Fortune Orb [Qing]

Because the decree was announced in front of the Qianqing Gate and it was Musca who received the decree, the Fucha family hadn't heard of it yet.Musca returned to the mansion in a trance, caught his daughter and cried for a while: "Ama has no ability, she gave up her old face and didn't ask for grace, the emperor gave you a marriage!"

Baozhu knew about this a long time ago, she didn't do anything, but the whole house was blown up.

The master just came back a month ago to announce the good news and said that the Lord Long Live nodded, and he was determined to put up a sign to let his daughter go home. Is it all nonsense?Muskan's five concubines all wanted to speak but stopped looking at him, as for Fujin Sochoro, his apricot eyes were wide open, and he was scolding all over his face.

"You also said that you are a dignified first-rank official. Such a small matter can't be settled. What's the point of being an official? It's better to retire as soon as possible. I left this matter to you because of lard! If I had known today, I would have done it. It’s time to go back to my mother’s house and beg me, Ama! My darling! My orb!… Tell me, tell me who you’re going to marry!!!”

Muscafujin has always been dignified, but now she is not much better than the shrew. She was flustered and distressed, and she almost didn't recover from the tightness in her chest.Baozhu also took two steps to sit beside her, and smiled at her mother-in-law.

"Even if Ama is a first-rank official, she can't be the emperor's master. Don't be angry, Er Niang, what a big deal you want me to say."

Suozhuoluo stretched out his index finger and poked Baozhu's forehead: "You!"

Seeing her like this, the anger has gone down more than half, and Musca hurriedly diverted the trouble: "No one thought of this matter, you can blame me, but the culprit is Gege from Dong E's [-]th family. The emperor originally wanted to accuse her of committing crimes Fujin, in the end, Dong E's family taught her daughter Wufang to make her flirt with Sibeile in the palace. Not to mention, many people bumped into her. The empress dowager was furious, and she pointed Dong E's family to Sibeile to make a fuss. ... The position of Jiu Fujin is now vacant. Is it his own son, can the emperor not feel sorry for him? You have to find him a Di Fujin who is more decent than Dong E's family. Tell yourself, who can beat Dong E in this class of beautiful girls Shi's head? Only our orb!"

Before getting married, a woman is as valuable as her father, so Dong E's condition is not the most important thing, the key depends on her origin.

Her Ama is Zhenghongqi Dutong, her grandfather is a first-class public, her great-grandfather is Heshuo's son-in-law, and she and Sanfujin are relatives... It is because of this background that Kangxi wanted to ration her to Yinzhen.No one would have expected such a trouble to happen. A good girl can't be a concubine for a jade card. Dong E's family is disgraced, and Dong E's [-]s are going crazy.

Dong E's background is excellent, but Baozhu is better than her.

But it is said that the lineage of Musca can be counted up to the Emperor Taizu. The ancestor Fucha Wangjinu returned to Nurhachi and became the leader of the Zhenglan Banner.His son Wan Jiha inherited the position of Zuo Ling, and Wan Jiha passed it on to his son Hashtun.

Hashtun was originally located in Zhenglan Banner. During the period of Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty, it was moved to Xianghuang Banner, one of the three upper banners. Xianghuang Banner was the emperor's confidant.Hashtun Yizuo led the promotion of the Ministry of Rites to participate in politics, from the official to the minister of the interior, added the prince and Taibao, and gave the first-class public posthumously after his death.It can be said that he was Huang Taiji's confidant and power minister. After his death, the eldest son Mi Sihan pushed the Fucha family to the top.

Mi Sihan inherited his post, concurrently in charge of Niu Lu, and was initially appointed as the head of the House of Internal Affairs.In the sixth year of Kangxi, he was awarded the Minister of the Ministry of Rites; in the eighth year of Kangxi, he was promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and he was ranked as the Minister of State; in the 12th year of Kangxi, during the San Francisco Rebellion, Mi Sihan presented a plan to suppress bandits. Kangxi was a little shaken on the issue of Wu Sangui. After reading the plan, Firmly determined to withdraw from the feudal domain, Mi Sihan became an official and crown prince.

