My father-in-law is Kangxi

Hearing that Brother Jiu and Liang Jiugong are here and waiting outside, Concubine Yi's heart skipped a beat.

She was a little confused and had bad thoughts.

She nodded and signaled Perrin to bring someone in.

When she saw Brother Jiu and saw his straw hat with red tassels on it, Concubine Yi's lips trembled.

Since Guo Luoluo's family was expelled from Beijing at the beginning of the month, she knew that this day would come, but when she came to her, she was still in a panic.

Before entering the palace, she was also Ama's doting little Gege, even if she was not as good as the elder sister, but the relationship between father and daughter for more than ten years was real.

Brother Jiu gave a thousand slaps and said, "Son, pay your respects to your mother."

Concubine Yi's face turned pale, her eyes turned red, and said: "But there is news from the Dalinghe Ranch?"

Brother Jiu nodded, with a serious expression on his face, and said, "Jinzhou Metropolitan Yamen reported that my grandfather died of illness in the early morning of the day before yesterday."

After a while, Concubine Yi pinched the handkerchief and said, "A funeral?"

"Khan Ama ordered my uncle to go to the Daling River for the funeral, and the imperial court will also send people there. Regarding the children of Guo Luoluo's family, Khan Ama also gave grace, and kept the two assistant leaders."

Brother Jiu said, with a bit of sincerity.

Of course, this is not to act with Concubine Yi, but to be considerate of the bereavement of the biological mother.

To him, his grandfather, whom he hadn't seen twice since he was a child, was an old annoyance, but to his mother, he was also a blood relative.

Concubine Yi lowered her head and wiped her tears, looked at Liang Jiugong and said: "I am grateful for the emperor's kindness, after a while, I will go to thank the emperor."

Liang Jiugong said: "Your Majesty and the two elder brothers don't worry about your Majesty, so please take care of me."

Concubine Yi nodded, then looked at Brother Nine and said: "I'm in the palace, it's inconvenient to mourn, brother can find a temple, and light a few lamps for the old man for me, and do some religious ceremonies."

Brother Nine bowed and said: "Don't worry, my son will go with Fifth Brother and light some more lights."

Concubine Yi showed signs of fatigue, and said: "This is the place where the palace family members live, elder brother can't stay for long, leave the garden earlier."

Brother Jiu agreed, and retreated with Liang Jiugong.

After leaving Huichun Villa, Brother Jiu sighed.

Even if there was resentment before, once you die, everything you think about will be fine.

Seeing Brother Jiu's worried look, Liang Jiugong was obviously worried about Concubine Yi, and comforted him: "Master Yi is in a daze for a while, and with the eighteenth elder brother here, he will slow down. The old lady has a spring and autumn, and the empress is also in her heart." Be prepared."

Brother Jiu nodded, not only because the empress was prepared in her heart, but also because he thought about today, and there was some secret little joy...

*
South Fifth Institute, front hall.

After hearing the funeral report, Princess Kejing felt very complicated.

As a granddaughter, she should be sad at this time, but don't deceive yourself, she is more fortunate.

Guo Luoluo's family has no successors, and their descendants are useless.

The third official Bao died, and the rest of the people were just a mess, unable to make a fuss.

Guo Luoluo's family will also change from a respectable family of relatives to an ordinary middle-class family.

That's good, even if there are irregularities, there won't be any big troubles, and it's easier to restrain.

It will not make people go to the pole to curry favor with each other.

If the boss is still there, he has his own system and is not close to the prince and grandchildren, but if he really wants to poke a hole, he will also implicate Concubine Yi, mother and son.

After the fifth elder brother reported the funeral, he picked up the teacup and drank water "tons and tons".

The sun was the hottest in the afternoon, and the two brothers went out of the city under the sun, getting oily from the sun.

"Uncle is going to attend the funeral. I plan to arrange for the chief of ceremonies to follow. If my sister plans to arrange for someone to offer condolences, just go out with me." Fifth elder brother said.

Princess Kejing shook her head and said, "Forget it, I'm different from you, it's better to restrain people around me more, just ask someone to light a few lamps in Guanghua Temple."

The fifth elder brother nodded and said: "It depends on your arrangement..."

After speaking, he got up.

He was worried about Brother Jiu, worried that he would be reprimanded if he stayed before.

"I'll go to Lao Jiu's side for a while, and I have to go back to the city..."

Princess Kejing didn't keep anyone, and sent it out in person, saying: "I don't plan to go out these days, and I will visit my younger siblings at the end of next month."

This is a month of mourning and filial piety, fulfilling my duty as a granddaughter.

The fifth elder brother said: "Well, then I will come and stay at home for a day, and I will also call the old nine and the nine brothers and sisters..."

Princess Kejing nodded.

It is true that they haven't gotten together alone between their sisters and brothers.

The relationship between people is all about getting along with each other. Now that they are married, it is different after all. It is also a good thing to get together more.

The fifth elder brother got on his horse when he got out of the South Fifth Institute, and saw two riders coming from the official road and hurried to the garden.

When the visitor saw the fifth elder brother, he gave way to get off his horse and stood respectfully with his hands down.

This man was in his forties, his face was a bit dark, and he looked a bit vicissitudes, and he was also looking sad right now.

The fifth elder brother saw that he looked familiar, and said, "You are..."

The man hurriedly said: "Ning Sheng, the manager of the Nanyuan paddock, the servant, has seen the fifth master, please take care of the fifth master."

Fifth elder brother remembered that when he asked for a deer in the Nanyuan paddock in the last lunar month, it was Ning Sheng, the manager, who asked for it for him, so he had a face-to-face meeting.

