He Zhuo brewed himself a cup of spirit honey water, and felt quite good after drinking it. He also placed spirit stones around the room to be used as arrays, and then sat down to absorb spiritual energy. However, the uterus was no longer absorbing it, which He Zhuo didn't quite understand. After thinking about it, he figured that the embryo was probably still too small to use so much.
It is said that the most important thing to pay attention to is during childbirth, which requires a lot of spiritual energy. If there is insufficient spiritual energy, it may drain the mother's body, or the fetus may not be able to be delivered normally, or the quality of the delivered fetus may be reduced.
Hojo has abundant resources, so there's no need to worry about that; it's just that some precautions need to be taken during production.
During lunch, Hongyu and the others could clearly sense that Hezhuo was in a good mood.
"Mother, what's making you so happy?" Little Treasure asked first.
Looking at her daughter's innocent face, He Zhuo teased her, "Mother is so happy! Our eldest princess already has someone coming to propose marriage."
"Mother, I'm not talking to you anymore."
Everyone smiled kindly, and Little Treasure blushed.
Khoja was not wrong. When they were in the border region, the Khorchin Taiji once again asked Emperor Kangxi to marry the eldest daughter of the Prince Zhi's family.
Yinzhi declined, citing his daughter's young age. Moreover, the boy was only ten years old, three years younger than Xiao Zhenbao. He Zhuo had seen the child and thought he had excellent potential. Despite his young age, he was quite robust, and it was said that he was about thirteen or fourteen years old, and that he had a long life ahead of him.
Although Xiao Zhenbao's face is still young, she is already quite graceful. She is now in charge of all the affairs of Zhilan Courtyard, and she manages them very well.
"Yes," He Zhuo nodded inwardly. "Let Granny Shi go to Xiao Zhenbao's side for a while. Let Xiao Zhenbao handle all the affairs of the manor and give her some experience."
From then on, Little Treasure began her busy life.
He Zhuo inquired about his sons' studies, the dowry fields for Xiao Zhenbao, and the affairs of Hongyu's private shops; all were handled well. Hongyu's shops were all rented out and not used for anything else.
Seeing the envious look in Erbaozi Hongfang's eyes, He Zhuo thought for a moment, Erbaozi is also ten years old and his personality is relatively stable, should he give him his share of private property?
I think I'll pass and wait a couple of years.
As for Hongyu, after Yinzhi was granted the title of Prince Zhi, he requested to be granted the title of Heir Apparent, but there has been no progress yet.
Little Treasure, along with Hongyu, Hongfang, and Hongwei, have all been vaccinated against smallpox and have all recovered safely.
Hongyu is already eleven years old, but he has not been granted the title of heir apparent. I wonder what Emperor Kangxi was thinking.
The title of Prince of the County is equivalent to that of a Prince of the Second Rank.
However, Hongyu now also receives a salary, much higher than Hezhuo's. His annual salary is 3,000 taels of silver and 3,000 bushels of rice.
The prince's annual salary was 5,000 taels of silver and 5,000 bushels of rice.
However, both of them received their salaries from the public treasury.
"Tomorrow is a day off from the Imperial Study. We'll all go to our maternal grandparents' house to see our great-great-grandmother. Your maternal grandmother said that your great-great-grandmother is getting old, and the imperial physician said that her time is coming this month."
After He Zhuo said that, the atmosphere turned cold, and everyone lost interest in drinking tea and chatting, remaining silent.
“Mother, don’t give up. Let’s ask the imperial physician to take another look and see what kind of tonics Great-Grandmother needs.” Hongyu said with a worried expression.
He Zhuo looked at him gently and shook his head: "It's no use. The imperial physician said that I'm too old for these tonics. The key is to see if there are any unfulfilled wishes. Your second maternal uncle and fourth maternal uncle should be able to arrive in the capital in the next couple of days. And your eldest maternal uncle will also be returning from Fengtian."
My grandmother wasn't actually sick; she was just experiencing functional decline and aging.
My grandmother is 79 years old now, which is a very long life in this era. It is the result of her taking good care of her health over the years. If it weren't for the health care products that He Zhuo gave her, my grandmother wouldn't have lived to this age. She has reached her limit.
As expected, five days later, my grandmother passed away.
Ama fainted several times, and Emu was also very sad. Eldest brother, second brother, third brother, second uncle, and fourth uncle were all very sad, after all, they all grew up under their grandmother's care. Although Hezhuo had long anticipated it, he did not expect it to come so quickly, and it was quite unexpected.
When my grandmother passed away, my grandfather's entire family observed the mourning period: the sons observed it for three years, and the grandsons for one year.
The male members of the Irgen Gioro family—father, second uncle, fourth uncle, eldest brother, and second brother—all built huts in front of their grandmother's grave to observe mourning.
My fourth uncle has done well in his official career. Through his own efforts, he has now become a prefect. He has risen six or seven ranks in more than ten years, which is quite impressive.
My elder brother has just been promoted to the position of Prefect of Fengtian Prefecture, a third-rank official. During the "Chicken Incident," Emperor Kangxi sent Prince Ping to Fengtian. Together, they dealt with a great deal of corruption in the Fengtian officialdom, and Emperor Kangxi was very satisfied with him.
After the three of them got into trouble, my second brother took the imperial martial arts exam and is now a fourth-rank bodyguard leader.
Sixth Brother is now a first-class bodyguard of Emperor Kangxi, and he also has his own command post.
My fifth brother passed the imperial examination a few years ago and became a Xiucai (a scholar who passed the lowest level of the imperial examinations). My fourth brother got a minor official position as a scribe, an eighth-rank official, through a donation from his family.
Xiao Fengsheng is now a Xiucai (a successful candidate in the county-level imperial examinations) and originally planned to take the Juren (a higher-level imperial examination) this year, but due to his grandmother's condition, he didn't take the exam.
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