area51novel Chapter 2028: Diverting trouble to the east
Chapter 2028: Diverting trouble to the east
Chapter 2028: Diverting trouble to the east
At noon, the Ninth Prince and the Tenth Prince came out of Changchun Garden.
The two also got the news and knew that the Prince of Zhi's mansion had also moved here.
"It's more complete than in previous years..."
The Tenth Prince whispered.
There are eleven courtyards, and ten of them are occupied.
The Ninth Prince said, "What can I do? I may not be able to please you if I come, but I will definitely not be able to please you if I don't come."
Apart from the twelfth prince who has given up, who else can be free of desires?
Even if one had a different temperament in his early years, now that he is married and has children and is no longer alone, he dare not be willful.
The Tenth Prince said, "Just wait until the emperor goes on his northern tour. Then you won't have to report to the garden, and you'll be much more relaxed."
The Ninth Prince calculated the time in his mind and said, "There are still two months left. How can I pass the message to the Eighth Prince..."
The best way is to pass it on from Fourteenth Prince.
But the Fourteenth Prince is now in an idle position, and he is ambitious. I am afraid that he will get carried away and want to take over the matter.
If things are not handled properly, the Fourth Prince will have to bear the brunt of the consequences.
That's not good.
The Ninth Prince said, "Why hasn't anyone celebrated their birthday recently? It would be nice if there was a banquet. There would be many people, so we could chat a little and let the smart people listen to the conversation themselves."
Sadly, no one has birthdays in April.
May is the prince's birthday, but there may not be a banquet.
"Ninth Brother, Tenth Brother..."
Behind it is a voice you don't want to hear.
The Ninth Prince and the Tenth Prince looked at each other, stopped, and turned back.
Besides the Fourteenth Prince, there is also the Thirteenth Prince.
The Fourteenth Prince was delighted and said, "It's better to be on duty here. There's nothing to do after just signing in. It's better than the Ministry of Revenue."
The Ninth Prince thought about his easy days in the Ministry of Revenue and asked, "What are you busy with in the Ministry of Revenue?"
The Fourteenth Prince frowned upon hearing this and said, "I am very busy, going from one government office to another."
The Ninth Prince was speechless after hearing this.
That's quite busy.
Not to mention other places, there are fourteen in the Qingli Division alone.
Does this need to be rotated one by one?
Much the same.
The Fourteenth Prince said, "I now understand why Khan Ama established the examination system. The expenses of the Eight Banners' salaries are the biggest expense. There are more and more idle people in the Eight Banners now. We can't afford to fight a war, and we can't support them if we don't fight a war."
The Ninth Prince said, "It was easy to be selected in the early days. For ordinary bannermen, what they did was to have as many male offspring as possible so that they could have more money and food. If they were lucky enough to catch up with the war, they would have a chance to fight for a hereditary position. If there is no light in the east, there will be light in the west."
The Fourteenth Prince said, "The expenditure of the warehouse office is also a big one. I dare not even think about the accumulated money over the years..."
The Ninth Prince said, "There is no way. The grain in the capital is all imported grain. If the transport is unstable, the grain supply in the capital will be insufficient, and there will be no peace at that time."
The Fourteenth Prince glanced at the Ninth Prince and said, "The waste on the road for transporting grain is not a big deal. It's not easy to travel thousands of miles. But what about the losses in Tongzhou Warehouse and Beijing Warehouse? I don't believe that you can't see it, Ninth Brother?"
The Ninth Prince blinked and said, "What's going on? It's just rats eating worms, what else could it be?"
The Fourteenth Prince snorted and said, "If only the parasites had taken less money, we wouldn't have been left without money for the war preparations in the northwest."
The Ninth Prince didn't take this opportunity.
Even the Fourteenth Prince can see it, so why can’t others see it?
If you are not in your position, you will not seek your government.
He is not from the Inspectorate, so why should he be involved in these things?
