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When Jiu Ye arrived in front of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he saw Su Peisheng who came out with a brighter smile, and a red purse was tied around his waist, obviously he had received a reward, so he specially hung it in this festive color to make the emperor even more happy to see it.

Seeing this, Lord Jiu had no choice but to straighten his clothes: in order to reflect the dusty journey all the way, he made himself a little rough. Now it seems that he is out of tune with the joy in the palace, so he can only try his best to make himself tidy.

After entering the main entrance to greet him, Master Jiu heard the most gentle sentence ever: "Get up, you've worked hard all the way."

It is no exaggeration to say that Master Jiu felt that his hair was braided as if he had been electrocuted once.

In the capital city in October, it was already so cold that his nose was freezing, when Master Jiu entered the door, his own eunuch took the fur hat he took off, and brought him hot tea and snacks.

Master Jiu didn't even look at it, he cleared his throat slightly and was about to report on Annan's affairs: "Back to the emperor..."

As soon as he got up, the emperor waved his hands: "It's cold outside, and it's too warm inside the Hall of Mental Cultivation. You don't need to talk, just drink a cup of hot tea to get rid of the cold. Otherwise, it's cold and hot, and you have to travel a long way, I'm afraid you will die." Wind-chill."

He directly stuffed the words back to Master Jiu.

But he was really hungry.

Although Lord Kangxi is a tiger father who knows how to do his homework, he never treats his sons badly in life.

Master Jiu is good at everything in basic necessities, food, housing, and transportation. Going to Annan for more than half a year has tormented his stomach—he doesn’t like sour or spicy food, and he doesn’t like seafood. All the way south to Annan, everyone is numb. It’s all right. The stomach of the capital is tossed enough, and the most craving is roast duck.

Originally, the emperor asked him to eat first, and he wanted to decline politely, but he stopped after a glance.

What was served was not tea and desserts with various flower molds, but a bowl of hot milk tea with a layer of milk skin floating on top, and the dessert was a plate of six pan-fried buns with thin skin and stuffing Most of them have a fried brown bottom; a plate of mutton siu mai; there is even a plate of roast duck rolls tied with tofu skin, the roast duck skin and cucumber sweet sauce can be half seen through the thin dough!

Jiu Ye got up greedy all at once.

The emperor signaled him to eat it: "I remember you loved this dish since you were a child."

Su Peisheng handed silver chopsticks and silver spoons to the side, and said earnestly: "Today the Hanging Furnace Bureau opened the oven to prepare roast duck, and Long Live God asked the waiter to prepare one for Lord Baylor. Just now the internal supervisor reported that Jiu Baylor had entered the palace. It's live."

Master Jiu thanked you, and sure enough, he started to use it first.

Jiu Ye has never eaten such a comfortable meal these days. Although it was just a snack, after eating enough, he suddenly felt a little moved in his heart. It was the first time in front of the emperor that he had the feeling of going home and seeing his relatives: He and Wu Ye are the same Brother, when he was young, he always disliked the cold-faced fourth brother, and complained privately: He is just the adopted son raised by Empress Xiaoyiren, so there is no need to not even smile for us.

The fifth brother persuaded him to come: the fourth brother is a person who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, and he doesn't serve dishes just because of his status.He didn't take it seriously at the time, thinking that his brother was a good person in everyone.

In the past two years, after a lot of contact, Master Jiu has a similar feeling. The emperor still remembers that he loved to eat roast duck when he was a child.

After eating and drinking enough, the last snack was crystal osmanthus cake, which was obviously placed last to clear the mouth. Master Jiu ate this plate of osmanthus cake again, and then felt like a flower fairy, and started to walk to the royal table Report to the emperor.

When he got closer, he realized that just now he was using dim sum, and the emperor was also using it.

It's just that he has never seen the one used by the emperor. It is a finger-sized black roll with sesame seeds sprinkled on it. It looks like some kind of seaweed. Can this thing be delicious?

It's been too long since I went out by myself, and new dim sum has become popular in central Beijing.

But as the emperor started to ask about serious matters, Master Jiu quickly returned to his official state, and groups of numbers related to money popped out of his mouth without any stumbling.

On the contrary, when the emperor asked about Annan's court, Master Jiu began to think about it, and after a while he only said one sentence: "Looking at King Annan, he is quite naturalized."

The emperor didn't ask him any more, and only asked him to leave the palace: "Go back to the mansion and have a look, the children in the mansion probably will miss you if you haven't been in Beijing for so long."

