My father-in-law is Kangxi

Chapter 1802: I can't stand it (rolling around asking for monthly tickets)

When the Fourth Prince heard the Ninth Prince mention Shuncheng Palace, he remembered the invitation received in the palace and his face drooped.

Even if she is a princess without a title, she is still a princess.

Selling marriage!

It's not just the people from Shuncheng Palace who are missing.

The Fourth Prince looked at the Ninth Prince and said, "The son of the Qixi family still has no marriage proposal, why don't you think of getting closer to the Shuncheng Palace?"

Because the "buyer" was from the Dong E family, the Fourth Prince couldn't help but feel angry.

The Ninth Prince has been influenced by his surroundings and now understands the principle of not increasing blood ties when close relatives marry.

However, this does not exist in the Dutong Mansion and Shuncheng Palace, as they are separated by several generations.

The Dong'e family did not establish further ties with that family. They were simply looking for a pig pen to look after, and did not want to get involved in the trouble of Prince Shuncheng's Palace.

"Fourth brother, the children of Shuncheng Palace are raised freely, who would dare to marry into their family? Not only is the old prince greedy for money, but I am also confused. I even wanted to take the county lady's dowry. What do you think of this? If the county lady is willing, it would be fine, but the county lady has been married for more than 30 years, and she will be buried in the Dong E family's blessed land in the future, enjoying the Dong E family's incense..."

The Ninth Prince said.

People have different degrees of closeness and distance between them. In the eyes of the Fourth Prince, the Ninth Prince and his wife are naturally closer, and he also feels that the Heshuncheng Palace is hateful.

Although Lady Bo was a daughter of the Dong'e family, seeing that she could live with her niece, we knew that she had not chosen an heir. In addition to the title, she should also leave a dowry to her niece.

The Fourth Prince also felt that the Shuncheng Palace, which was obsessed with the dowry of its married daughters, was abominable.

There is not only a lady of the baron between the Dutong Mansion and the Shuncheng Prince's Mansion, but also the eldest sister of the prince. It is indeed not suitable for another marriage.

"This servant greets Master Eighth, please give your greetings..."

There was a noise at the door, and He Yuzhu in the main room greeted the Eighth Prince loudly.

The Fourth Prince and the Ninth Prince looked at each other and fell silent.

In the main room, the Eighth Prince hesitated.

He was upset and forgot that the Ninth Prince also worked in the Ministry of Revenue.

In the room, the Ninth Prince got off the kang again and looked towards the door.

The door curtain moved and the Eighth Prince came in from outside.

"Fourth brother, ninth brother..."

"Myna..."

The Ninth Prince is well-behaved, like a normal younger brother.

The Fourth Prince sat on the kang and looked at the Eighth Prince and asked, "Are you here to see me?"

The Eighth Prince nodded and said, "I remembered something and came to ask you about it."

The Fourth Prince stood up and said, "Then let's go over and talk."

The Eighth Prince nodded and followed the Fourth Prince out.

The Ninth Prince rolled his eyes and could not sit still in the room, so he put on his mask, brought He Yuzhu out of the Ministry of Revenue, and went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

It's like no one has a brother to talk to.

Su Peisheng, who was on duty in the landlord's room, brought in a tea tray, poured tea for the Fourth Prince and the Eighth Prince, and then went out to wait.

"what happened?"

The Fourth Prince asked.

The Eighth Prince looked uneasy and said, "Fourth Brother, Xiaotangshan will be put into use next year, and then a Hanlin will erect a monument..."

The Fourth Prince listened and said, "Is there anything wrong?"

That was the Ninth Prince's filial piety. Although the Ninth Prince was kind and brought the Crown Prince and other princes into the picture, it was well known who had put in the hard work.

Everyone owes the Ninth Prince a favor.

Add that generous profit, and it’s two favors.

The Eighth Prince said anxiously, "But my Fifth Brother has returned my silver. By then, everyone will be on top, except me..."

