My father-in-law is Kangxi

Chapter 96 Ask

The thirteenth elder brother heard it, his expression was full of joy, and he didn't respond, but looked at the tenth elder brother.

The tenth elder brother didn't leave immediately, he packed the food box, lifted it himself, and then raised his chin, motioning for the thirteenth elder brother to follow.

Liang Jiugong hurriedly said: "Master Shi, why don't you still carry it?"

"Need not!"

Brother Ten hugged him immediately: "It's not heavy at all!"

As soon as they spoke, a group of people arrived in front of the imperial chariot.

This is a luxurious carriage about ten feet long. In order to reduce the weight, there is no rare wood, it is carved from pine wood.

Inside the carriage, it's like a house.

Kangxi was sitting upright, and there was a fixed small table in front of him, on which were placed a plate of sesame seed cakes with meat, and a tea set, and there were horizontal seats on both sides of the small table.

Seeing the two sons coming in, Kangxi pointed to the horizontal seat: "Sit down and fill a few mouthfuls..." While speaking, his eyes fell on the food box in Elder Brother Ten's hand, and he was a little surprised: "Old Ten brought his own food. gone?"

Elder Brother Ten put on a show: "The words of Huihan Ama were sent by Brother Jiu... Sister-in-law Nine was worried about Brother Jiu's diet, so she prepared a lot of food in advance..." Then, he opened the food box, He took a pork jujube and ate it: "This is pork jujube, dried and smoked with fruit wood, it can be preserved for ten and a half months in hot weather..." Then he ate several other kinds in turn, and finally praised : "This dried fruit is especially good. You don't need to drink water after eating and you don't feel dry mouth. It's just right to eat on the road... Khan Amma will also try it..."

Kangxi nodded reservedly, pinched a piece of dried fruit and put it in his mouth, immediately sour.

It is indeed different from the candied fruit made by the Imperial Dining Room in the palace. It has not been adjusted with honey and sugar.

"Just send these?"

Kangxi took another piece and asked, feeling a little less disgusted.

"He Yuzhu brought two food boxes, and the other was sent to Fifth Brother and the others..."

Elder Brother Ten replied honestly.

Unfilial son!
Kangxi hummed softly. He thought Brother Nine was an adult and knew how to please his father-in-law, but he still didn't see it.

Brothers all eat a piece of food, don't they know how to show respect to Ah Ma?

But thinking that Concubine Yi was not there, Kangxi's grievances also calmed down a lot.

Elder Brother Shi was hungry before, snacks are snacks after all, it's okay to satisfy the gluttony, but not full, so he ate half a plate of sesame seed cakes with meat.

Smaller than common biscuits, they are also crispy, and there is no residue on the clothes after using a small plate.

Elder Brother Thirteen is thirteen years old, exactly the age of "half a kid who can eat me too much", and he ate the other half of the plate of sesame seed cakes with meat.

Kangxi looked at the two sons, coincidentally, I don't know if they were both born in the Longevity Palace, although the two were not born of the same mother, they looked like brothers, not only had similar eyebrows and eyes, but also had slender stature high.

Now, Elder Brother Ten...

The previous slender oval face has become a little wider, and the original facial features have softened a lot.

Kangxi was most concerned about the growth of the prince, knowing that it was all due to Dong E's family, and he was quite satisfied when he was young but acted like his sister-in-law.

Logically speaking, the Liu family's case of murdering the prince Fujin has long been settled, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has also reassigned staff to work in the second office, and the people who had been in the previous three offices also returned to the third office.

But because Brother Nine loves brothers, Brother Ten's daily meals are still taken by the Second Institute these days.

Looking at the thirteenth brother again, Kangxi felt that he was not pleasing to the eye, he was too thin.

Thinking of the ninth elder brother being starved, Kangxi looked at the thirteenth elder brother with a more gentle tone: "How is the food supply in Zhaoxiang's dining room?"

The thirteenth elder brother was stopped by the question, his face showed confusion, and he didn't know how to answer.

When Kangxi saw it, his heart sank: "But there are slaves who take the big and refuse to obey discipline?"

Brother Thirteen was still ignorant, and it took a long time before he said: "My son doesn't know..."

Kangxi frowned: "You don't know whether you eat to your liking or not, and serve you carelessly?"

Elder Brother Shi watched from the sidelines, knowing that the father and son were talking differently, he couldn't stop laughing in his heart, and then felt sour.

Sure enough, he is the son of a beloved concubine, and he is very concerned.

Thinking of his dead mother, he lowered his eyes, feeling more and more uncomfortable, and didn't intend to help.

I didn't understand it earlier, but now that I think about it, in order to protect the prince, Khan Ama didn't just neglect his son? !
It is the mother concubine who has been a noble concubine for more than ten years and has never held the power of the palace for a day. The only thing left as a noble concubine is "pure and noble".

Does the early death of the mother and concubine have anything to do with being treated coldly?

Elder Brother Ten had no feelings for the prince at first, neither close nor disgusted, but now he felt disgusted.

Is he the only son?
Did the others pick it up from a coal pile?
"Khan Ama, my son's daily rations are taken from the dining room of the Qianqing Palace... the morning and evening meals are also at the dining room of the Qianqing Palace..."

The thirteenth elder brother came to his senses, and replied truthfully: "On the other side of Zhaoxiang's place, there is a nun who is familiar with and in charge, and my son never asked..."

Kangxi pursed his lips, knowing that he "cares about chaos", and forgot that Brother Shisan was studying in the Shang study every day.

At that time, the elder brother's house was repaired, and the elder brothers of Noo Palace lived in one after another.

When the thirteenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother were about to move the palace at the age of six, the elder brother's house was already full, and it happened that the Zhaoxiang's house had just been repaired, so the two were placed in the Zhaoxiang's house. After all these years.