Master Jiu understood everything: Yes, child, I haven't congratulated the emperor face to face on the birth of a sixth elder brother!This is what the emperor ordered him to do, it's not good to show off directly, we have to wait for people to ask!

So Master Jiu didn't leave, but instead stepped back and saluted solemnly: "As soon as I entered the palace, I heard that the emperor just got a prince yesterday, congratulations to Lord Long Live!"

Immediately, an unconcealable joy appeared on the emperor's face: "Get up. Come in and have a glass of wine when Sixth Brother's third bath is held in Ming'er Palace."

Master Jiu immediately said: "Of course I'm here to ask for a cup of wedding wine!" He laughed and said: "It is the second son of Su Yibo's mansion who came to Annan to take over the position of minister. Prince Lian is going to add a prince. Therefore, not only ministers have prepared rich gifts from Annan, but Prince Lian also specially asked ministers to bring congratulatory gifts back. Even King Annan has prepared generous gifts and asked ministers to respect him."

It's a matter of professionalism, Master Jiu couldn't help but say something more: "I have seen it, and Wang Bei of Annan is sincere. There are a few treasures in their treasury that have been accumulated for many years, and they are rare and good things."

Hearing him mention Prince Lian, the emperor couldn't help asking: "Lao Ba has been gone for more than two years, how is he?"

If two years ago, the emperor had asked about Prince Lian in such a gentle tone, Master Jiu's first reaction would have been: he is going to do something, sharpen his knife and slap the pigs and sheep!

Now it is natural to answer.

After Jiuye resigned, just after leaving the gate of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he met the twelfth younger brother Yinyi and the eldest nephew Hongshi who hadn't seen each other for many days.

Yinfen is a beige son, in terms of age and title, he is first-class than Master Jiu, so he hurriedly raised his hands to say hello to his elder brother.

Master Jiu looked him up and down with a smile: "Yo, twelfth brother, you are so round and round. I lost weight without looking at brother?"

The Twelfth Master just chuckled: He has been in the capital since he was a child, and he has only been to Mulan Paddock and the Summer Resort as far as he is. It was not until he returned to Guangzhou that he realized that he is actually the stomach of a seasider, and he loves fresh and sweet fish and shrimp. He has gained a lot of weight—it is also because the businessmen of Guangzhou Shisanhang are begging to invite him to dinner every day, and the noodles are all delicacies from mountains and seas.

Hong Shi also greeted him, and Master Jiu looked at him carefully.

Sure enough, the child went out for a trip, which is another description.Obviously, the age difference from the time he left the house to the time he returned to Beijing was almost one year old, but now when Master Jiu looked at Hong, he seemed to have grown up by several years.

Although originally the emperor was strict with his son, Master Jiu could tell at a glance that the original Hongshi was actually similar to the tenth brother, but he was forced to deal with it when he had to learn. dodge.Now that kind of impetuousness has gone a lot, and Jiu Ye wants to ask his eldest sons to ask the emperor for an errand and send them out to practice for a while.

At this time, Lord Jiu patted Hongshi on the shoulder: "I heard that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has already selected a site for you, and is painting the appearance of your mansion. In the next year or the next year, you should also get married. At that time, Uncle Jiu will give you a generous gift."

Hong Shi said with a faint joy, "Thank you Uncle Jiu."

When he heard about his marriage when he was in Guangzhou, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed at first: Huang Ama actually appointed him a Zheng Fujin who was born in Mongolia, and this Fujin was not from the Borzigit family, but Weng The daughter of the Niut right-wing tribe, her father was only a county king who was conferred by the Qing Dynasty, not a Mongolian prince.

It was obvious that he had acted foolishly and made big mistakes in the past, and Huang Ama would never let him have the hope of accumulating a position.Pointing out such a Fujin to him, and having asked him to prepare for the opening of the mansion, it is precisely to ask him to live in peace and guard his title in the future.

Having been the eldest son for many years, Hiroshi would be lying if he said he was not disappointed.

But after I really accepted the letter, I felt a little relieved.

This trip to Guangzhou gave him too much stimulation: the influx of drugs from Guangzhou did not happen overnight, and quite a few families were destroyed because of it.

Hongshi saw with his own eyes what kind of insanity a person who was addicted to this drug would look like once he stopped, and he also saw that the person who smoked and took this drug all the year round looked seven parts like a human and three parts like a ghost. Almost made a mistake back then.

If Huang Ama wants to become like this, she will be a sinner of the whole country.

