Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1000 Cleaning

Cao Yong listened, could not help frowning.

No wonder Cao Ying sent the housekeeper to look for him. Although Cao Ying and Sun Jue live separately, if Sun Jue returns to Beijing, Cao Ying has no reason to refuse him.

However, at this time, what is Sun Jue's intention when he comes to Beijing?
Sun's house, the front hall.

Sun Jue sat on the host seat, looking at the antique calligraphy and paintings hanging around.Some of them looked familiar, and he squinted his eyes. The sandalwood screen with the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea hot stamped was one of Cao Ying's dowry gifts.

This thing is one and a half feet high and half a foot wide. The craftsmanship inside looks full of charm, and it is a more delicate thing in Cao Ying's dowry.Speaking of it, it was a long time ago, and it was the dowry of the old lady of the Cao family in the early years, and it was used to add makeup to the eldest granddaughter.

Sun Jue used to pawn 120 taels of silver at the pawnshop at the front door with this screen.

"Where did this object come from?" Sun Jue lowered his face, pointed to the screen and asked, "Could it be that the old lady gave you not one piece, but a pair?"

Thinking of this possibility, he looked at Cao Ying with a bit of sharpness.Hiding the dowry privately, although this is not considered a crime, it is not something a virtuous woman does either.

Cao Ying had been husband and wife with him for more than ten years. Hearing what he said, she naturally understood his implication.

Trembling with anger, she gritted her teeth and said, "How much is my dowry? Don't you always know better than me?"

These things were all pawned by Sun Jue in the Duke's mansion in the early years. Cao Yi felt sorry for his sister, so he kept them and donated them to her.

Cao Ying was so strong that she refused to take it for nothing, and wanted to give Cao Yi some money.

How could Cao Yi be willing to accept it? She couldn't allow her sister to refuse at all, and sent someone to send it directly.

As the daughters of the Cao family, seeing the two younger sisters living a happy life while she was in such a mess, Cao Ying was not happy.

She thought of Cao Yi's kindness, and finally accepted the things, but she didn't want to take advantage of it for nothing.While her younger sister was giving birth, she also prepared a big gift.Although it is not as valuable as the dowry she was pawned off, it still cost 800 taels of silver.

When she was separated from the government, she originally had some silver in her hand, but later she was afraid of sitting on the mountain and bought a few hectares of land in front of her small village, so the silver in her hand was limited.

Even so, Cao Ying still couldn't erase her shame.

She is the eldest daughter of the Cao family's second household. After her father passed away, she couldn't take care of her younger siblings. Instead, she made them worry about herself. How could she not be ashamed?

The man in front of her was supposed to love her and protect her, and was her closest person, but he was hypocritical and lustful, had no virtue, and humiliated her.

She straightened her waist, and the cowardice that had lingered between her brows in the early years was gone, only fortitude and determination remained.

Sun Jue was robbed by his wife, embarrassed, stared and said: "What do you mean by this? Could it be that the Lord is still greedy for your dowry? You black-hearted woman, with your elbows turned outward, colluded with your mother's family to plot against the Sun family. If you don't care about Wenggu and disrespect your husband, it's really lawless!"

Seeing his nonsense, Cao Ying couldn't help sneering, and said, "Planning the Sun family's property? What kind of property does the Sun family have, which is worth the Cao family's concern? You and I live in separate houses. It was originally allowed by the master, and the uncle is still talking about it now. What's the point?"

Sun Jue was choked, swallowed hard, and said, "Get married and follow your husband, and live a good life, but you have made trouble with these monster moths! My lord doesn't care about villains, so I don't care about you."

Seeing that he was playing a scoundrel, Cao Ying talked to herself, but just looked at him with raised eyebrows, and didn't answer.

Sun Jue was wearing a big woolen clothes that were old and not old, with a brocade purse hanging around his waist.The purse is embroidered with mandarin ducks playing in the water. The embroidery is fairly exquisite, but the color of the tassels is a bit bright, which makes it look a bit stingy.

Seeing his wife's reaction like this, Sun Jue couldn't help being annoyed.He thought that he had already lowered his posture and given Cao Ying enough face, so Cao Ying should take this opportunity to accompany her with a soft word, so that everyone will be better off.

He knows about his wife, she is cowardly and has no opinions, how can she be in charge of the family alone?
Now the sons are grown up and want to go to school; the daughter is at the age of cardamom, and she is preparing for the draft. This is the time when the whole family needs him as the patriarch.

Thinking of this, he raised his chin, showing a bit of color.

As for him spending all his money in Xuzhou and being unable to gain a foothold, hearing about Kangxi's death and thinking of an amnesty, and coming to the capital to find an opportunity, he naturally would not tell others about these inside facts.

In order to save money, he only hired a carriage and took a servant, and the two went to Beijing.The house in Xuzhou was sold to pay off the debt, and the remaining maids of the family were brought back to Hangzhou by the eldest concubine Xie.

When he arrived in the capital, after paying off the fare, he was less than 50 taels of silver.

If you really run for an official position, you need money and connections.If he doesn't go back to his wife, where will he get money?

Although he made mistakes in his early years and was punished, it was not a heinous crime, so it should be included in this pardon.

After being a citizen for two years, he missed the scenery of being an official more and more.His father's rank is not high, but there is a brother-in-law from the uncle's house, so it is not difficult to make up for an official.

The more Sun Jue thought about it, the more beautiful she became. Cao Ying looked at it, with a sneer on the corner of her mouth, just thinking about the time when Cao Yong would come over, hesitating whether to let people pass by, so as not to stagger twice and wait for no one.

At this moment, footsteps were heard in the yard.

Then, I heard the voice of the butler Xu Sheng: "Grandma, uncle is here!"

After hearing this, Cao Ying secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and stood up to greet her.