It's a pity that he went there not long after that. The emperor felt sorry for him and ordered Mi Sihan to be buried with honor and given the posthumous name Minguo.

When Baozhu was born, Mi Sihan had been dead for ten years. She had never met her grandfather, but she had heard many stories from Ama.Ama is most worried about losing the reputation of her ancestors. According to Baozhu, Ama and her three uncles have really pushed the Fucha family to the pinnacle of glory. They all said that the officials in the capital are small, even in the capital, who would dare to offend them?

The four brothers from one family are all high-ranking members of the court, and their ranks are not very high, but they all have real power in their hands.

The father of Baozhu, Musca, is the minister of the first-class guards, who can mobilize the imperial guards and be responsible for the safety of the emperor. In addition, he is also in charge of the firearms battalion.

The Firearms Battalion was only set up seven years ago, and it has always been managed by Musca. Now there are more than [-] shotgun guards and more than [-] artillery armors. Not many people, but the firepower is fierce.

Who wouldn't want such a father-in-law?

Not to mention the elder brothers of the right age, the prince Bingzhi who has already married is also very greedy.The prince wanted to take advantage of the power of the Fucha family. With the support of this family, it would be like adding wings to a tiger; the king of Zhijun was sincere. No way, Kangxi allocated such a piece of fat to Lao Jiu, not to mention how the brothers reacted, Yinzhen herself was booming and in a trance.

On the other side of Fucha's house, after hearing Musca's explanation clearly, Suo Chuoluo slapped the armrest of the chair: "Dong E's family is too deceitful!"

Those concubines were also furious——

"Let me put such a girl on the stall, she was thrown into the fish pond and drowned a long time ago. She was raised with so much rice and silver for nothing, and she is a scourge of deceiving others and oneself!"

"Sister Li Jia said, what is she, Dong E's family? Dare to plot against our orb?"

"Couldn't it be that retribution is coming! Dong E's seventy-year-old daughter-in-law carried a small sedan chair to Sibeile's mansion to be a princess. I'm really not afraid of laughing at people. If I were her with a white silk, I would hang her on the beam of the house, so as not to hurt the family. Shame on me!"

"If you want me to say that the empress dowager is really wise, there is nothing wrong with our precious pearls pairing with elder brother Jiu. If we meet Dong Eshi in the future, we will not be able to salute her? How dare she walk away if she is left standing? What is she?"

"..."

The backyard of Fucha's family is always different, and the wives and concubines get along especially harmoniously.Di Fujin and the five concubines either enjoy flowers or taste tea together. If they are too bored, they can join a table to play mahjong, eat melon seeds and chat nonsense is commonplace, that is, they gossip too much on weekdays. He opened his mouth for a while, so he didn't scare Musk to death.

They were still rational, and no matter how angry they were, they dared not say anything wrong with their superiors, so they took advantage of the situation and turned their anger on Dong E's family.

At first, Musca was thinking about how to deal with Dong E's Seventy, but after he heard all these words, he couldn't help but feel sympathy for Dong E's family.A few women in his backyard can cause such a big fight, but Baozhu's brothers and cousins ​​know that they can't do something big?

The Fucha family is especially capable of having sons. Baozhu has three brothers from the same father and the same mother, and five or six brothers from a concubine.

What are you afraid of... Not long after, her second brother heard the movement and came back. In the next hour, more than [-] foolish people came from the Muscat mansion. He went out the door in a mighty way.Before leaving, I just had to ask Aunt Erniang to take good care of Baozhu, and don't let her think about life and death, so the brothers will vent their anger on her.

Baozhu wanted to say that she was fine and nothing happened, but those brothers and sisters had already gone to Dong E's house.

There are more than 20 people in this line, the older ones are in their thirties with wives and children, and the younger ones are no more than seven or eight. After they go out, they get on their horses, copy the guys and go straight to Dong E's seventy mansion. Brother whipped the whip on the front steps: "Let Bodun come out!"

Of course, the Fucha family will not rush to the door and say that it is because of your mental retardation that our Baozhu is going to marry so early. After all, it is a decision made by the queen mother and the emperor. .

