The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 63: Everyone who sees it has a share (asking for monthly tickets)
In an occasion like today, Nomuzi's thoughts are self-evident.

The considerate Yinyou took the initiative to ask to meet his mother-in-law, Gioro.

Yinyou's mother-in-law belonged to the branch of Lidun, the uncle of the old slave of Emperor Taizu of the Qing Dynasty, a typical red-belt family.

During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, less than 2% of the Jurchens had titles, which could be counted on one's fingers.

Not to mention the Gioro clan of the side branch, even among the Aisin-Gioro clan of the royal family, less than 6% have titles.

This is because the Qing Dynasty fully learned the bitter lesson of the former Ming Dynasty where princes were everywhere, bankrupted the Ming Dynasty's finances, and ultimately led to the demise of the country.

The hundreds of thousands of bannermen who had no titles, no positions, and no salaries were collectively called idle bannermen.

As expected, Nomuzi was very happy. He smiled and said, "To be honest, Master Fifteen, I'm the one who cooks the pot in my house. I've been thinking about paying my respects to you."

Under the supreme imperial power, the originally normal relationship between relatives was seriously distorted.

Yinyu smiled slightly and said, "Since I have come to your house, how can I not pay my respects to my mother-in-law?"

So, accompanied by Nuomuqi and Nuogang, Yinyou was led into the eastern wing of the fourth courtyard.

Logically speaking, it should be Gioro who came to pay his respects to Yinyou.

However, how could Yinyou do such an embarrassing thing that would ruin the mood? He insisted on going there in person to pay his respects to Gioro.

As soon as Yinyu entered the room, he saw Jueluo squatting down and bowing, saying politely: "I am Jueluo, the humble concubine, wishing the fifteenth master good health."

"Ebu, you have drunk too much and are very polite. Please get up quickly." It was inconvenient for Yinwei to support his mother-in-law himself, so he had to turn his head and look at his elder brother-in-law Nuogang.

Nuo Gang had already received secret instructions from the Fourth Lady and knew that Yinyou was definitely one of their own, so he walked over and helped his mother up.

Due to Yinyou's status as a prince, when the host and the guest sat down, there was another round of false courtesy and concession.

Yinyu got angry and said angrily: "I am here to visit relatives, not to suffer. Stop arguing and listen to my arrangements."

Unexpectedly, this trick actually works.

Under Yinyou's strong suppression, Nomuqi and Gioro felt that they could no longer fight, and reluctantly sat in the main seat and the second seat respectively, while Yinyou sat in the guest seat.

As for Nuo Gang, when his parents were present, he had no seat at all and could only stand obediently next to Nomuzi.

Although Jueluo has a few strands of white hair and her face is also full of the vicissitudes of life, but just from her current appearance, it can be seen that she must have been a pretty girl when she was young.

Generally speaking, there are few beautiful women in the Eight Banners of Manchu and the Eight Banners of Mongolia.

As a result, Yinyou began to have some expectations for his unmarried concubine.

Generally speaking, a mother-in-law will look at her son-in-law differently because she loves her daughter.

"Fifteenth Master, to be honest with you, our Third Princess has been spoiled by servants since she was young..." Jueluo began to belittle and demean herself with unusual humility.

Yinyou understood as soon as he heard it. This was his mother-in-law giving him a shot of prevention.

To be honest, banner girls above the fourth rank had a high chance of becoming imperial concubines or even empresses after participating in the selection, so they were especially pampered from childhood.

To put it simply, the princesses of the Banner noble families were all raised in a honeypot and were spoiled.

In most cases, these aunts have extremely strong personalities and are as capable as men.

However, Yinyou's situation was different. No matter how powerful a Bannerwoman was, she had to be submissive after marrying him.

Of course, the fierce woman, the Eighth Lady, is an exception. The Eighth Lady once publicly threatened that if the Eighth Lady dared to take a concubine, why not try it?
As the saying goes, a bystander sees more clearly. If Lao Ba can't even control his wife, how can he control the entire Qing Dynasty?
Kangxi must have had this mentality of marrying a wife and selling a son.

Since Yinyou came to the door, he certainly couldn't come empty-handed, and must have brought valuable gifts.

"Abuha, Ebuhe, I came here in a hurry and didn't make any preparations. I only prepared a few small gifts. I hope you will accept them."

Yinyou turned his head and looked at Wulin, who hurried out.

After a while, Wulin came to Nomuzi holding a tray.

There were three objects in the tray: a ruby snuff bottle, an emerald hairpin, and a waist pendant made of mutton-fat white jade.

There were three main relatives, and each of them received a gift, so everyone who saw them had a share.

Yinyu's move was so generous that Jueluo couldn't help laughing. She probably knew that her third princess would not be bullied in the future after marrying Yinyu.

After the banquet started, Gioro took the initiative to come forward and toast Yinyou in public.

Yinyou naturally understood that his mother-in-law was silently pleading with him to treat the girl well.

After Gioro left, Nomuqi and Nogang, father and son, toasted Yinyou very attentively.

Yinyou had an amazing alcohol tolerance. Once the wine was poured, he would drink it all.

Outside, Nuo Jiu, the steward of the Nuo Mansion, also set up two tables in the second courtyard.

The servants who came with Yinyou, including the coachman, were invited by Nuojiu to sit at the table.

However, Wulin, Xiaojinzi, Yuzhu and Li Ding, as well as Yinyou's personal guards, did not dare to sit down to drink. They stood outside obediently, ready to respond to Yinyou's call at any time.

The drinking session lasted for an hour and a half. As a result, both Nomuqi and his son were drunk by Yinyou and fell to the ground one after another. They were talking nonsense and their tongues were curled.

The hotel's rules are just to make guests feel at home.

After returning home, Yinyu gave orders and ordered the kitchen to serve three tables of fine food that had been prepared long ago, so that Hahazhuzi and the guards, who had been hungry, could drink to their heart's content.

To be honest, during the Qing Dynasty, except for the revolutionaries in the late Qing Dynasty who liked to carry out assassinations, in most cases, the personal safety of top-level Tianlong people was guaranteed.

In the morning, when Yinyu was sleeping with his beautiful daughter, Nanny Zhang called out from outside the room, "Master, it's time to get up. Master, it's time to get up."

According to the ancestral system of the Qing royal family, no one, from the emperor to the princes, was allowed to allow women to stay overnight.

To be honest, this system was implemented for nearly 200 years. It was not until the lustful Emperor Xianfeng ascended the throne that everything went haywire.

In this dynasty, Yinwei's brothers either went to the yamen to work early or went to the Shangshufang to study before dawn.

Only the assistant prince Yinyou, under the strong protection of the fourth prince, lived a very comfortable life.

The rule that prohibited women from staying overnight was completely broken since Yinyou moved into the new house.

After being woken up, Yinyu shook his head helplessly. Although Aunt Zhang had good intentions and was afraid that he would hurt himself by chopping too much wood, she was too rigid.

In fact, Yinyou asked the fourth brother for a few days' leave in advance, and today he was going to the official ship dock in Tongzhou to welcome his grandfather Wang Guozheng's family.

PS: The double monthly ticket at the end of the month will expire and become invalid if it is not given to Xiao Shiwu.

(End of this chapter)