My father-in-law is Kangxi

Brother Jiu hesitated for a moment.

Do you want to "visit" Brother Fourteen...

He thought about it, and decided to forget it.

One thing more is worse than one thing less.

The fourteenth elder brother is very cautious. He went over to watch the excitement, and he might even get penalized.

Just maintain the current relationship with Brother Fourteen, neither far nor close.

He said to the twelfth elder brother: "If you work hard for a few more days, by the end of the month, Khan Ama will patrol outside the Great Wall, and we won't have to wait for the weather to come. Then you can also go for a walk in Rehe."

This year, Shengjia walked due north, not towards Mulan Paddock.

The twelfth elder brother was a little excited after hearing this, and said: "Then...are Master Gao and Master Zhang going?"

Brother Jiu shook his head and said: "It has nothing to do with them. Gao Yanzhong still has to accompany the guard. Mr. Zhang will stay behind. You can take the doctor and the chief of the construction department over to see the progress of the construction and see if there are any shortcomings..."

Although the twelfth elder brother had let foreigners go before, Tongzhou was so close that it didn’t count.

He thought of Brother Jiu's carriage and said, "Then... I also want to order a carriage..."

Brother Ninth said: "Let's decide. Isn't it also decided on Thirteen? But after leaving the capital, there is no place to put ice. The carriage is more spacious than the carriage of an ordinary carriage."

Brother Jiu also came at this age and knew how depressed it was to live in the palace. He said: "In the future, there will be an errand to the south. I will also ask you to go. The important land in the south of the Yangtze River. Khan Ama will not say that he will have to tour the south in two years." Since the year before last, many squires and wealthy businessmen have donated money to build palaces..."

After hearing this, the twelfth elder brother's eyes lit up, and then he shook his head and said, "We won't go that far in the next few years. We'll talk about it later."

Grandma Su Ma is getting older, already in her nineties. Although she still looks healthy, at this age, the twelfth brother is not worried about traveling far away.

Brother Jiu nodded and said, "Well, don't worry, you're still young."

He also wants to travel far and see Guangzhou and foreigners.

But it’s just a thought, it’s too far.

Brother Jiu was ready to go back to Haidian after seeing the excitement, but when he walked to the door of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he saw Wei Zhu coming.

"Jiuye, the emperor uploaded..."

Brother Jiu saw that he looked relaxed and asked in a low voice: "Why does Khan Ama think of me? Have you spread the fire completely?"

Wei Zhu didn't answer the question and said: "The emperor just uploaded the news about Concubine De..."

Brother Jiu thought of his concubine and felt a toothache.

Fortunately, Jiu Gege stopped him, otherwise the royal family would have become a joke.

Is it just that the fire has been spread?
It's better to let go of anger with the concubine and wait for your son?

Judging from Wei Zhu's expression, it should be the former, right?

Brother Ninth was a little unsure.

Wei Zhu has grown older in the past two years, and her face has lost its tenderness, and her face has become somewhat indistinct in emotion and anger.

He is taller and stronger than ordinary eunuchs, and he looks stable and mature. He is obviously seventeen, but those who don't know may think he is 27.

While talking, the two of them arrived at Qianqing Palace.

The dining table is already set.

Brother Jiu paid his respects and glanced at the dining table.

Grilled lamb chops, fried tripe with sesame sauce, white water sheep head meat, mutton meatball soup...

Lots of meat and fishy taste.

Are you hungry for meat after three days of fasting?
Kangxi saw him stretching his neck and asked without looking, "Have you eaten?"

Brother Jiu shook his head honestly and said: "No, how about my son deal with you here?"

Kangxi glanced at him and ordered Liang Jiugong: "Prepare a set of bowls and chopsticks..."

Brother Jiu, who was not a heretic, wiped his hands and sat down by the kang.

On the dining table, in addition to several mutton dishes, there are also four vegetarian dishes such as spinach vermicelli, coir raincoat cucumber, pepper cabbage, and fried tofu.

When Kangxi moved his chopsticks, Brother Jiu picked out the vegetarian ones and ate them. The coir raincoat cucumber was refreshing and chilled; the pepper cabbage used the yellow cabbage core in the middle, which was stir-fried over high heat and had the flavor of a pot.

