My father-in-law is Kangxi

Chapter 1678 The only remaining fruit
The Fourth Prince had a good impression of the Dong E family's children and believed that they had received good family education.

The morale of the Eight Banners is not good nowadays. Whether they are from noble families or royal families, what they lack the most is playboys.

He said, "Doesn't Qi Xi also have a quota for Yinsheng?"

The commander-in-chief of the Eight Banners was a first-rank military official. He could have one of his sons enter the imperial court and could also select his own guards.

In addition to filling vacancies on ordinary days, guards are basically selected every five years.

The last time guards were selected was in the thirty-seventh year, and next year will be the year for selecting guards.

Even if you don't go to the Imperial College, you can wait until next year to select guards.

The Ninth Prince said, "We still have Little Five and Little Seven below us. It would be better if they can pass the exam on their own."

After hearing this, the Fourth Prince thought that all of the Ninth Prince’s brothers-in-law were from the same mother.

If Dong E's baby was a prince, then the Ninth Prince would have three legitimate sons, the one with the most legitimate sons among the princes.

The Fourth Prince decided to go back and get closer to the Fourth Lady, as the legitimate son was different after all.

At this moment, Liang Jiugong came over and said, "Fourth Master, Ninth Master, the Emperor has sent a message..."

The Fourth Prince and the Ninth Prince stood up and followed Liang Jiugong out of the duty room and went to the main hall.

Kangxi saw that the two were dressed in casual attire and asked, "Didn't the prince take people to the North Mountain to hunt today? Didn't you follow him?"

The fourth prince bowed and said, "Today, the envoys of the Tushetu Khanate have arrived. My son and the officials of the Lifanyuan are at the Mongolian garrison."

The Ninth Prince took the written proposal and said, "My son is busy with the government-run shop. He needs to increase revenue while maintaining the royal style. He cannot show his weakness. He has been thinking about it for several days. His hair is about to fall out. How can he have the energy to go hunting?"

Kangxi frowned after hearing this. It was because the prince did not greet his two younger brothers. If he had greeted them, they would not refuse. After all, a day or two would not matter.

He looked at the Fourth Prince and said, "The envoys from the Tushetu Khanate have disappeared first. Let them go to the capital and wait."

According to the time, the imperial edict had already reached Tushetu Khan's residence.

The new Khan will also send an envoy to the capital to express his gratitude, and we will meet him together then.

Fourth Prince bowed in response.

Kangxi then signaled Liang Jiugong to take the ninth prince's proposal and open it to read.

The business of ten shops is written on it.

Seeing a restaurant, a cake shop, and a silver shop, Kangxi was a little surprised. He looked at the Ninth Prince and said, "Aren't there already restaurants and cake shops on South Street?"

The Shopping Street is located to the south of the Summer Palace and is also called "South Street".

The Ninth Prince said, "We can focus on business for two or three months each year, and think about the two things of food and clothing. Then we can open a Beijing cuisine restaurant and a Beijing-style pastry shop, so that these Mongolian princes who have not entered the country can also have a taste of it."

Kangxi looked at the silver shop again and said, "Since you know that Mongolians love to buy gold, why don't you open a silver shop yourself?"

He still remembered how the Ninth Prince and the young couple Dong E "got to know each other through fighting", and how the case was even brought to court, all because of the silver shop.

The Ninth Prince said frankly, "The inner workshop belongs to the Khan's father, not his son. If it belonged to his son, he would open it and burn red or blue, and it would be sold properly for several years."

Kangxi ended up running a liquor shop.

The ninth prince was obsessed with getting an official job.

When the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs start cooking, it won't be out of place if they put it in Rehe.

Kangxi had a rough idea, so he said, "Then go find Mascar and take over the shop first!"

He instructed the Ninth Prince to prepare eight to ten government-run shops, and the Ninth Prince made plans based on ten.

It’s too late this year, but we can make arrangements the next time the Holy Spirit comes to Rehe.

The Ninth Prince agreed, glanced at the Fourth Prince, and went downstairs to find Maska.

Is this what the two of you have to say?
Did he send me away on purpose?
The Ninth Prince couldn’t guess it himself, so he gave up guessing.

When they arrived at the duty room of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Maska was there. The Ninth Prince told him about the government-run shops, and then said, "Of the remaining thirty shops, you can circle out ten with good locations."

Maska did not dare to act on his own. He took out the map of South Street and discussed with the Ninth Prince to circle out ten shops.

After the Ninth Prince left the palace, he returned to the Prince's Courtyard.

Shushu was writing letters to Mrs. Bo and Fusong.

The emperor left Rehe at the end of July and still went around Mongolia. It is estimated that he will not return to the capital until the end of August.

The Ninth Prince came in and said, "Why don't I write a letter to the Tenth Prince..."

Shu Shu said: "Just write if you want to!"

The Ninth Prince picked up his pen and wrote a letter to the Tenth Prince, mentioning life in Rehe.

The weather is cool and it is close to mountains and water. The disadvantage is that the yard is small and not as spacious as the Prince's in Haidian.

Having written here, the Ninth Prince paused, moved the letter paper away, picked up the pen and started writing again.

