novelonline Chapter 1989: Compassion
Chapter 1989: Compassion
Chapter 1989: Compassion
When the Third Lady arrived in Haidian, she had to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager.
The Third Prince thought for a moment and said, "I'll go with you!"
Although he followed the crowd and went to Ningshou Palace on the Emperor's Birthday a few days ago, he was just following the crowd.
Nanwusuo was three or four miles away from Beihuayuan, so the couple got on the carriage.
When he arrived at the gate of North Garden, the Third Prince discovered that there were people at North Sixth Office.
When there is movement in the head, there is also movement in the five and six places inside.
Seeing this, the Third Prince ordered the eunuch beside him, "Go over and ask what's going on."
Thinking about what the Third Prince had said before, the Third Lady asked, "Are those families coming over as well?"
"Old Five said yesterday that he would come, but the time has not been decided, and Old Nine didn't mention it..."
The third prince said.
The Third Lady asked, "If we come out, will they know and follow us?"
The Third Prince said, "Who knows, the Ninth Prince has also become a traitor in the past few years."
After a while, the eunuch replied, "Master, it's the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs sweeping the yard."
The couple looked at each other and realized that they had guessed it right.
The Third Lady regretted coming to Haidian before, but now she doesn’t regret it anymore.
The couple arrived at the gate of the North Garden and passed the message inside.
The Empress Dowager was talking to Nanny Bai, and she was talking about the cleaning of the North Six Buildings in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
"The Fifth and Ninth Princes are coming. I thought they would not come until April..."
The Queen Mother said this with some joy.
Nanny Bai said, "I guess they saw that the Ninth Princess didn't come, and they were afraid that you wouldn't have anyone to accompany you, so they decided to come early."
When the Queen Mother mentioned the Ninth Princess, she looked a little worried and said, "It's the first child, I don't know if it will harm the mouth..."
It turned out that the Ninth Princess was found to be pregnant the day before yesterday, but because it was less than three months, she did not tell anyone.
But of course he would not hide it from the Empress Dowager, so when the Empress Dowager knew about this, she also ordered Nanny Bai to go and check it out.
Nanny Bai said, "I'm just sleepy. I've eaten well and slept well. It's not time for me to eat."
The Queen Mother calculated the time in her mind and said, "It's good to stay in confinement in winter, when the room is warm."
The old lady was worried because the Ninth Princess didn't move.
As time went by, the prince consort took a concubine and had children, and the whole family seemed like a family.
What will Jiugege do when she is alone?
Even if you have brothers, they can each start a family and live their own lives.
As the master and servant were talking, the eunuch in charge came in and said, "Your Majesty, Prince Cheng and his wife are here to pay their respects."
The Queen Mother was a little surprised, nodded, and said, "Let them in!"
The eunuch in charge went down to pass on the message.
The Queen Mother said to Nanny Bai, "Did they move to Haidian? I thought they would wait until Concubine Rong moved to another palace before coming here. They really are not afraid of trouble."
Nanny Bai said, "It's probably the same as the Fifth Master and the others. They are worried about the Empress because the Ninth Princess didn't come to Haidian."
The Queen Mother drooped her lips and said, "I have two concubines here, so I don't need anyone to play cards with me."
Everyone has different degrees of closeness and distance.
These two people are the source of trouble. How can the Queen Mother not vent her anger on them?
But by the time the Third Prince and his wife came in, the old lady's face had regained its calm.
It's a mess that can't be settled.
The young prince was seriously injured, but a little princess died over there.
Nothing is more important than human life.
This is also where the old lady feels aggrieved on behalf of her grandson. It is clearly a man-made disaster, but it can only be regarded as a natural disaster.
"Grandson wishes you the best of luck..."
"Granddaughter-in-law greets the Imperial Grandmother..."
The couple came in and squatted down.
The Queen Mother raised her hand and said, "Hurry up and get up. You moved here today? Why don't you take a good rest?"
