My father-in-law is Kangxi

Chapter 31 Dragon and Phoenix Candle

Shu Shu nodded: "I used to be nervous too, but the queen mother is kind, the emperor is kind, and the empress is amiable and respectable... The master is also good... everything is good, so naturally you have to be happy..."

Much better than expected!
Even if the palace is strictly forbidden and there are many rules, what are you afraid of?
These two are a small world of their own!

All supplies are rationed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and there are no complicated social relationships.

As she advised Qi Fujin last year, as long as she learns to be content, life will be easy and easy.

Brother Jiu saw her twinkling eyes and eloquent words, and her mood also became happy.

At sunset, the house turned dark.

Xiaochun came in a long time ago and lit the candles inside and outside.

Because of this, the husband and wife both looked at the Luohan couch by the south window.

On the small table, the dragon and phoenix candlesticks have been removed.

In the morning, the husband and wife were rushing to pay their respects, so they didn't look carefully.

It is inevitable to be curious now.

This is also a kind of marriage custom.

It is a kind of divination.

The dragon and phoenix candles, which are as thick as a child's arm, are lit at the same time, and whichever goes out first will take a step forward.

Shu Shu remembered that it was Nanny Qi who came in to clean up the house, and looked towards the door: "Mommy, which dragon and phoenix candle went out first..."

Nanny Qi respectfully replied: "The one that was destroyed, the old slave specially measured it...there are two inches and two cents left..."

Shu Shu nodded with a smile, but felt a "thud" in her heart, feeling something was wrong.

Nanny Qi may be of Mongolian blood, she has an upright personality and is not good at lying.

As long as she tells lies, she will clenched the veil tightly in her right hand.

If the phoenix candle representing Shu Shu was extinguished, Nanny Qi regarded her as her lifeblood, she would not remain indifferent all day long, and would have shown her face long ago.

Only when the dragon candle representing elder brother Nine was extinguished, she was only worried in her heart, and she was able to understand the severity and cover up the matter.

If you say that Shu Shu's worldview would not believe this, but because you know the end of Brother Jiu in history, you can't help but care about it at this time.

When Brother Jiu went to wash up next time, Shu Shu pulled Mammy Qi closer and interrogated in a low voice: "Mammy, tell me the truth, what's going on with the dragon and phoenix candle? How much is left of the dragon candle?"

Nanny Qi's eyes were red, and she looked at Shu Shu with distressed face: "There are nine inches left!"

The dragon and phoenix candles in the palace are uniformly regulated, one foot and eight inches high.

There are nine inches left, which is already half full.

Die short!

If history can't be changed, Brother Jiu died in the fourth year of Yongzheng... at the age of 44, he was in his prime...

Shu Shu's face turned pale, Nanny Qi was taken aback, and hurriedly advised: "Ge Ge, it's not true... how can there be such an effective thing..."

She was originally a Buddhist, so she didn't have the confidence to persuade Shu Shu like this, so she added: "From now on, this old slave will ask the Buddha more, do more good deeds, and bless Ge Ge and Brother Jiu for a long time..."

She is young and widowed, so she knows the difficulties of widows, how can she be willing to suffer that little master who is on top of her heart?
Shu Shu let out a long breath and regained his composure.

I am not a fool, knowing that there is no return, I will let Brother Jiu go on.

Regardless of his previous fate, when he came, he had to give him a hand.

After washing up, Xiaochun also replaced the ice basin in the bedroom with ice.

The south window was open, and the night breeze was blowing, so the room was not stuffy.

The young couple put down the tents, and they didn't need to drink together to urge them, Brother Jiu also responded.

Shu Shu would never refuse, the husband and wife made peace with each other, and they didn't fall asleep until the second watch.

The next day, before Maochu, Shu Shu woke up.

This is her work and rest habit. She wakes up at this time because she has to practice calligraphy and copy books in the morning, and go to make arrangements for her parents.

Unexpectedly, Brother Jiu woke up earlier than her, and was staring at her with black eyes.

Shu Shu touched her face: "Master, what's wrong?"

At her age, her skin is just right. She uses lotion to maintain it on weekdays, occasionally puts on makeup, and removes it at night.

Brother Jiu leaned over and whispered in her ear: "Tell me honestly, what kind of nonsense books have you read, how do you know everything? Are you ashamed but not ashamed?"

Shu Shu was stopped for a moment.

In the end is the answer to "Jin Ping Mei"?
Or "Ten Satin Brocade"? !

Fortunately, she came over immediately, knew how to behave, and knew that some words should not be said out of her mouth, so she whispered: "A few years ago, I had an illness, and after that, I started to focus on health care... In addition to the classics of doctors, I also read a lot of Buddhist scriptures. Dao Collection... "Baopuzi" mentioned the art of 'yin and yang health preservation' in the inner chapter..."

Brother Jiu was joking casually, but when he saw Shu Shu's serious answer, he felt embarrassed and complained: "If you don't read serious boudoir books, just read these evil spirits..."

Shu Shu smiled and did not continue to explain.

Brother Jiu thought about the full bookshelves in the study, and had to admit that his Fujin seemed to be different from ordinary people.

She is a woman who loves to read and is knowledgeable.

She is a person who talks about the law and loves reasoning and rules!
If it was before, brother Jiu must have disliked it, and would have thought that Shu Shu was arrogant and unruly.

Right now, I feel that this is not bad.

The husband and wife can talk, and if they really want to come in with a wife who "a woman without talent is a virtue", then how to get along with her, brother Jiu dare not even think about it.