Who is Borden?

It is the fourth brother of Dong E's family and a compatriot with one mother.He is only fifteen or sixteen years old, and usually has some contacts with Fucha's family. After all, they are both practicing martial arts, and they make gestures together every once in a while.

Ordinarily, they had already fought a month ago, and they wouldn't come here for the second time in such a short time. Fucha's family was obviously blown up so they couldn't care so much. They couldn't do anything to Dong E, but they could beat Bodun half dead.He'd better go back and learn after he's been beaten, because he's worried that no one will pick things up.

Bodun didn't realize the danger, so he went out after hearing the notification, and saw a crowd of people a few feet away.

After walking a few more steps, cold sweat broke out on his back.

It's not right to be murderous.

If he had reacted quickly, he should have turned around and returned to the house, maybe he would have escaped a catastrophe, but he didn't... so it was a tragedy.

Just at the door of Dong E's Seventy's house, some [-] people from Fucha's family had a few fights with Bodun.They put down their attitudes very lowly, full of compliments, what they say goes to the point, and they ask for more advice, but they start quickly and accurately.

As the saying goes, you don't slap people in the face when you hit them, and you don't kick birds when you kick them... The Fucha family obviously doesn't have such virtues.

People in the twenties were cruel, at least half an hour later, Bodun's nose was bruised, his face was swollen, his eyes were black, and his body was so fat that even Dong Efujin might not be able to recognize that it crawled out of her belly.

Seeing Bodun's misery, the brothers were a little relieved, and before they left, they lined up to pat him on the shoulder: "I said Brother Bodun, you are a brother, so take care of your sister, don't hurt yourself and others .”

"You don't know what other people say, after she has caused such a disaster, you, Dong E's Gege, can still get married?"

"That's right, my brothers all said that they would rather not marry for life than your family."

"We kindly reminded you why you stared, and you want to be beaten again? It's not easy to offend you. You just didn't say it to your face. How did you pass it on?"

"..."

It was all whispered, and only Bodun heard it. After the speech, the twenty or so people left as soon as they said it, and they all rushed back to make Baozhu happy.The marriage between Fucha's family and Brother Nine has already been decided and cannot be changed, so he has to think about how to give Baozhu a face, what to prepare for gifts and make-up, and take time to "chat" with Yinzhen.

The gangsters from the Fucha family came and went quickly, seeing them go away on horseback, Bodun was still dazed.He knew what his sister had done, it was embarrassing, but why did it hinder the Fucha family?

Bodun recruited the steward of the front yard and asked him to inquire about it, and he caught up with the reward from the palace.

Earlier, Kangxi acquiesced to Musca's request, and wanted to wait for the last round to put down the sign and release the orb to go home, but no one thought that something would go wrong.Although he dismissed Musca who was crying and passed out in the south study room with a tiger face, he was somewhat ashamed in his heart.

Even if he didn't say it clearly, in Kangxi's heart, he should have done it.To deal with the aftermath, he slapped himself across the face, which was no different from breaking a promise.There are some things that everyone knows well, so they won't be blind to expose them, and he still needs some compensation.

With a wave of his hand, Kangxi rewarded Musca with a lot of things.

A treasured sword, a yellow mandarin jacket bestowed by the imperial court, and some gold and silver utensils.

It's all quite useless things on the table.

He has no chance to use the ruby-encrusted imperial sword. Muscarpe’s is the imperial first-grade waist sword, so we can only see which son is cheaper; as for the yellow mandarin jacket, all the ministers in the guards wear it, and he usually wears it as a job. The gown, given by the emperor, is called the martial arts gown, which is more high-end and more elegant than other yellow mandarin jackets, and you can wear it casually. Favored by the emperor, if it weren't for the rules, Musk really wouldn't have bothered to make this trip, when is it?It's too late to care about the baby girl, so how can I have the time to toss about these things.

The yellow mantle is indeed a good thing, for those who have never worn it, except for the fact that Musca wears a work mantle every day on holidays, which is really nothing new.

With Kangxi jewels in front, Concubine Yi rewarded her future daughter-in-law jewels with many gifts, and she did not forget that Muscafu was promoted to the Sochao Luo family.

