My father-in-law is Kangxi

Chapter 1686: Closeness (rolling around asking for monthly tickets)

There is no need to talk too much if there is no agreement. This refers to the Ninth Prince and the Third Princess at the moment.

The Ninth Prince meant well, but the Third Princess found it irritating.

If there really was such respectability in front of the emperor, why would she inquire about it in private?

Her eyebrows drooped, she stopped talking, and looked as if her mind was wandering.

If it were someone else, the Ninth Prince would have had to persuade her again, but he did not have that kind of relationship with this sister.

Shushu saw that the atmosphere was awkward and didn't try to circumvent it.

When I met this princess a few years ago, although she was taciturn, her words and actions were still within the rules. Now it seems that her temperament has become a little unruly.

The Ninth Prince was impatient and couldn't sit still. He took out his pocket watch and took a look. Seeing that it was noon, he stood up and said to Shushu, "Let's go home. We still have to pack our luggage!"

"Um……"

Shushu responded and stood up.

The third princess then looked up and glanced at the two of them, feeling a little at a loss.

When the Ninth Prince saw that she had not yet remembered the Tenth Prince, he could no longer endure it and snorted lightly, showing a bit of annoyance.

The third princess felt depressed and aggrieved, and her eyes turned red.

She just didn't say a word, but her younger brother gave her a cold look, in front of his brother's wife.

Would the Ninth Prince act like this in front of any other princess?

Shushu pretended not to notice and smiled, "After receiving the princess' birthday gift a while ago, our master was thinking about returning the favor and asked someone to prepare some food and other things. It's also a token of our master's appreciation."

The third princess didn't expect that they came for this, and was a little surprised. She shook her head and said, "It just happened to be the right time. It's only natural. No need to return the gift."

You can't take things back after you bring them here.

Shushu still instructed Baiguo to leave the gift list and gifts.

Seeing the couple getting ready to leave, the third princess also planned to follow them.

Shu Shu said politely: "I'm not a stranger, please stay..."

The third princess was not in high spirits to begin with, and after hearing this, she walked the couple to the corridor and watched them leave.

When they got on the carriage, the Ninth Prince snorted heavily and said, "Is this also a sister? If you don't miss the Tenth Prince, should you also miss the Imperial Concubine's mother?"

Among the three princesses at the beginning, only the third princess was assigned to the heir of a prince, and she was from the Kharchin tribe, which was the closest to the capital and the richest. Why?
It was because she was the adopted daughter of the imperial concubine that this marriage was arranged thanks to the imperial concubine.

"It seemed good at first, but now it seems that he is not only confused, but also has no conscience..."

The Ninth Prince was extremely angry.

Shushu did not agree.

In today's world, it is not easy for women. Even princesses have no control over their lives.

If the Third Princess' life is going well, she will be grateful to the Imperial Concubine and will also love the Tenth Prince as much as she loves his family. But what if she is not going well?
The human heart is hard to understand.

Don't be too harsh.

The Ninth Prince thought about the things that his two elder sisters had prepared, and they had also put a lot of thought into it, but the Third Princess had nothing, so he said, "Sisters and brothers are not strangers, so they don't lack things, but it's different whether they thought of it or not."

Shushu also noticed that the third princess had an impressive emotional intelligence.

Since he had planned to marry his daughter back to the capital, he didn't know how to get close to the people in the capital.

It's just that there's no point in saying this again, as if you care about those things.

Their "return of gift" this time was a courtesy of exchange; the two princesses' preparation of things was a social etiquette beyond the courtesy of exchange.

If the Third Princess could be as considerate as her two elder sisters, she wouldn't have ruined her marriage into the current situation.

Shushu changed the subject and said, "It's getting colder. We'll be out for more than a month after we leave in a few days. I've prepared all the clothes for you. I'll put them together one by one. I'll ask He Yuzhu to watch you add more clothes when the time comes."

It is now the end of July and the weather is chilly in the morning and evening, so you need to prepare a vest.

As expected, the Ninth Prince turned his attention away and pulled Shushu to him, saying in a sticky voice, "I am worried about you. How about I try to find a reason to tell Khan Ama to go back to the capital with you?"

He follows the imperial team, but he doesn't have any proper duties. He is just there to make up the numbers. One more or one less won't make much difference.

Shushu hurriedly said, "Don't do that! Even if he is the son of an ordinary family, filial piety is still the first priority. Put yourself in their shoes. If one day Fengsheng and Akedan treat their daughter-in-law better than their parents, would you be happy?"

If the parents-in-law of ordinary families are not happy, at most they will just give their daughter-in-law a hard time. But if the father-in-law of a royal family is not happy, he will just appoint a princess as a concubine, and then the family will be miserable for the rest of their lives.

The Ninth Prince shook his head and said, "I don't worry about this..."

Shushu said, "Master, just stay with me and don't worry about me. My ninth sister and I will be back slowly."

Following the official road and passing through the post stations along the way, you only walk a few dozen miles a day. It won't be tiring if the season is neither too cold nor too hot.

