eyes, so he persuaded with a smile: "Fourth brother, let's go to the fourteenth brother first, the fourth brother will come to the younger brother first, the younger brother is already very happy."
He was really happy, proving that the fourth elder brother was closer to him than the fourteenth elder brother, his brother from the same mother.
The fourth elder brother hesitated for a while, worried that the fourteenth elder brother would make a fuss, so he went next door.
The fourteenth elder brother saw the fourth elder brother coming, and then he smiled.
Just now his face was tense, and Lao Li was worried that Brother Fourteen would scare Xin Fujin.
Fortunately, Fourteen Fujin is also the daughter of a general, so she is not so timid.
It's just that she was also surprised that Elder Fourteen was not very happy, and was poking his head outside.
When the fourth elder brother came, the fourteenth elder brother greeted him with a smile, and the fourteenth Fujin suddenly realized.
It seems that the two brothers have a good relationship, and the fourteenth elder brother was a little unhappy because he didn't see the fourth elder brother coming over.
"Fourth brother is too slow."
Hearing the fourteenth elder brother complaining, the fourth elder brother smiled and said: "Sorry, I'm late, I should be punished with a glass of wine."
On such a happy day, how could the fourteenth elder brother let the fourth elder brother drink any fine wine? He smiled and said, "It should be me toasting the fourth elder brother, come on!"
The two had a drink, looked at each other and smiled.
The fourth elder brother said: "After the fourteenth brother gets married, he will also start a family and start a business, and he can no longer do whatever he wants in the future."
The fourteenth elder brother was a little displeased: "Fourth brother, my brother, why did I mess around, didn't I come back after winning the battle?"
The fourth elder brother knows that the fourteenth elder brother is very good in military affairs, but it is hard to say anything else.
But on this good day, he didn't intend to reprimand Elder Fourteen, he just said vaguely: "You understand it in your heart, and you should be more careful in the future, do you understand?"
The fourteenth elder brother was muttering, and the fourth elder brother urged him to go to other tables. A minister came to the wedding banquet and toasted the fourteenth elder brother.
The ministers are also in a dilemma. The thirteenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother got married on the same day, so it is a problem where to go.
It seems a little bad to only go to one side, and it is not appropriate not to go to the other side.
So some ministers thought of a good idea, if you have brothers, you can go to one side alone, which is not considered rude.
If you don't have brothers, no matter if you have a brother-in-law or your own father-in-law, please come quickly and go to one side alone, that's all right.
What's more, those who are not yet married, or whose wife has passed away, have no brothers, or who can't keep up with the brothers in the capital, and the Yue family has no suitable candidates, they are at a loss.
In the end, I could only excuse my illness and neither side would go, but if both sides sent congratulatory gifts, it would be considered the end of the matter.
Brothers also have a headache, still can't split themselves on both sides, they can only go to both sides.
But go, which way to go first is another question.
The elder brother simply said: "13 years old, let's go to Shisan's side first, and then go to Fourteen's side, so we don't have to worry about it."
Brother Nine said: "If little Fourteen makes a fuss, what should I do?"
The third elder brother said: "It's a good day, he still dares to make a fuss, if Huang Ama finds out, it's okay?"
A few of them discussed and discussed, and came up with a compromise, half of them went to the thirteenth brother, half went to the fourteenth brother, and then switched.
It wouldn't be so embarrassing that all the elder brothers would go to the thirteenth elder brother's side, and the fourteenth elder brother's side would not be as lively as here.
This method was quite good, so the elder elder brother took one or two younger elder brothers to drink wedding wine separately.
Brother Nine brought the gift, and whispered to Brother Ten, "It's not easy for us to have a wedding, we have to make some plans."
Elder Brother Ten laughed and said, "It's not that Thirteenth and Fourteenth got married on the same day, it's also that there are no good days around this time."
The next good day will have to be in midsummer, and so is the emperor
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