And after following Uncle Twelfth's smoking ban in the local area, and seeing how the officials deceived their superiors and subordinates, and dared to tell lies in front of them, Hongshi realized that he was shallow and that it was difficult for Huang Ama to govern the world.

If Uncle Twelfth hadn't been there to escort him, he would probably have been coaxed by some of his courtiers into a trance.

From Yu Hongshi's point of view, he used to look down on him. Uncle Twelfth, who was silent at all, is so powerful. Just like that, Uncle Twelfth said that he has no ability, and his talent is completely inferior to that of Uncle Thirteen and others.

Hongshi couldn't help thinking: If the twelfth uncle can't compare with the thirteenth uncle, let alone Huang Ama, then how can I compare?

He admired the eighth uncle the most before, but the eighth uncle also lost in the end.

So the emperor arranged such a marriage for him, almost obviously kicking him out of the position of crown prince. After Hongshi was disappointed, he was finally at ease: Huang Ama had already punished him, which meant that this matter was overturned, at least not. Lock him up, just like his Mafa locked up his uncle and the second uncle of the former prince, at least he can be a prince safely.

The emperor was naturally more keenly aware of Hongshi's changes, and felt relieved.

Compared with Hongshi, who was like a frightened bird before leaving Beijing, who seemed to be able to scare him to death with a single action, the current Hongshi undoubtedly looked more reassuring.

Even after seeing the emperor, Hongshi had a relapse of his old illness, and his nervous tongue was tied.

The emperor still had people serve snacks to Twelve and Hongshi, and Hongshi swallowed two small fried buns like swallowing medicine, and hurriedly got up and kowtowed to thank him. Even Master Twelve couldn't eat much, so they had to get up together, The emperor couldn't help sighing, that's all, probably he and Hongshi never had a close father-son relationship.

If he could keep his father-son status, it would be fine to let him enter the palace to greet him during the festivals.

Meeting each other is suffering.

After Hongshi saw the emperor again, he completely gave up his desire to be a prince: one of the prerequisites for wanting to be emperor is the favor of the emperor.

But he really couldn't take it anymore to please the emperor. With Huang Ama beside him, it was difficult for him to breathe, and he just wanted to run away.

Seeing that Huang Ama didn't ask him, but only asked Twelfth Uncle about the payment of drugs, Hongshi relaxed a little.

Yinqin's full-time job is to do funerals, and burying drugs and some smugglers is almost a kind of funeral, and he handles it very well.

The emperor was also satisfied with what he heard: "After the Longevity Festival, you should go to the nearest Jiaozhou port, so as not to miss the return to Beijing for the New Year. When the next spring begins, you can go to Ningbo Yuntai and other ports."

These ports are not as rich as Guangzhou Shisanhang, but correspondingly, there are very few Englishmen who come to the shore.He also expressed that he could not pass the new year, and he could first go to Ningbo Dagang to investigate and deal with the professionalism of Afurong.

The emperor shook his head: "No hurry, I'm afraid there will be time for you to investigate in the future."

Now that graphite pens have been produced in large quantities, France, as a contributor to the formula, first obtained a large number of graphite pens for domestic use at a price they are extremely satisfied with.After that, he became a second-hand dealer, and began to purchase graphite pens from the Qing Dynasty, and transport them back to Europe along with tea, silk and satin for sale.

This income is not low.

Although he has only been in business for a few months, the emperor has begun to pay more and more attention to shipping.

The Twelfth Lord has stayed in the port for a long time, and he also has a lot of experience. He communicated with the emperor: "Actually, in the Song Dynasty, the tax revenue was mainly based on the commercial tax, and it was even more than the agricultural tax when it was done well."

The emperor would not change his emphasis on commerce and suppress agriculture. In his opinion, the land is still fundamental: "But silver is always enough. Now that there is a war in the northwest, money is inseparable."

The war between the two countries has been fought on and off, and it has been dragged on for several years, especially in Junggar, which is famous for its bravery and skill in fighting.

The army is out, and the supply must keep up. The more business taxes, especially the foreign money, the better.

The Twelfth Lord also finished his business, then knelt down again and made a big salute to congratulate His Majesty on getting a prince again.

Only then did Hongshi realize that he knelt together.

As usual, the emperor invited his twelfth younger brother to Xisanjiu, and then said to Hongshi, "Go back and meet your fourth and fifth younger brothers. Tomorrow, we will come to your sixth younger brother's Xisan."

Hiroshi Nuonuo agreed.