The Third Prince said, "It's so close, and we're not tired. I'll greet you and then we'll go back and clean up."
The Third Lady said, "Yes, when my brothers and sisters come over in a few days, we will come over to play cards with you."
The couple were self-aware and knew that the Queen Mother was not someone who could be easily disturbed.
The two men did not dare to refuse, so they greeted each other and left.
The Queen Mother ordered Nanny Bai to send the couple out, and then she sulked.
When Nanny Bai came back, she found that she was unhappy and asked, "Why are you still sulking by yourself? If you really feel unhappy, why not just scold your grandson and grandson's wife?"
The Queen Mother waved her hand and said, "Why do you want to have a good time? You will complain to Old Five later. I just don't like the couple's nonsense and let Old Five suffer for nothing."
Nanny Bai served milk tea to the Queen Mother and said, "Nothing can be hidden from the Emperor. The Fifth Master was wronged, and the Emperor knows it. Prince Cheng was not kind, and the Emperor also knows it."
The Queen Mother exhaled and said, "A good child has grown crooked..."
*
The North Garden had received the news and knew that the North Six were being cleaned up, and the Emperor had also received the news.
Kangxi was in a good mood after hearing this, and said to Liang Jiugong: "The Ninth Prince is definitely not so considerate, it must be Dong E who arranged it."
Originally, the Ninth Princess was going to come to Haidian with them. She had cleaned up the courtyard of the princess' residence, but something unexpected happened and she changed her mind and did not come.
The Empress Dowager has fewer younger generations to serve her.
Liang Jiugong said: "The Queen Mother loves the younger generation, and the Ninth Lady has always been filial to the Queen Mother."
Kangxi thought about the triplets whom he had named himself and felt a little excited.
I have already been enlightened, but I don’t know what it is like now.
When the time comes, I will bring it to the garden to pay my respects to Concubine Yi, and I can also take a look at it myself.
Later, when he heard the news that the Third Prince and his wife had moved to the Second South Residence and went to the North Garden to pay their respects, Kangxi's smile faded.
So stupid.
He seemed quite smart when he was young, but got dumber as he grew older.
The Ministry of Rites is very busy now, as the imperial examinations are being held in the next few days.
After the joint examination, one has to prepare for the palace examination.
In addition, Concubine Rong wanted to move to another palace.
Whether it was for business or personal reasons, the Third Prince and his wife didn't want to move to Haidian at this time, but they came...
*
Although the Ninth Prince's Mansion plans to move to Haidian tomorrow, they sent someone to deliver the luggage there in the afternoon.
Cao Shun brought people there.
When he came back, he came to the main courtyard to ask for a meeting and reported to the Ninth Prince that the Third Prince and his wife had moved to Haidian.
The Ninth Prince said to Shushu, "Oh, you even know that you are hiding a traitor. I didn't mention it when I came here yesterday."
Shushu didn't say anything, but said to Cao Shun: "You should go home earlier too. Ask someone to send Hui Jie'er back this afternoon. She can come back tomorrow morning. There's no need to ask the child to hurry up. We can leave at 9:00."
Cao Shun said: "Yes, I will obey your orders."
In addition to the North Fifth Building, the courtyard at the back was also laid out today. Cao Shun knew that the inner study had not stopped there, but had just moved to Haidian.
Cao Shun hadn't seen his daughter for a while. Seeing that there was nothing else to do in the Prince's Mansion, he went out of the corner gate and planned to go home.
Then a carriage came and stopped in front of Zhang's house.
A man got off the car, bringing a servant with him.
Cao Shun hurriedly bowed and said, "Second Master Zhang..."
The person who came was Zhang Tingzan's younger brother Zhang Tingyu, who had also met Cao Shun and bowed in return.
The carriage must have been rented. The servant took the copper coins to pay the bill, and the driver turned around and left.
Cao Shun and Zhang Tingyu also said goodbye and returned to their own courtyard.
Cao Shun is a smart man. He has a good relationship with Fusong and is also familiar with the actions of the Zhang brothers.