After the couple finished grooming, breakfast was served.

It is still four meat and four vegetables, two dishes of pastry, one soup and one porridge.

Eight-treasure duck, braised chicken nuggets, tenderloin, fried lamb slices, four-vegetarian sweet and sour cabbage, fried diced eggplant, soy sauce radish, and stir-fried spinach.

The soup is dried bamboo shoots and duck soup.

The porridge is shredded pork and old stalk rice porridge.

One plate of pastry is old yellow rice cakes, and the other is small steamed buns with bamboo knots.

Seeing Shu Shu, she couldn't help frowning, and said to Xiaotang: "I didn't say that, I started ordering today, didn't I hand over the menu yesterday, why are there regular dishes today?"

The two meals a day in the palace are regular meals, so the regular dishes are all big meat.

But getting up early is so greasy, who can eat it?
Don't say that brother Jiu doesn't like food at all, even Shu Shu has such a good appetite, he can't eat after seeing these things.

Xiaotang's complexion was not good, she glanced at Brother Nine, her cheeks puffed up, and said: "The one in the kitchen who is currently in charge of cooking is Zhao Mama, who said that Madam Liu specially ordered that Elder Brother has a weak stomach and doesn't eat well. verb: move……"

Shu Shu couldn't help laughing: "My elder brother's food can't be moved, so what about my Fujin's food? My menu was delivered last night. Could it be that I gave an order for nothing?"

To be honest, the husband and wife have four meat and four vegetarian meals for each meal.

It's just because we ate together these two days that we didn't ask the kitchen to prepare a double portion.

According to what the kitchen said, if you dare not touch Brother Jiu's rules, you should obey Shu Shu's orders and make the menu.

Xiaotang's eyes were about to burst into flames: "Mother Zhao said, there are only four stoves in the dining room, two masters and two servants... It's a busy day and night, but I have to eat for my elder brother. I can't remove the stove... If Fujin cooks the menu, I'm afraid he will have to inform the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send someone over there to add two stoves..."

Shu Shu could still listen and drink calmly, but Brother Jiu had already scolded angrily: "Which slave is so arrogant, is this trying to overwhelm the master? Go and call me, I have seen and seen, and there is such a statue hidden in this yard." Great Buddha!"

Xiaotang immediately left in a hurry.

Shu Shu calmed down instead.

Ever since Nanny Liu took the initiative to bring the two princesses to the front yard yesterday, Shu Shu knew that they were prostitutes, but she didn't expect that she would go out on vacation and cause trouble.

Brother Nine loves face the most. Seeing that everyone around his wife is docile and obedient, but such a rare incident happened on his own side, his anger became even more intense: "It's all because the master is usually loose. If you let them go, it's a shame to push your nose." Face it! Is it true that the master is a little elder brother who is being manipulated by a slave?"

Cui Nanshan led people over and walked to the door. Hearing this sentence, he looked at He Yuzhu who was standing at the door: "What's the matter? Which slave didn't open his eyes and offended Elder Brother?"

He Yuzhu's face was also not good-looking.

In the past two days, the relationship between the master and Fujin has been seen in his eyes, and the one who is harmonious and beautiful, even the one who serves beside him, feels good.

There was someone who was not open-eyed, and directly bullied Fujin.

He didn't hide it, and told about the kitchen.

Cui Nanshan's expression remained unchanged, his eyes had already darkened.

On the other hand, the palace maid in light green clothes who followed her could not help but frown: "It's Mother Zhao again? I really let the master talk, and she really is a low-spirited slave..."

One sentence not only alarmed Shu Shu and Brother Jiu in the room, but even Zhao Nanny who came with Xiaotang turned pale, and said with a bit of fawning: "Aunt Xianglan..."

Xiang Lan glanced at Zhao Mama blankly, but she was also very tired.

The master is most unwilling to be troublesome, especially between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, for fear that something bad will fall into the eyes of others and make people laugh.

The four concubines in the palace have stood side by side for many years, with an amiable face, but there must be comparisons in private.

In the early years, he was better than the grace and the sons and daughters.

Now that the son has grown up all his life, he compares whether the daughter-in-law is obedient and whether the grandchildren are flourishing.

My concubine and master are very strong in their bones, and they can't wait to be perfect everywhere.

This dead woman is troublesome.

In the room, Brother Jiu said to Shu Shu: "It's Aunt Xianglan who is next to your mother. I met you yesterday..."

Shu Shu thought for a while, yesterday in Yikun Palace, the maids who came out to greet her were in their early twenties, and their clothes were not the usual dark green standard court ladies' clothes, the color was lighter, which was also within the rules.

When Cui Nanshan led someone in, it was indeed this person.

Shu Shu stood up, not to curry favor with the maids around her mother-in-law, but because of the custom of "respecting the elderly" and "respecting".

Just like "Dream of Red Mansions", Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian both called Yuanyang "sister" for this reason.

Brother Jiu also stood up: "Why is my aunt here, but does the empress have something to say?"

Xianglan squatted down in a respectful manner first, and waited for the two to shout, then turned around and took the delicate food box from the little maid behind her, and held it up: "I made doornail meat pies on the stove today, master is good to eat." , sent the servants to send a plate to Elder Brother and Fujin to try something new..."

Brother Nine signaled He Yuzhu to pick it up, without being tactful, he asked directly: "Auntie just mentioned Mother Zhao...why did that servant go to Yikun Palace?"

(End of this chapter)