He said: "Come here in such a hurry, is there something urgent?"

The steward glanced at the fifth elder brother, and said: "Li Shi, an official woman under the crown prince's name, died of illness..."

The fifth elder brother was startled when he heard this.

Of course he wasn't worried about the family members of Yuqing Palace, but thought of Liu Gege.

Liu Gege also asked him to send him to Nanyuan Palace.

He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is it the epidemic? What about the others?"

No wonder he cared about chaos, after all, she was the mother of his eldest son and eldest daughter.

Even if the other party raises his mind and schemes against him, the crime is not to die for.

The original plan was to lock him up like this for a few years, and then let Liu Gege follow him to take care of him after Hongsheng passed the examination.

The chief steward's expression froze, if it was really a time of epidemic, if he went to the imperial court at this time, it would be a serious crime of murdering his master.

He hurriedly said: "It's the gastrointestinal discomfort caused by unclean diet, and I developed a high fever..."

The fifth elder brother didn't ask any more questions, but he had something on his mind, so he reined in and went to the North Fifth Institute.

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North Fifth Institute, main house.

Hearing the news of Sanguan Bao's death, Shu Shu couldn't help frowning.

She didn't feel sad either, she just felt that it was too unfortunate.

As grandsons and grandsons-in-law, they don't need ready-made clothes, but they are not good at banquets either.

A few days later, it was difficult for the couple to attend Fusong's engagement banquet.

Brother Jiu thought it was the money of Guo Luoluo's family, and said: "Maybe Khan Ama and Master think too much, Guo Luoluo's family doesn't have that much savings at all, their money comes quickly, but the cost Ye Da, only Gui Dan’s pocket money is five taels a month, and 60 taels a year..."

"Although Guidan is the eldest grandson of the eldest son, in the eyes of the elders, he is incomparable with the grandson of the first wife, and the pocket money over there will not be lower than that of Guidan..."

"Guidan is a grandson, and he didn't become a child before, and he didn't have much social life; but the five people in his generation have to go out, so the monthly money must be several times that of his grandchildren..."

"I heard that when Guo Luoluo's family was in Shengjing, they often entertained guests. This is also an expense..."

Nine princes counted one stroke at a time, and said: "The concubine doesn't even look down on him, how can he value the concubine more? If you really have a loving father, shouldn't you recognize it? Even if you divide the family wealth, you won't too much……"

Shu Shu said: "Well, unless there are other sources of money, there should still be a lot of money just by growing ginseng. Just send someone to Shengjing to get an accurate estimate of the size of the ginseng field in Huangzhuang and estimate the output. , this money should be able to be calculated..."

Brother Jiu heard this, and thoughtfully said: "What else can be sold in the Northeast? Dongzhu? Mink fur?"

Dongzhu has grade restrictions, only royals can wear it, and there are various grade restrictions, it is not allowed to wear outside, so there is no need for circulation in the market.

Mink fur is not recognized by Jiangnan.

In addition, fur takes up too much space, and if a large number of them enter the customs, there will be no traces.

Shu Shu couldn't think of it for a while, so she said, "Is there anything more valuable than ginseng on the mountain?"

Brother Jiu was also thinking about it, and happened to see the Baifu jar on display, with golden ingots of all sizes inside.

"Could it be gold and silver mine seedlings?"

Brother Jiu said.

Mine seedlings are mines that have not been formally mined.

Shu Shu thought about it, there is a gold mine in Wula, Jilin, and it is not too far from Shengjing.

The northeast is the land of Longxing, and the military and civilians are prohibited from mining.

If the Guo Luoluo family colluded with the honorable clan to mine gold mines privately, it would be more profitable than privately planting ginseng, and the crime would be even greater.

Brother Jiu hesitated for a moment, and said, "These are all speculations, so I won't report it to the imperial court."

Everyone has selfish intentions. If this guess comes true, the crimes of Guo Luoluo's family will become more and more serious, and Daobao and his son will also be implicated.

It's their brothers, who can believe in innocence?
Shu Shu nodded and said: "It's just a random guess, I don't have much contact with my family, who knows what they will do, since the emperor arranged for someone to investigate, just wait for them to find out."

Brother Jiu remembered the embarrassment of the prince when he opened the stall in Xiaotangshan last September.

He said: "It's okay if this money is filial to the prince in private, but if it is stolen by other people and hidden so deep, I'm afraid they won't let Guo Luoluo's family go."

Shu Shu said: "Keep your mouth shut? Isn't there too much noise? There are more than a dozen people in Guo Luoluo's family?"

Human life is at stake, if there is really a big family extermination case, it will alarm the court.

Brother Nine shook his head and said, "Where did you think it was? He would find a way to force Guo Luoluo's family to continue donating money, or to get Guo Luoluo's family to hand over the money..."

At this moment, the fifth elder brother has arrived.

He didn't go directly to the main room, but waited in the front yard.

Although they are close relatives, but in the first volt season, it is hot and hot, everyone wears thin clothes, for fear of any inconvenience.

When Brother Nine got the news, he was in a trance.

Brother Jiu frowned and said, "Fourth Sister is very sad? What did you say?"

The fifth elder brother shook his head and said: "Fortunately, we only met once in total, and there is no affection, so I didn't say anything."

After all, Princess Kejing is the princess Gege, not the same as the prince.

Before getting married, she didn't come out of the inner court; after getting married, it was the first time she returned to Beijing.

At the beginning of the month, when Sanguanbao brought his two sons to pay his respects, it was the first and last time the grandparents and grandchildren met.

In terms of acquaintance, it is not as good as the fifth elder brother's acquaintance with Guo Luoluo's family...