There is no prince's dining room in Zhaoxiang's residence, but only one dining room in Zhaoxiang's residence.

When the matter of the two institutes came out, Kangxi ordered Zhao Chang to investigate the brother's institute and Zhaoxiang's institute.

Because Zhaoxiang's location is in the northeast of the East Sixth Palace, Concubine Hui has always been watching, and Concubine Hui is the most careful in her actions, but there are no mistakes.

Elder brother's side, there are many problems.

The nanny in charge of Qiandong No. [-] Institute is a distant relative of Concubine Rong, and this relationship has not been reported to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Although it cannot be directly said that Concubine Rong has meddled in Elder Brother's business, it is inevitable to get the news.

Kangxi was unhappy, but he thought that Concubine Rong's daughter married far away and gave birth to only one son, the third elder brother, so he couldn't bear to worry about it.

In Gandong No. [-], there was an in-law of the Shang family who was on duty, but Zhao Chang checked and found that this person was arranged by the seventh elder brother himself.

The pure Prince Fujin came from the Shang clan, and had never interfered with Seventh Elder Brother's affairs.

Kangxi felt sour in his heart, and it was not good to intervene in discipline, otherwise people would misunderstand that he didn't want Elder Brother to get close to Prince Chun's Mansion.

Then there are three Ganxi schools...

Kangxi glanced at Elder Brother Shi. Long before the death of Concubine Wen Xi, there was a personnel change in the three institutes, and several stewards who were related to Niu Gulu's family were released.

Looking at the time, it should be arranged before the imperial concubine's deadline...

The imperial concubine does not want Niu Gulu to be close to the prince...

A loving mother is a rare understanding person, but it's a pity that her fate is poor.

There are also five Ganxi Institutes, and there have been several personnel changes in the past two years.

The new women in charge are all in-laws and clan members of the twelfth elder brother's birth mother, Wanliu Hashi.

Kangxi began to wonder if it was Wanliu Hashi who relied on the power of the prince to sneak into the camp. After investigation, he found that it was arranged by Twelve Elder Brother himself, and he also used Su Mala's favor...

But fortunately, the "slave deceiving the master" like the Liu family in the second Ganxi Institute has not been found out, otherwise Kangxi will really arrange for people to clean up the Ministry of Internal Affairs...

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Both Shu Shu and Brother Nine woke up after a lunch break, feeling much better.

The fifth elder brother and the tenth elder brother also sent people to bring food over.

The food box sent by the fifth elder brother contained beef jerky and milk tofu.

This beef jerky was different from what Shu Shu had eaten in later generations. It was not the kind of semi-dried beef jerky that was fried, but completely dry. It was as long as a small arm and as thick as two chopsticks.

Shu Shu was a beef fanatic in her previous life, wishing she could eat beef every day, but in this life, beef has become a rarity.

The current law stipulates that, except for the cattle used for sacrificing to the imperial mausoleum, the soldiers and civilians of other clans are prohibited from slaughtering cattle, horses, mules, and donkeys. Those who slaughter their own horses and cattle privately will be given a hundred sticks; When Zhang entered the government, the manslaughter and the dead did not sit.

Therefore, even with a family like Shu Shu's family, it is extremely rare to eat beef once.

Shu Shu immediately took a piece of beef jerky and put it in his mouth.

Dry, can't bite.

It took a long time for the saliva to get wet before biting off a piece the size of a broad bean.

This beef should be marinated with salt and pepper and then dried. There is no fishy smell, but a strong beef aroma.

"Grandpa, try it, this is delicious!"

Seeing Brother Nine looking helplessly, Shu Shu didn't hesitate to share, and handed a piece to his mouth.

Brother Jiu took it, chewed it a few times, and said in confusion: "It still tastes old, nothing unusual, why do you eat it so deliciously?"

Shu Shu smiled: "This is beef, I can't eat it once a year, don't you think it's delicious? I used to eat this often?"

"Fifth brother always has this in his purse, and he gave me a lot earlier. I dislike hard food, and I don't like to eat it... If you like it, you can go back and say hello to fifth brother, and ask him to help you make more..."

Brother Jiu said seriously, Shu Shu quickly waved his hands: "No, no, it's just a snack, just try it, how can you keep eating this?"

This beef is not the daily supply of the Imperial Dining Room, so it goes without saying that it must come from Ningshou Palace.

The Qing Dynasty banned the slaughter of cattle and horses, but Mongolia could not, mostly because of the filial piety there.

The queen mother loved and raised her grandson and was willing to leave it to the fifth elder brother. It was the old lady's kindness, and it was not easy for others to take advantage of it.

And this milk tofu...

Ersuo also makes milk tofu, which is similar to the hardness between tofu and dried tofu. It can be eaten dipped in sugar, or fried and made into shreds.

The milk tofu in front of me should be a traditional grassland method.

The size of an adult's palm, light yellow and hard dry.

I still can't bite it, I can only hold it slowly, and melt a corner. There is no sugar in it to reconcile, and the taste is sour.

Sitting next to him, brother Jiu watched Shu Shu's expression change from anticipation to disgust, and couldn't help laughing: "Haha! It's rare, and there are things you don't like..." While speaking, he took out a small plate : "I'm about to vomit..."

Shu Shu spit it out from the remonstrance, rinsed her mouth with water, and then felt relieved, and commented: "The milk taste is full, but there is no sugar added, it is too sour... I will follow the same way later, let's make some sugar by myself, It doesn’t need to be so hard, it should taste a lot…”

Seeing her mentioning the food, Brother Nine seemed to be unsatisfied, and opened another food box: "Try this, Old Ten bought it from Yuqian..."

(End of this chapter)