I can’t mention Rehe. The emperor rarely takes the Tenth Prince with him when he goes on tour. If I mention it too much, what should I do if the Tenth Prince feels uncomfortable?
The Ninth Prince mentioned the Third Princess and the Third Prince-in-Law. The Third Prince-in-Law was desperate and was very close to the Crown Prince. The Third Princess appeared less frequently and seemed quieter than in previous years. Most of the servants around her were also replaced.

Halfway through writing, the Ninth Prince paused again.

The Third Princess is so cold-hearted, why should the Tenth Prince worry about her?

The Ninth Prince started over again, asking directly about the four children's situation. Has Niguzhu grown up? Has the youngest prince called for help? Have Fengsheng and Akdan reached the stage of being naughty?
The Ninth Prince couldn't remember how old he and the Tenth Prince were when they started to be naughty, but it was before they moved to the palace at the age of six.

Shushu was watching from the side and saw that the Ninth Prince took half an hour to write a letter, and in the end there were only two thin pages.

There were quite a few pieces of wasted writing paper.

Seeing Shushu looking at him, the Ninth Prince explained, "Go to the Ministry of War. Even if it is not archived, it is not good to write everything in it."

Shushu praised: "I had forgotten about this. I wrote so much nonsense. I am becoming more and more thorough in my actions."

The Ninth Prince said, "It doesn't matter if you say more. This is a family matter. It would be bad if I brought up some other matters..."

In the afternoon, the Thirteenth Prince came back from hunting and brought over half a basket of rabbits and pheasants, as well as two live rabbits.

It turned out that the guards who followed him up the mountain shot and killed the mother rabbit, leaving behind a nest of baby rabbits that had just opened their eyes.

If this rabbit is not brought back to raise, it will lose its mother to feed it and will also become food for other wild animals.

It was a yellow rabbit with some white hair only on its front legs, half the size of a palm, and was kept in a birdcage.

Seeing this, Shushu hurriedly ordered Baiguo to prepare a rabbit nest for the little rabbit, and asked Xiaotang to get milk from the kitchen to feed the rabbit, but he didn't know if he could keep it alive.

The Ninth Prince asked the Thirteenth Prince, "Did you hunt any big fish?"

The Thirteenth Prince nodded and said, "It was a bear. Unfortunately, we used a musket and ruined the bear skin. We also killed two litters of wild boars. I asked the Crown Prince to reward the guards."

The Ninth Prince was shocked and said, "Didn't you and Big Brother wander around for half a month? How come there is still a big guy?"

The Thirteenth Prince said, "I didn't go there. After the fight today, the surrounding ten miles will be quiet."

However, the wild animals in the mountains all occupy territory. Now that the territory is vacant, there is no telling when other wild animals will come out to occupy it.

The Thirteenth Prince stayed on the mountain for most of the day. After delivering the things, he returned to his own courtyard.

Shushu played with the little rabbit for a while, then thought about the half basket of rabbits in the kitchen. She wanted to eat some cold rabbit, so she told Xiaotang the general method of cooking it.

Xiaotang went downstairs to prepare...

*
The main hall of the palace.

In the morning, Kangxi did not ask about the prince's hunting. In the afternoon, when he learned that the prince had returned from hunting, he sent someone to inquire about it.

Knowing that a musket was used to shoot and kill the black bear, Kangxi's eyes became somewhat gloomy.

In the early years, the prince's uncle Chang Tai was in charge of the firearms camp...

Firearms are different from bows and arrows.

As for the fact that the prince gave most of the spoils to his guards as rewards, Kangxi was somewhat dissatisfied.

Now in the Rehe Palace, there are himself, the empress dowager, the princes and princesses.

The prince did not share the captured prey with his relatives, but rewarded the guards instead. This shows that he has no kinship with his family...

*
Capital city, South Study.

Looking at the memorial from the Ministry of Clan Affairs, the Third Prince was like a clay sculpture or a wooden statue, and did not move for a long time.

There were two ice jars in the room, and a cotton curtain at the door kept out the stuffiness outside.

The fifth prince was sleeping with his legs spread out and snoring.

Seeing this, the Tenth Prince couldn't help but doze off.

The Seventh Prince was also reading the memorial. He noticed something strange about the Third Prince and looked over.

The Third Prince took a deep breath, handed him the memorial from the Imperial Clan Court, and said, "Look, something big is going to happen!"

The Seventh Prince took it and the Tenth Prince frowned.

These days, he was on duty in the South Study and did not go to the Clan House, but he did not hear of any major events among the clan members.

The Seventh Prince looked at the memorial and found out that it was a report from a householder of Hesheli's family who had come forward to report to the clan office, accusing the head of the family, Xinyu, of killing a householder without authorization.

This Xinyu was the younger brother of Soetu, the son of Soni, the great-uncle of the prince, and the only surviving inheritor of the four titles of two dukes and one earl in the Hesheli family.

If they had killed one or two people from the household, they could have argued that it was manslaughter, but it turned out that they had killed more than 30 people from the household in February of the 38th year...

Not to mention a first-class earl, even if he was a prince or a duke, he would be doomed after killing so many people.

Nersu's uncle only killed one person and injured one person. When the case was uncovered, he lost his title of prince...

(End of this chapter)