On Sun Jue's side, when he heard the word "uncle", his eyes lit up immediately, and he followed his wife to get up.

"Sister!" Cao Yong entered the room, met Cao Ying, and said with a bow.

"Fu Ruo is here! I haven't seen you for a few days, but seeing you is refreshing." Sun Jue squeezed forward and said enthusiastically.

Although Cao Yong didn't want to quarrel with the Sun family, he wouldn't rest assured that Sun Jue would stay at Cao Ying's place: "Brother-in-law has come to Beijing, let's go to Qingfutang to meet brother-in-law!"

Qingfutang is a famous restaurant in the city, near the Drum Tower.

Sun Jue was about to have a relationship with Cao Yong, so naturally he was very happy to follow after hearing this.

He almost had a smile on his face, and he had already forgotten in his mind that it was because Cao Yong called the shots two years ago that Cao Ying won a complete victory.

He puffed out his chest and said to Cao Ying: "Master, I'm going to have a drink with Furuo, you have someone prepare the hangover soup, and ask the kitchen to boil more hot water, I will come back later to take a bath!"

Just as Cao Ying wanted to refute, Cao Yong was already surprised: "Brother-in-law wants to stay here? Isn't it a separate property? This house is under the name of the eldest sister, how can you keep a man here for the night?" After talking, he looked at Cao Ying's eyes were filled with blame.

Seeing her cousin help her out, Cao Ying knew how to get down the steps, and said, "Brother misunderstood, uncle just stopped by to take a look, and didn't intend to stay here."

The siblings sang together, leaving Sun Jue speechless.

He stared fiercely at his wife, turned around and looked at Cao Yong without speaking.

Cao Yong was impatient in his heart, but still said on the face: "In that case, let's go there."

With Sun Jue's temper in the past, if he couldn't get what he wanted, he would have made a fuss long ago.Now in the end fear Cao Yong, suppressed his anger, followed him out.

In front of the screen wall at the entrance, Sun Jue's servant was carrying Sun Jue's luggage and was waiting there.Because of the thin clothes on his body, he shivered, looking pitiful.Seeing Sun Jue coming out, he immediately stepped forward.

When Sun Jue saw the luggage in his hand, his face became even darker.

Cao Yong was by the side, and he saw the difference in Sun Jue.

Courtesy to people, there must be something to ask for.

With Sun Jue's character, what he was looking for was either power or money.No matter what, Cao Yong is not willing to wait.

After a while, I arrived at Qingfu hall.

Cao Yong asked for a table, and ordered someone to open a jar of wine, but within half an hour, he poured Sun Jue into a gibberish: "Lan Shi, you wait for me, and I will give you money after I have bought the silver." You redeem yourself... and carry you back to be your aunt..."

"My lord is the official of the sixth branch of Kezheng's fifth grade... If the training is done properly, it will not be difficult to be promoted to a magistrate or Daotai..."

These words were confirmed with Cao Yong's guess, and Cao Yong looked at Sun Jue with a funny face.

What a humble and invincible person, Sun Jue was notorious when he left, but now it has only been two years, he seems to be fine, and he began to faint and daydream.

Cao Yong sent someone to pay the bill, and asked Xiaoman to take someone to send Sun Jue to the inn to settle down, and he returned to Sun's house.

Brothers Sun Li and Sun Chu came back from school, and together with Sun Xian, they came out to greet their uncle.

Seeing Sun Li, Cao Yong remembered what Chu Yu had said before, and asked him a few words about the exam.Sun Li explained the progress of the coursework, what book he was studying, and how the teacher commented and supervised him, all in a very clear and clear manner.

Hearing this, Cao Yong felt a little joy; thinking of his two cousins, both of whom were born at the age of fifteen or six, he nodded and said, "If you want to go, then go. Your fourth and younger uncles are too. This is the age. But you are still young, don’t think too much, lest you get overwhelmed, lose concentration, and delay the exam instead.”

Cao Xiang's brothers are both Jinshi, and Cao Xiang is still a first-class candidate.

In Sun Li's eyes, Cao Yong, the uncle of the uncle's family, should be in awe; Brother Cao Xiang, he wanted to get close to and look up to.

Therefore, listening to Cao Yong's encouragement, Sun Li couldn't help but feel excited.

Cao Ying had something on her mind, with a stiff smile on her face, she sent Sun Li and the others away.

"Sister, don't worry!" Cao Yong saw her uneasiness and comforted her.

Cao Ying couldn't help but smiled bitterly, and said: "How can I not be worried? Although I have the paperwork for dividing the property and living separately, this is the Sun family after all, he is my husband, brother Li's father, how can I refuse him?" Outside the door? If you really do that and attract the neighbors to watch, how will Brother Li behave in the future?"

Cao Yong pondered for a moment, and said: "Since this is the case, we have to think of a way to drive him out of the capital..."

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Forbidden City, Hall of Mental Cultivation outside Yuehua Gate.

"Is there any movement in the Sun family?" Listening to Brother Thirteen's words, Yongzheng raised his eyebrows and said, "Hangzhou is not far from the capital. How much movement will spread to the capital right now?"

Elder Brother Thirteen shook his head and said: "It's not Sun Wencheng in Hangzhou, it's Sun Wencheng's eldest son, Sun Jue, who has been dismissed as a fifth-rank doctor, arrived in Beijing today, first went to his wife Cao's, and then met Cao Yong..."

"Sun Jue, the one who takes a prostitute as a concubine, the one who has a bad character?" Yongzheng listened, his face relaxed a lot: "Sun Wencheng is cautious when he is on duty, and he is thinking that there is no reason to dismiss him from office..."

*
It's the 31st, the last day of the month, and Xiao Jiu burst into tears begging for a monthly pass.

(End of this chapter)