The Ninth Prince couldn't help but touch Shushu's belly, which was not yet pregnant, and said, "How about this child be nicknamed Rehe when he is born?"

Although the baby was not conceived in Rehe, it was carried out in Rehe.

Sister Dandan’s magical voice rang in Shushu’s mind.

She glanced at the Ninth Prince and said, "Looking at the plan of this palace, it still needs to be expanded. In the future, everyone will talk about Rehe all the time. Aren't you afraid that the children will find it unpleasant to hear?"

The Ninth Prince thought about it and immediately gave up the idea. He said, "Then think of another one. It can't be too bad compared to the previous child, so that he won't be too calculating when he grows up."

The first child was blessed by the emperor, and the emperor himself gave the child a nickname in order to bless the child to grow up safely; this baby will not have that grace, otherwise it would be too conspicuous.

Shushu didn't think so much.

This is the current rule: the eldest son and the second son of a noble family will have a huge gap between them unless they can make it.

Can't be smoothed out.

If we really want to level it, it will be another kind of injustice to the eldest son...

*
Although the Third Prince Consort was hosting a banquet today, he also knew that the Ninth Prince and his wife were visiting the Princess.

He was humiliated by the Ninth Prince some time ago, and he was avoiding his brother-in-law.

It's just that he was used to worrying and didn't trust his wife's hospitality.

After the banquet at the garrison was over, he brought Wei Zui to the princess' villa.

The third princess had already gone to bed, but when she heard the news, she put on her clothes again.

The Third Prince Consort had already asked the steward in front and knew the details of today's reception. His face turned a little ugly. He looked at the Third Princess and said, "It's already noon, why don't you keep the guests?"

The third princess frowned and said, "This... is not good to pass the sisters in front..."

Neither of her two elder sisters wanted to keep the guest, but she did, which seemed like she was stepping on their faces.

The Third Prince Consort was unhappy and said, "Have you thought of everything now? What about the gifts? The First Princess and the Second Princess have prepared gifts in return, what have you prepared?"

The third princess: "..."

Today, the Ninth Prince and his wife are here to return the gift. Do we have to repeat it again?
The Third Prince Consort looked at the Third Princess and said in annoyance, "You can't do anything else, but you can't follow others? Wait, tomorrow everyone will know that you are a cold sister and not sincere to your brother!"

The third princess was depressed.

Perhaps, just as her husband scolded her day by day, she was a useless princess who couldn't even handle basic social interactions.

The third princess lowered her head and wanted to return to the princess's mansion.

It would be better if she didn't come out in the future. She just wanted to be alone. Wouldn't that way she could make fewer mistakes?

*
As the end of the month approaches, the Holy Chariot is ready to set off.

Shushu also became busy here.

In addition to preparing some clothes for the Ninth Prince, she also prepared a lot of seasoning packets and road dishes.

The seasoning packet contains beef hot pot ingredients, seafood soup made from a mixture of dried seafood and dried mushrooms, and the all-purpose thirteen-spice mixture.

There are both meat and vegetarian dishes. The meat includes fried fish and meat soaked in oil, air-dried intestines, and pork floss. The vegetarian dishes include dried eggs, five-spice dried tofu, refreshing radish kimchi, and hot and sour kelp shreds.

All eight items were sent to the Emperor and the Empress Dowager.

The first and thirteenth wives were given two dishes each, meat and vegetable.

When he arrived at the eldest wife's place, Shushu was very polite and said, "I don't like to go out all day, so I just focus on my food and clothes. I hope you don't mind, sister-in-law."

The first wife held Shushu's hand and said gratefully, "I was worried that it would be inconvenient on the road, but the things we can prepare are limited, just meat jerky and pickled radish. With these things given by my sister-in-law, our master can eat a few more mouthfuls of rice. Thank you, sister-in-law."

The eldest prince is not young, but he is very casual about food.

If I don’t like something, I won’t pick it up with even a single chopstick. I would rather drink more wine with an empty stomach.

Because of the age difference between the first wife and her husband, respect was the main thing between the couple in the palace during the past two years.

Now when they go out, they see each other everywhere, and the couple spend more time together than before.

The first wife also realized that no matter how old this man was, he was still a child, which made her feel uneasy.

The eldest prince is no exception.

Someone still needs to keep an eye on our food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Shushu saw how much she genuinely cared about the eldest prince and was happy for the couple.

When they arrived at Thirteenth Prince's place, since they lived next to each other and had frequent interactions, Shu Shu was less polite and said, "You guys can eat these. Our master has more. When you're done, ask Uncle Thirteen to ask our master for more."

The Thirteenth Lady said, "In the past few days, the fragrance of the fragrance from my sister-in-law's house has been drifting towards this side every day. Our master has been thinking about it for a long time. Even if my sister-in-law didn't send it, our master would have made up his mind to find Uncle Jiu for a meal on his way back..."

Shushu smiled and said, "That's great. I'll have brothers to accompany me and I can eat more..."

(End of this chapter)