For the rest, the oil slick on the meatball soup had been skimmed off, and it looked pretty good, so he filled another half bowl of meatball soup with rice.

Except for these three dishes, I didn’t eat anything else.

Kangxi looked at his pretentiousness and thought of the prince.

The same goes for the prince. He doesn't eat the dishes he doesn't like, but the ones he likes are different from those of his ninth elder brother.

What the prince loves to eat is delicacies from mountains and seas. No matter how it tastes, the ingredients must be of the highest quality.

The food here at Jiu Age is quite down-to-earth.

Brother Jiu had almost eaten. Seeing that Kangxi had a normal appetite and didn't take a few bites of the food on the dining table, he said: "It's hot and these recipes are too dry. Later, my son will prepare a new recipe and send it to the imperial kitchen..." …”

Kangxi shook his head and said: "No need to bother, it will cost people and money."

Brother Jiu said: "Don't worry, they are all dishes that are available every month. Just change it to some refreshing ways to avoid losing your appetite in summer."

Kangxi didn't say anything anymore.

The dining table was removed.

Brother Jiu also left the Kang, pulled up a round stool and sat quietly.

Kangxi rinsed his mouth, swallowed everything, and then talked about business with Brother Jiu, saying: "Check the official offices of Zhenglan Qi, Xianglan Qi and Xiangbai Qi to see if they are still wealthy..."

Brother Ninth hesitated for a moment and said: "There is no designated Xilanqi, otherwise the eldest brother and third brother's mansions would not have been built on the boundary of Zhenghongqi. My son will go back to the Yamen to check the other two places."

He didn't think about the prince's house for a moment. After all, the elder brother in the palace was still wealthy, so he thought he was going to reward the minister with a house.

He said: "On the contrary, the courtyard in the imperial city is still empty. The five-year-old house of the Zhang family has been vacated. It has been carefully repaired over the years and looks very neat."

There are many people eyeing the Zhang family's house, but none of them are qualified to move in.

You have to be Dajiu Qing or Pavilion Elder or someone with a higher status, and you have to get the imperial gift to move in.

Kangxi shook his head and said: "If you don't want those in the imperial city, you can choose outside the imperial city. You can choose a few official houses regardless of flag. Find a few official houses and rebuild three of them according to the regulations of Beizi Mansion. They are separated and do not have to be next to each other..."

The eldest brother's county prince's mansion is next to the third elder brother's Baylor mansion. The mansions of the fourth elder brother, the eighth elder brother, the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother are on the same street. The fifth elder brother's mansion and the seventh elder brother's mansion are not far apart.

Thinking about it now, it still does more harm than good.

Because the residence is far and near, the brothers are also divided into distant and distant relatives, which is not good.

Brother Jiu's eyes widened after hearing this.This was really unexpected.

He said: "Khan Ama, when is the construction deadline? This year is already halfway through. To build the mansion, the wood and stone must be prepared in advance. The craftsmen under the construction department are also in Rehe at the moment. It is estimated that today and tomorrow I haven’t been able to spare any money for two years..."

Kangxi pondered for a moment and then said: "The construction period can be limited to before the Dragon Boat Festival in 43..."

The Ninth Prince already knew that after the Fourteenth Prince's wedding in 43, the Twelfth Prince, the Thirteenth Prince and the Fourteenth Prince would leave the palace.

Hey, Brother Fourteen is being disliked?

He nodded and said: "There is still time. This year we will select the site, prepare the civil engineering and masonry, and start construction next summer. The construction will not be completed in 42 years."

It's just Beizi Mansion's regulations...

Once this house was built, even if there was no knighthood, everyone knew it.

Brother Ninth couldn't help but feel frightened for a while. Fortunately, he shamelessly begged for mercy and accumulated some minor achievements, so that his prince's palace was built in accordance with Baylor's regulations.

In this way, compared with the brothers in front, there is no distance.

If it were delayed until now, it would be impossible to deal with the Twelfth Prince and the others. It would all be regulated by the Beizi Mansion.

After the twelfth elder brother, he is really the younger elder brother.

Brother Jiu giggled.

He was happy on behalf of his twelfth brother.

You must know the younger brother of Emperor Taizong and the general Feng Zhenguo.

The title of Shi Feng Beizi is not too high for the thirteenth and fourteenth elder brothers, but for the twelfth elder brother, it is not too low to be the same as his two younger brothers.