The Fourth Prince was stunned when he heard this and asked, "How could you be missing? Didn't the Fifth Prince deduct 10,000 taels of silver?"

Eighth Prince: "..."

Seeing that the Eighth Prince was at a loss, the Fourth Prince was a little unsure. Could it be that the Fifth Prince had changed his mind?

In this way, the Eighth Prince will indeed be uneasy.

The Eighth Prince was embarrassed, and thinking of this incident, he said: "I was so concerned that I forgot about this for a moment."

The Fourth Prince didn't say anything, but just looked at the Eighth Prince deeply.

Concern leads to chaos?

Is it because of excessive precaution?

When the palace in Xiaotangshan was mentioned, I thought I was being tricked by the Ninth and Fifth Princes.

The Fourth Prince did not want to think badly of the Eighth Prince, but the Eighth Prince's panic today seemed a bit like "judging others by one's own standards".

The Eighth Prince saw that the Fourth Prince was unhappy, and he sighed, saying, "It's only been three or four years, but it feels like half a lifetime has passed. I was in a daze and I can't remember many things clearly."

The Fourth Prince also knew that the Eighth Prince had a hard time in the past few years, and said, "It's all in the past, and everything will be fine in the future."

The Eighth Prince nodded and said, "I regretted it a long time ago. No wonder people say that one should cultivate oneself and take care of the family. At that time, I wanted things that I shouldn't have wanted. I only thought about doing my job well, but I didn't take the household affairs seriously, nor did I properly control Guo Luoluo..."

When the Fourth Prince heard the name "Guo Luoluo", he wanted to frown, but he forced himself to do so.

He knew that the Eighth Prince tended to overthink.

The Eighth Prince went on to say, "Not only have I changed, but Guo Luoluo has also changed her personality. When I was sick a few days ago, she took care of me without taking off her clothes..."

The Fourth Prince felt a little annoyed after hearing this.

If someone clearly should be "under house arrest", would he come and take care of others without the Eighth Prince's nod?

What does the Eighth Prince want to do by deceiving himself like this?
The Fourth Prince hated Guo Luoluo very much.

He knew that the noble ladies of the Eight Banners were spoiled, but Guo Luoluo's behavior back then was not spoiled, but unruly.

The Eighth Prince paused and said, "Nowadays, many places in the Eight Banners follow Han customs, with a clear distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children. The concubine is no longer a wife, so it will be inconvenient for Fucha to travel outside..."

The Eighth Prince told the truth about his difficulties and did not treat the Fourth Prince as an outsider, which relieved the Fourth Prince's irritability a lot.

Indeed, now the son of a concubine is no longer a bastard, but he is no longer a legitimate son either. Instead, he has a new identity, "side son".

The source was not that the Eight Banners followed Han customs, but that the emperor's father changed the rules in order to limit the titles of royal family members. The children of concubines and the legitimate children were no longer granted titles at the same time, but their titles were reduced by two levels.

For this reason, the concubines of the various royal palaces no longer went out with the regular mistresses as they did in the past.

In fact, even if they were concubines, they were of super-ranking imperial decrees and had noble status, but they were inferior to the wives of other royal wives.

The Eighth Prince didn't like Fu Cha to go out, and it all came down to his being too competitive. He didn't want the women of the Eighth Prince's Mansion to always be at the bottom of the list in front of the royal sisters-in-law.

The Fourth Prince looked at the Eighth Prince and said, "You are too impatient. Even if you really want Guo Luoluo to come out, you should ask Khan Ama first."

The Eighth Prince has been in a panic these days because of this reason, and he regrets "acting first and reporting later."

The Fourth Prince looked at the Eighth Prince, thinking of the friendship they had since childhood, and advised him, "You are not an impatient person, so why are you so impatient now? Things will be smoothed over if you take your time. Besides, if you go to the Imperial Court to plead for Guo Luoluo, Khan Ama will be unhappy. It would be better to let Concubine Mother find a chance to ask the Emperor Father."