Headgear, decorations, glass pit screens... If they are not very valuable, they are of great background. There is an ice jade bracelet inside which is the most favorite of Baozhu. It is cool and refreshing to wear.

Before Baozhu had time to thank her, the Queen Mother's reward also arrived. It was simpler than the other two, but it was a rare treasure.

The queen mother gave a string of dzi beads and a phoenix blood bracelet.

This dzi bead is consecrated by the Tibetan Living Buddha. Wearing it can ward off evil spirits and refresh the spirit, and can also bless oneself.

As for the phoenix blood bracelet, it is said that it is a jade bracelet infused with phoenix blood, which is very precious.Leaving aside the legend, the bracelet itself is also very beautiful, and it looks noble and rich.The size is just right, the color is very positive.

If the ice jade bracelet is cold to the touch, the phoenix blood bracelet is warm to the touch, and it is guaranteed to be comfortable to wear in winter.

Baozhu was full of joy to accept it, seeing that she had received so many things, she was quite embarrassed, she hurriedly called the father-in-law and concubine Bing Yi who was rewarding the Queen Mother, and the respectable nun, and asked Tiandong to fetch two jars of green plum wine.

Tiandong and Banxia are the most respectable maids in front of Baozhu.Tiandong is calm and alert, and let her take care of the maids in the room; Banxia has excellent medical skills, and she can't see anything if no one is plotting at home. She is very important when Baozhu is married.

Both of them are loyal and serve Baozhu very carefully.

What Baozhu asked Tiandong to take was the green plum wine brewed by herself.

Perhaps it is really destined to be with the Empress Wa. Legend has it that Nu Wa turned nectar into wine and gave it to the mortal world.Baozhu also has a very good winemaking technique. She brews green plum wine and chrysanthemum wine every year. Needless to say, it tastes good, and it has the effect of detoxifying, beautifying and relieving fatigue.

Suo Chuo Luo and all his aunts drink half a cup every day, so that their spirits are better, their skin is better, and their complexion is better... Except for the ones that were distributed, Baozhu didn't keep much for himself. Of the six altars, she asked Tian Dong to take two altars, and there were even fewer left.

Seeing Mammy's puzzled face, Baozhu explained: "This is green plum wine brewed by myself. Erniang drank it and agreed to give it to Empress Dowager Yifei to try it out. It's not a rare thing, it's just a wish."

Suo Chuoluo asked Mammy to give the two red envelopes, saying that the hospitality was not good enough, and asked them to take it for tea.

It was the first time Concubine Yi met such a thing as receiving a reward and giving it back. She looked at the small malachite ice-cracked ice-glazed small wine jar of Ge kiln on the kang table, it was really small and cute.Hearing Liu Mama learn Bao Zhu's words, Concubine Yi became interested, and asked the waiter in front of her to bring a small wine glass, ready to open the altar and have a taste.

As soon as the lid of the altar was opened, the aroma of elegant wine wafted into the nostrils, smelling the aroma made me feel refreshed.

Concubine Yi didn't have much expectation at first, but now her eyes are fixed on the wine jar. Grandma Liu has served her for 30 years, and she is the best at observing words and expressions. Come.

Concubine Yi raised her hand to take it, at first she put it on her nose and sniffed it, the aroma of the wine was very elegant, she took a sip carefully, as if she was in a green plum garden, the whole world was sour and sweet, her whole body was refreshed, and the summer heat disappeared.

"I really should be grateful to Mrs. Dong E. If she hadn't done such a shameless thing, my son would have chosen such a wonderful person?"

Seeing that the empress is like this, she likes the Fucha family very much. Liu Mama said repeatedly: "I heard the rumors about the Fucha family earlier. It hurts. Needless to say, the appearance is the best. Every time the old servant sees her, it is like seeing Guanyin Bodhisattva, looking at the great compassion, but the aura is not hidden. There are so many beautiful women this year, especially her It’s different, unlike our Ninth Brother, they are a pair in the sky and a pair on the ground, which is perfect. Master Musca clearly said that he wanted to keep her for a few more years, and he heard that he went to ask the Holy Spirit, so he pointed it to our Ninth Brother. , are all destined."