I know that Mr. Zhang is aloof and rarely comes here unless there is something important.
Although the other party pretended to be calm just now, there was still joy between his eyebrows.
Is this an official appointment?
Now is the time for the Spring Examination. New Jinshi will be selected soon. Then there will be a new class of Shujishi, and the previous class will have to be disbanded to make room...
*
The courtyards in this row of Beile's mansion all have two entrances. Zhang Tingzan had just returned from the government office and was reading a letter from home in the study.
When he heard the noise outside, he knew his brother had arrived, and he also thought of the disbanding of the Hanlin Academy.
"Brother, brother, Wu gave birth..."
Zhang Tingyu came in, losing his usual calmness and said excitedly: "My younger brother has a daughter..."
Although Zhang Tingzan was somewhat disappointed that Wu did not give birth to a nephew, he was happy for his brother.
Even if it's a daughter, it's better than having no children at all.
My younger brother refused to remarry and only had a concubine.
However, in the past few years, due to mourning his deceased wife, my brother had no intention of having children.
Now that things have turned around, this person has become more lively.
"Less than four pounds..."
Zhang Tingyu mentioned his eldest daughter with a face full of pity, and said: "Mrs. Wu is young, I am afraid she can't take good care of the child. I wonder if you can trouble my eldest sister-in-law to send someone suitable to take care of the child for two months."
Zhang Tingzan said, "Your sister-in-law was still talking about Mrs. Wu's upcoming due date yesterday. I thought it would be the end of next month, but I didn't expect it to be half a month earlier..."
At this point, he pondered and said, "I will discuss with your sister-in-law later to see whether to let Nanny Song go or let Brother Wu'er's wet nurse go."
Zhang Tingyu was startled when he heard this and said, "It would be best if Nanny Song went over there, but forget about my nephew's wet nurse."
Nanny Song was Gu's wet nurse, who came as a dowry. Ling'er's wet nurse was the daughter-in-law of a servant of the Zhang family.
In terms of convenience, the daughter-in-law of a servant of the Zhang family would definitely be more suitable, but that involved his nephew, and Zhang Tingyu felt it was inappropriate.
Zhang Tingzan said, "Brother Wu is weaned now and is making a lot of noise every day. It's just right to separate them."
Zhang Tingyu then stopped talking, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I plan to tell my father and mother the good news, and ask my father to register the child under Yao's name."
Zhang Tingzan showed his disapproval after hearing this and said, "The legitimate wife is the legitimate wife, and the illegitimate wife is the illegitimate wife. This is just deceiving yourself and others. When you propose marriage later, you will be criticized by others."
Especially when the Zhang family’s children got married, most of them married among their old relatives in Tongcheng, so they knew their background very well.
Zhang Tingyu said, "Ms. Wu was married to me two months before Mrs. Yao gave birth, just to have a child. If it weren't for Mrs. Yao's decision, my brother would have planned to be alone. The Zhang family is prosperous, and my father doesn't lack grandchildren, but Mrs. Yao is concerned about having children..."
It’s just that this child came a little late, as it had been four years since Yao’s death.
Zhang Tingzan still felt it was inappropriate and said, "Wait until Wu gives birth to a child, then register the child under your sister-in-law's name. For a girl, if she wants to marry into another family, it's better to clearly distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate children."
Zhang Tingyu shook her head and said, "I won't marry someone else. I'll choose a son from among my old relatives to be my wife."
He was not a heartless man. With the example of his third sister in mind, how could he bear to let his daughter marry out?
Even though her situation was better than that of her third sister after marrying out, they were still separated from their family.
Zhang Tingzan looked at him and said, "This... we don't know what we will have as offspring in the future, why would you want to marry into the family?"
The families who take in a son-in-law either have no sons, or their sons are too young to support the family.
As he said this, Zhang Tingzan couldn't help but worry about his brother's health, and said, "Is there something wrong with his body? And you can't be afraid to see a doctor..."