Before leaving the house, Hongshi plucked up his courage and finally pleaded: "After Emperor Ama's Longevity Festival, my son still wants to go to Jiaozhou and other ports with Twelfth Uncle to continue the ban on crows."

The emperor was not sure whether to ask Hongshi to go after the Wanshou Festival or after the big wedding. Hearing Hongshi's initiative, he didn't get entangled. Bar."

Hiroshi felt that the bones were loose.

Still feel comfortable outside, get through this month quickly, and he will be able to go again.

After seeing Hong Shi, who was tongue-tied and afraid of him like a tiger, the emperor put aside his work for the time being, he wanted to visit his youngest son.

Just after entering the gate of Yonghe Palace, I heard the voices of Huang Erniang and Minmin.

Concubines in the palace have to arrange a special delivery room for delivery. Last time, Jiang Hengsheng Minmin did the same. He moved back to the main hall after giving birth. Therefore, there is no need to avoid taboos in the main hall, and concubines who come and go to congratulate can set foot here.

Jiang Heng had already powdered his hair, and it was dry and dry, waiting for guests to come.

But I really didn't expect that the first one to come in the afternoon was the Queen Mother.

When she gave birth yesterday, the queen mother came to sit in the town in person, and she left contentedly only after seeing the newborn grandson in the afternoon, and took away Min Min who had just woken up from her afternoon nap.

It usually takes a whole day for a woman to give birth for the first time, but it only takes less than an hour for the second time from beginning to end.The people in Yonghe Palace were all well-trained, and there was no rushing around and making loud noises on this day, so Minmin happened to take a nap and fell asleep without being woken up.

When the queen mother saw that her grandson was healthy, and heard that Minmin woke up from a nap and wanted to find Erniang, she immediately went to coax her granddaughter, and told the emperor who was still standing in the yard, who seemed to be in a daze: "Let them slow down. Firecrackers are set off again, Minmin just woke up, at this moment, Yi is frightened and loses her mind, so the Ai family will take her away first."

Seeing that the emperor just said what he meant, as if he didn't react, the queen mother had no choice but to instruct the queen again.

In the afternoon of this day, the queen mother came in and said: "Minmin slept with Ai's family yesterday, asked about my younger brother Erniang all night, and asked again this morning, and Ai's family told her that your mother-in-law is moving out of the delivery room right now. The palace is full of chaos—I originally wanted to coax her to come tomorrow, but who knows that she didn't even take a nap today, so I simply brought her here."

Jiang Heng made a blessing gesture on the bed to greet the Queen Mother.

When the nurse came to hold the little prince, Minmin didn't say anything like the classic brother is ugly, she just looked at the sixth elder brother's nurse's arm curiously for a while.

Then he made a gesture of the gap between himself and his younger brother, and turned to ask the Queen Mother: "Huang Mamu, when did my younger brother become as old as me?"

The Queen Mother laughed and said, "Does Minmin still remember your Sixth Sister from your Fourteenth Uncle's family? When you grow up to your Sixth Sister's age, your younger brother will be as old as you."

The queen mother is in a good mood, seeing a pair of grandchildren in front of her eyes, she can't even close her mouth, and she is talking about children with Minmin here.

When the emperor came in, it was such a family scene.

Rarely, when the emperor came in, no one in the room got up to greet him except the palace people who had already knelt outside. Not coming.

Such a long-lost scene where everyone in the room only looked at him with a smile, but no one stood up and bowed and bowed, made the emperor feel a special sense of intimacy.

Just as Jiang Heng was about to say hello on the bed, Minmin turned her head, and when she saw the emperor, she rushed over happily: "Hug, Ama Huang!" She immediately interrupted the spellcasting.

Almost two years old, she can finally call all names.

The emperor stretched out his hand to hug Min Min, and bent down to look at the younger son together with his daughter.

The child fell asleep in Yooche's baby in a small ball.The emperor looked at Minmin and then at his son, and always felt that his daughter was more like him.The Queen Mother laughed beside her and said, "Children don't open their eyes very often. When they grow up, they will be able to see who they look like."

Because the emperor talked about the family members who were invited to wash three times tomorrow, the queen mother listened to it with a hand stove: "Minmin's three and one full moon years are spent under the eyes of Ai's family, but the sixth elder brother has to be carried to the front." However, the emperor can do as he sees. But remember that the child is still young and it’s cold, so just put it in the basin and bring it back quickly.”

"Yes, I remember everything the Queen Mother said."