Concubine Yi put down her wine glass and said with a smile: "I haven't got married yet, I can't help but want to love her, Madam Liu, you go to Yinzhen Palace and let Liu Be good, Shi Lang, don't cause trouble at this juncture, if anyone dares to take advantage of Fucha's family before Fujin enters the door, don't blame Ben Gong for cutting her life."

Grandma Liu hurriedly went to the Third South Institute, Concubine Yi took a soft sedan chair to go to the Palace of Mercy Ning, because Grandma Liu said that the Empress Dowager also got an altar, so it was a good time to have a chat.

On the other side, after the imperial edict of bestowing marriage came down, the Qintian Supervisor was making repeated calculations, and selected five auspicious days from the next year, and presented them to Kangxi.The most recent is September of this year, and there are also New Years and New Years, and then it is Fucha Baozhu's birthday - March [-]th of the next year.

This date was specially circled in ink, and the note said that it was an auspicious day for everything, and it would be perfect for the two people to match their horoscopes.

If September is chosen, it will be too late for Fucha's family to prepare the dowry.The Chinese New Year was not the time to toss about these things, Kangxi thought about it for a while, and agreed with Qin Tianjian's statement that March of the next year was indeed good, so it was decided.

After a good day, Kangxi sent a decree to the ninth elder brother Yinzhen and Fucha Musca, notifying the matter, and let the two get busy.

He said to let them all hurry up, Yinzhen has a special person to take care of it for him, and the only one who really messed up is the Fucha family.

First of all, we need to rush to make the wedding dress, and then we need to make the dowry. The dowry of women in this dynasty is very important to the life after marriage. To put it simply, the furniture such as the top cabinet and the vertical cabinet for the dowry of Baozhu should be placed in the south three houses. Yes, they have to be taken away when they go out of the palace to build a mansion in the future, and they will be used until they go to heaven and can be passed on to future generations.

And because it is highly respected not to take the husband's family one by one, the dowry of a woman must be comprehensive, covering almost all aspects.

There are 72 sets of dowry clothes, including four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter.There are also furniture, utensils, silk and satin, leather sheets, etc., and even farm pavement, gold and silver jewelry, ancient calligraphy and painting, antique ornaments... A few words are really not complete.

There is no clear regulation on the number of dowry tables in the law. The only one rule is that Prince Fujin shall not surpass the Crown Princess.

At the time of the prince's wedding, the Guerjia family gave 140 dowry dowries, and the Fucha family drafted 120 dowry, intending to fill each dowry. The total may be more than the other [-] dowries.

Muscafu Jin opened the private treasury and did not hesitate to take out all the good things, and the five aunts in the house also picked some from their private houses to support their appearance.Ma Qi, Ma Wu, Li Rongbao and Fujin are even more attentive. They are not good at being aunts, so they pick up gold and silver jewelry, and Shu brocade snow satin, emerald pearls...Fucha's family is all busy in three clothes Already, within five clothes, I was thinking about what to add makeup.

Therefore, daughters are money-losing goods, and it is not easy to raise them, and getting married is even more loss-making.

Fortunately, the Fucha family has been capable for generations, and they have earned a lot of wealth without making a fuss. Otherwise, marrying a daughter can empty the family.

Fujin Suochaoluo knew very well that the dowry could not shake the fundamentals. She wanted to appease her son and daughter-in-law, but found that the family was all of the same virtue. Empty, so many sons can't earn back?

The Fucha family is different from other families, their descendants have grown up without the shadow of their ancestors.

Baozhu heard these movements, but didn't worry about it. She took over the work of embroidering the wedding dress and dragon and phoenix brocade quilt. Suo Chuoluo originally wanted to hand it over to the embroiderer on the other side of the Yangtze River, but finally asked Baozhu to accept two stitches. Stopping him from saying that he is idle is also idle.

Baozhu quickly drew the embroidery pattern, prepared all the silk thread, and pulled the gold and silver thread for backup, and then burned incense, washed hands, bathed and changed clothes to get busy.