After hearing this, the Eighth Prince was enlightened.

He was indeed anxious.

If the Emperor were to be displeased again because of this, it would be more trouble than gain.

He said, "I was anxious before, and only thought about the social interactions during the New Year..."

*
The duty room of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The twelfth prince was talking about the supply of Dongzi vegetables in the palace: "This year, there are several more varieties, and more people are supplied. My wife and I each have two catties of Dongzi vegetables every day."

Last year, there were fewer Dongzi dishes, so the amount for the Twelfth Prince and his wife was halved, and only the main seat in the harem was served.

As the twelfth prince, he should be grateful for both the kindness of Madam Su in raising him and the kindness of the noble lady in giving birth to him.

It's still okay with Madam Su. She has been provided with daily necessities according to the rank of concubine since the death of the Empress Dowager. But it's not the same for the noble lady.

Even though the twelfth prince worked in the Imperial Household Department, he was not qualified to interfere with the supply of the imperial kitchen.

This year, there is more supply of Dongzi vegetables, and the supply in the palace has also been adjusted. Nobles also receive it every day.

Ninth Prince didn't think too much about it. He just thought that they didn't like to eat chicken and duck in winter and wanted to eat some vegetarian food. He said, "How can you forget about the greenhouse in Ninth Prince's house? How many kinds of cave vegetables do you want? How many kinds are there in the palace?"

The twelfth prince smiled and said, "When I leave the palace in the future, I will have to ask for food from the ninth brother's house. I don't need it now. It's troublesome to transport things to the palace."

The Ninth Prince thought of all the princes who had been assigned, and then thought of the Second Prince of Cheng County Mansion, who seemed to have been born in the thirty-seventh year, and the second son of the Fourth Beile Mansion and the son of the Fifth Beile Mansion were born in the thirty-ninth year.

These three little princes will enter school at the same time as their own eldest prince Fengsheng, Akdan and the tenth prince, and will need to stay in the palace at that time.

Before that, the 12th and 13th princes, who were married, had to make room for the emperor's grandchildren. It was not too late to move out, and they should have moved out by the end of the 43rd year at the latest.

The Ninth Prince said, "You will know when you live outside. It is better to live outside."

There was also more anticipation on the face of the Twelfth Prince.

After the brothers finished chatting, the Ninth Prince finally remembered the important business.

"I heard that Li Xu is planning to build a cashmere mill in Suzhou. What's going on?"

Brother Jiu asked.

This is another thing mentioned in Sun Jin's letter. Li Xu sent people to the Jiangning Weaving House and met several big weaving families in Suzhou. What they mentioned was the cashmere wool field.

The Ninth Prince came here now, not only to visit the Twelfth Prince, but also to ask about this matter.

The twelfth prince said, "I heard someone mention that the cashmere fabrics from the Jiangning Weaving House were in short supply this year. Before they were delivered to the customs, they were snapped up by the salt merchants. Also, some of the weavers who returned to Jiangning from Tongzhou were originally borrowed by Cao Zhi from the Suzhou Weaving House."

When the Ninth Prince heard this, he was proud at first.

"It's different over there than in the north, where the four seasons are not distinct. In the winter, they don't need to wear cotton clothes, but silk and satin can't keep out the cold. In the past, the rich wore Western woolen fabrics, but now we can weave cashmere ourselves. This material is finer and softer than Western woolen fabrics, so there will definitely be a lot of people buying it."

But after being proud, the Ninth Prince was left with resentment.

Li Xu, this bastard, still has the nerve to open a cashmere factory. Has he forgotten the time when he should tongue-tied himself in front of the emperor?

If the Ninth Prince was still in the Imperial Household Department, he would have found a way to stop him.

Unfortunately, he is not in the Ministry of Internal Affairs now.

If he is not in his position, he will not seek his government.

Thinking of Li Xu's orders to build the first cashmere mill in Suzhou, and also making money by doing meritorious deeds, the Ninth Prince simply couldn't stand it...

(End of this chapter)