The prince's elder brother in this palace is also divided into three, six or nine grades because of his biological mother's status.

The status of the twelfth elder brother is higher than that of the fifteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother.

Kangxi glanced at Brother Jiu and said, "Are you happy with other people's affairs first?"

Brother Jiu smiled and said: "My son is happy for them, and he has grown up one after another."

Kangxi waved his hand and said: "Okay, kneel down!"

Brother Ninth also knew what was going on and retreated honestly.

When he left Qianqing Palace, he felt a little more relaxed.

Beizi Mansion has good regulations, but if the twelfth elder brother is really worse than his two younger brothers, what will the clan think?

Designated to be slighted.

This relationship came from a relationship. I have been with the twelfth elder brother for a year and a half. Now in the ninth elder brother's heart, he naturally looks closer to this younger brother.

When they arrived at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the ninth elder brother looked at the twelfth elder brother and smiled and said: "There is a big event related to you. Guess what it is?"

The twelfth elder brother was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly asked: "Is... the wedding date going to be brought forward?"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Brother Jiu couldn't help but laugh when he saw his reaction, and said, "Seeing that you usually stay calm, you think you're not in a hurry to get a wife? Are you in a hurry now?"

Only then did the twelfth elder brother realize that he had guessed wrong, and his face turned red with shame.

But apart from the wedding, what other happy events does he have this year?
There was no beginning or end. He really couldn't guess it. He shook his head and said, "I can't guess it."

Brother Jiu was beaming and said: "Khan Ama has given orders to find idle official rooms and transform them into the Prince's Mansion. They will be renovated according to the regulations of Beizi Mansion. There will be three buildings in total. We will choose a place between the two blue flags and the white flag..."

Brother Twelve was stunned.

The third place is the residence where he, the Thirteenth Prince and the Fourteenth Prince live.

Beizi Mansion regulations...

Really unexpected.

The twelfth elder brother did not feel happy, but felt uneasy.

He was born in the palace and grew up in the palace. He is curious and a little afraid of the outside world.

Seeing him like this, Brother Ninth comforted him: "It's just that the house is bigger, the population is larger, and the rest is the same as in the palace. You can still take charge of your own affairs. Only the good ones are good, but now they are just a shadow. The Fourteenth Brother is always there." It will be several years before we discuss leaving the palace after the wedding."

Brother Twelve nodded.

He was in no hurry.

As for whether it has a large population, he is not very interested.

He would rather do it later.

After leaving the palace, it would be difficult for him to go to Ningshou Palace to pay his respects to Grandma Su Ma.

This time Brother Jiu left in no hurry and searched for Zhang Baozhuo to find all the official rooms outside the Imperial City of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Not many people fly under the Five Banners, but more people go up to the Three Banners territory.

To be honest, there is an open space between Di'anmen and Beiguanfang, which is an idle Duke's Mansion.

There is another place not far from Shichahai, which is smaller.

There is another place inside Dongzhimen, not far from the Tong family's house.

After looking around, these three places are considered the best locations.

The land bounded by the Blue Flag and the Zhenglan Flag is smaller than other places. There are two official buildings, and it is also relatively narrow.

Brother Jiu then said: "These are all about the three flags, so you should first choose a place you like. You don't have to follow the flags..."

Previously, the emperor's father asked him to choose a place between the two blue flags and the white flag, so these three young brothers should go to those three flags.

If the house is among those three flags, it must be designated accordingly.

But when cultivating the three flags, there is no need to focus on who is facing whom.

The twelfth prince's place is just right for "the first to get the moon near the water and the tower".

The twelfth elder brother shook his head and said: "I can do it, but let's look at Khan Ama..."

Brother Ninth said: "Let's report it and just mark it as the Twelfth Prince's Mansion. Khan Amma won't worry about such trivial matters."

Just like the prince's mansion between him and his [-]th prince, when the land was given to Bei Guanfang, the emperor didn't even ask who was to the east or west or how to divide the land.

The ninth elder brother remembered that the fourteenth elder brother wanted to take over the affairs of Xitou, and said: "The elders and younger ones are arranged in an orderly manner. It is you who should pick first. If there are two left, let the thirteenth pick one..."

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