He saw that everyone in the imperial court, from top to bottom, believed in the saying "the water is too clear to have fish".
Big corruption is not allowed, but small corruption is not punished.
While chatting, the group passed by Beisanso.
The Thirteenth Prince said goodbye and returned to the third residence.
When he arrived at the gate of the fourth residence, the Fourteenth Prince did not leave immediately, but twitched his nose.
"What does it smell like?"
As he spoke, he followed the scent and his eyes fell on the entrance of the fifth institute.
"Brother Jiu, what delicious food did you make for lunch?"
The Fourteenth Prince asked with bright eyes.
Ha ha……
The Ninth Prince didn't want to answer.
Just then there was a noise at the door. It was Zhou Song coming out with a lunch box.
"Master, Master Ten, Master Fourteen..."
Seeing everyone at the door, Zhou Song hurriedly greeted them.
The Ninth Prince looked at his lunch box and asked, "Where did you go?"
Zhou Song glanced at the Fourteenth Prince and said, "It was the Lady who sent me to deliver it to the Fourteenth Prince because she was worried that the kitchen here in the Fourth House was not fully equipped."
The Ninth Prince was a little surprised and said to the Fourteenth Prince, "Then take it back and eat it."
The Fourteenth Prince was also quite surprised, as he thought it was being sent to the North Garden.
"Hahahaha, Sister-in-law Jiu is still the best..."
As the Fourteenth Prince spoke, he took the lunch box from Zhou Song and happily walked into the fourth dormitory.
The Ninth Prince did not say anything else, he just pulled the Tenth Prince at the door of the Fifth Institute.
"The children are eating here at noon. Your sister-in-law asked someone to make fried meatballs..."
When the two brothers arrived at the main room, not only the children were there, but also the Tenth Lady, waiting for the Ninth and Tenth Princes to return.
Niguzhu's eyes lit up and he stretched out his chubby little hands to gesture to the two of them.
"Father, Uncle Ten, my mother asked someone to fry ten kinds of meatballs, ten kinds..."
The Ninth Prince laughed and said, “That’s the meatballs having a meeting!”
After a while, the dining table was set.
There was a table full of fried meatballs, including beef balls, pork balls, chicken balls, fish balls and other meaty ones, and the rest were various vegetarian meatballs.
It is also served with a few cold dishes such as spinach with nuts, smashed cucumber, sugar-mixed tomatoes, and mashed garlic eggplant.
It looks quite full.
The Ninth Prince felt full after smelling the food.
Children love fried food the most.
Even though the third princess doesn’t like meatballs, she loves potato balls and pumpkin balls very much.
As for the meatballs, except for Niguzhu who ate a little, the rest went into the stomachs of the Tenth Prince and the Tenth Lady.
Shushu felt worried and asked someone to bring some hawthorn water.
Children do not know when they are hungry or full.
The meatballs on Niguzhu's plate were counted by Shushu. There were two pork meatballs and one of each other meatball.
Niguzhu was very satisfied with the meal. He boasted to Shushu about his achievements and said, "I may have done something today. I taught my third sister 'The Beginning of Man' this morning. She can now write '人'. She also learned a Mongolian word, '八达伊地'. My third sister is very smart..."
Everyone looked at the Third Princess.
The third princess already knows how to understand good and bad words.
"Sister...sister...is smarter..."
The little girl smiled and spoke slowly.
"Hehehe... Mama and Uku's mother also said so..."
Niguzhu dances with his hands and feet.
The Tenth Lady praised her and said, "The eldest princess is amazing."
Niguzhu puffed out his chest and looked like he couldn't close his mouth.
Feng Sheng said to Shu Shu: "Er Nie, when my younger sister taught my third sister, she remembered things faster than she did herself."
Shu Shu nodded and said, "That's great. The two of us can learn from each other."
It's not surprising.
Niguzhu is a child with poor concentration, especially when he is in class, he is always distracted.
When teaching San Gege, she was more proactive and her attention was more focused than when she was passively listening to the class.