When the Empress Dowager got up to leave, the Emperor followed her to the Compassionate Ning Palace to see off her mother.

Jiang Heng breathed a sigh of relief: During the special period, she felt more at ease when these two big bosses left.Especially if the empress dowager is leaving, if the emperor is still sitting, then Jiang Heng will have to sit on the wax.

Minmin had already been put on Jiang Heng's bed, and she hugged Jiang Heng's arm: "Er Niang, I miss you so much." She had been separated from Jiang Heng for a long time in the past, but this time she felt that she missed her very much. .

Jiang Heng held her in his arms, and the two of them equaled each other.

Nanny Yu respectfully sent off the Queen Mother, then turned back and asked: "The little elder brother can be placed in the empress's room for a few months while the elder brother is still young, and the empress just decides where the little prince will live in the future."

There are many places in Yonghe Palace, the east and west side halls in the front are unoccupied, and the main hall in the back lives with the four princesses, and the side halls on both sides are just for storing things, and it is quick to clean them out.

Jiang Heng stroked Minmin's broken hair, first said to the nanny: "No hurry, let's talk."

The plan in her heart is to keep the main room in the back hall as the living room, and the other two rooms are separated one by one from the east to the west, like two big master bedrooms separated by the living room, for the children to live in separately.It's not that the palace can't be used, but that the prince will move to the elder brother's house after he turns six years old (empty age). It's good for the two children to live in the same palace when they were young.

When they are able to talk, they can play together in the living room at night, and they can also be naughty together if they are naughty.

For the prince in the palace, he may have many happy times in the future, but this is the most simple time.

But this time she didn't make a decision directly.

For Minmin, her younger brother is a child who just appeared out of nowhere. Jiang Heng felt it was a surprise that she could maintain such a curious acceptance instead of rejecting this little cub who shared her parents with her. Suddenly, people were busy going in and out of her apse, packing things, and told her that her younger brother would live with her in the apse—Jiang Heng thought it was not a good time.

Or wait a month or two to see how the two get along.

If Minmin doesn't feel too cold about his younger brother by then, it's okay to let Sixth Brother live in the East Side Hall at the back.

Nanny Yu responded with a smile: "The empress and the elder brother of the princess rest first, and the old slave goes out to take care of the new person sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

Hearing this, Jiang Heng raised his head and sighed, and couldn't help saying: "There are too many people here. When there are too many people, the palace will be in a panic. And there really isn't that much work, if only half of it can be returned." The emperor's heir in the palace fell to the ground. , Dozens of people were immediately assigned as standard, among them, such as the lamp nurse who was in charge of holding the lamp, Jiang Heng felt that there was really no need for four.

Nanny Yu said with a smile: "It's rare for the empress to talk about children."

Jiang Heng also shook his head and smiled: That's right, every emperor's heir landed like this. When the emperor ascended the throne and three elder brothers entered the palace, they all made up the number of people.Although they were already old at that time and did not need a wet nurse, the number of people around them remained the same, but the role of the wet nurse was changed to the eunuchs who accompanied them to school and carried books, and the nurturing nurse became a master.

You can't come to Brother Six and suddenly reduce the number of people.

Nanny Yu assured Jiang Heng: "Your Majesty, just take care of her with peace of mind. The House of Internal Affairs is so good. There is a precedent of the concubine's upbringing Mammy being kicked out by the Majesty because of her arrogance. Besides, there are rumors about your Majesty when she was just pregnant. Be careful." The Criminal Division also went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to interrogate people-they felt that they had committed two crimes, and they must have been afraid that the nurses and nuns who were sent here would make any omissions. "

"What's more, there are old slaves, Qiu Xue and others watching in this palace. The empress just rest assured to rest for a month and watch the couple."

At this time, Minmin's little head was already shaking little by little, and she was about to fall asleep again.

She got up early today, and told the queen mother that she was going to see her younger brother, but now she was sleepy again when she returned to Erniang's side.

On the palace road, the emperor personally supported the queen mother.

At the beginning of October in Beijing, even if there is no snow, there is always a little frost on the ground.With the height of the bottom of the flower pot of a lady, there are often court ladies holding hands beside her when she walks. Sometimes the practicality is greater than the ostentation.

The Empress Dowager said: "Just now I didn't ask about Ai's house in the Yonghe Palace, but now I have to ask the emperor, what will be the rules for tomorrow's Six Elder Brothers to wash three, and until the full moon?"

The emperor replied: "The son is thinking about it, so he will follow the example of a noble concubine giving birth."