Akdan glanced at his sister, then at the third princess who was sitting next to Shushu, and said, "Enie, when will the seventh aunt come? Will the third sister miss her?"
What child doesn’t miss his parents?
Especially the Third Princess, who has never left the Seventh Lady's side since childhood.
After hearing this, the smile on the Third Princess's face froze, the corners of her mouth drooped, and her eyes turned red.
Shushu glanced at her evil son and felt helpless.
Now was not the time to scold her son, so Shushu lowered her head and said to the Third Princess: "Today is the twenty-ninth day, and your mother will be here on the first day of the next month..."
"Really?"
The third princess looked up with surprise.
"real……"
Shushu nodded without hesitation.
The third princess burst into laughter.
Niguzhu blinked and said, "Mother Wuku also sent someone to pick me up that day. Should I go after I meet Aunt Seven, or should I meet Aunt Seven next time?"
The Tenth Prince looked at the Ninth Prince and said, "Grandmother wants to take my niece into the garden?"
Then why did you come out these two days?
The Ninth Prince directly exposed Niguzhu and said, "She didn't want to go to school, so she asked the Imperial Grandmother to pick her up before she went home."
Niguzhu smiled and said, "That's because I know that Wuku's mother can't bear to leave me. If I don't tell her to pick up the phone, she will be embarrassed to pick up the phone!"
The Tenth Lady praised: "The eldest princess is so considerate."
She is looking forward to having a second baby.
If you have an eldest son, it doesn’t matter whether the second child is a boy or a girl.
If it's a daughter, then I have both a son and a daughter; if it's a son, then I have two legitimate sons, which makes me feel more at ease.
Because the children are still young, it is not a full-day program at the moment.
In the morning, there are Chinese and Mandarin classes, and in the afternoon, Xiaosong takes the children to play.
Niguzhu thought of another little sister, who was thin and small.
She came over and said to Shushu, "Ernie, do you want to bring Fifth Uncle's sister to play with us? She's so bored alone, no one is playing with her..."
Shushu did not answer directly, but looked at the Ninth Prince.
The Ninth Prince looked at the house full of children and didn't want to have another niece at home, so he decided to "divert the trouble away."
He said to Niguzhu: "How about you take your third sister to visit your fifth uncle's house and visit your sister there?"
"what?"
Niguzhu was very excited and said, "Be a guest? Okay, okay, let's go be a guest now. But don't we need to send an invitation first? And we need to prepare gifts..."
The little guy has a good memory and remembers what Shushu looked like when he went out.
The Ninth Prince instructed He Yuzhu, "Go to the headquarter to see the Fifth Master and ask what the little princess is doing and whether it is convenient for our eldest princess to visit as a guest."
He Yuzhu responded and went down.
Niguzhu reminded: "Ama, don't you bring the post?"
The Ninth Prince said, "That's your Fifth Uncle's family, just like your Tenth Uncle's family, they are all family, so you don't need to bring a letter."
Niguzhu said: "Don't forget the gift, too much gift is not a big deal!"
It just so happened that Haidian Zhuangzi delivered a few cages of rabbits today, including some baby rabbits.
Shushu asked someone to prepare a pair as a gift from Niguzhu and San Gege to her cousin.
After about a quarter of an hour, He Yuzhu came back, and with him came the Fifth Prince.
"I'm here to pick up my eldest and third nieces, you don't have to worry about it..."
The Fifth Prince was worried that his eldest daughter was being bored alone, and was considering whether he should shamelessly send her to the Fifth Institute.
But knowing that the two princesses from the Seventh Prince's Mansion were here, Fengsheng and Akdan here were squeezed into the sixth house, which was really embarrassing.
This time his eldest niece is coming over as a visit and will give him new ideas.
There are too many people in the fifth dormitory and there is no space, so it is not convenient to send Tana here, but the head dormitory is spacious.
Now there are only three masters and no one else.
Can I bring my niece over to stay for two days...