Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1003
Cao Mansion, Orchid Courtyard.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, everyone from the eastern and western prefectures gathered in Mrs. Li's upper room to watch the new year.

Only Mrs. Gao was old, and he thought that he was only a relative of the Cao family, so he could not accept the gift of the younger generation calmly, so he went back to Shaoyuan to settle down earlier.

Xiangyu was left behind by Niuniu and Tianhui, and followed everyone to watch the new year.Sun Xian was also there, with a peaceful smile, following beside the two little aunts.

Six or seven girls sat with Chuyu and the other sisters-in-law, some were lively, some were demure, some were delicate and innocent, and they were full of beautiful flowers, which made people unable to take their eyes off them.

Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhaojia, two sisters-in-law, sat on the kang, looking at the colorful flowers in the room, their faces were full of joy, and they kept talking without saying a word.

Cao Ying sat on the side, listening to the two elders talking.

A thriving population is the sign of a prosperous family.

Although Zhao Jia only has two grandchildren, she has not yet embraced a grandson, which is a little insufficient, but she is not discouraged, because she still has her fourth sister and fifth son.

The girl from the Banner family is sometimes more useful than the son.

Others don't talk about it, just look at the two aunts of the Cao family who married into the clan, and that's what they said.

Emperor Daxing passed away, and the new emperor ascended the throne. In order to pray for the former emperor, a group of maids were released from the palace.

When Zhao Jia got the news, she brazenly went to Prince Yi's mansion, asked for the Thirteen Fortunes, and hired an aunt who had retired from Chuxiu Palace to teach the fourth sister and fifth son the etiquette rules.

Although there are aunts of etiquette in Xifu, Zhaojia's people from Chuyu are not easy to use.

The year after next year, the two daughters were drafted at the same time.

Mrs. Zhao Jia could also see that, judging by the looks of the two sisters, the fifth son had a brighter future;

Although his father and brother were not of high rank, his grandfather Cao Xi was posthumously named a second-class uncle.In this way, it may not be impossible to refer to the clan.

For this reason, in recent days, she has put all her thoughts on training her two daughters.

Even with the concubine Wu'er, she was a little more kind.

Li's eyes fell on Sun Xian and Xiangyu.

Both are her nieces and granddaughters, both wrapped in the banner, but one is the eldest granddaughter of the Sun family, and the other is the granddaughter of the concubine of the Li family. There is a big difference between the concubines.

The Sun family would not let their eldest granddaughter participate in the "small election", but the Li family didn't even remember Xiangyu, an orphan girl.

The wife of the head of the Li family, Mrs. Wang, is Xiangyu's real grandmother, but for some reason, she dislikes this granddaughter very much.

In the past few years, the mother-in-law who invited An to come over, paid attention to Gao Taijun, but didn't mention Xiangyu, the serious Miss Li Jiasun.

Although the Li family didn't value Xiangyu, Gao Taijun loved this great-nephew very much.

Having been raised by her side for ten years, seeing Gao's love for Xiangyu, sometimes Li's heart would be filled with bitterness.At the same time, I also understand that the old man is lonely, and this old lady Xiangyu Chenghuan is at her knees, and I should also accept it.

Outside the screen, another table was set up, where the Cao Yong brothers, the boys from the two prefectures, and the Sun family brothers were sitting.Among the younger generation of the Cao family, only the infant Tianbao was absent, and even the youngest Tianyang was present.

Tianhu and Tianyang are both concubines, although Tianhu has adopted Cao Fu's name in the past six months, but his cowardly temperament has long been cultivated, and he is a little more timid in his words and actions, with a petty air.

Tianyang was influenced by his biological mother, he learned to read his face at a young age, and lost his liveliness.

Compared with the two brothers, the boys from Xifu are outstanding.

Not only Tianyou and Changsheng are outstanding, but even the brothers Hang Seng and Zuozhu are not bad.

Whether it is "adopted son" or "adopted son", this is the eldest brother's son.I have no bones or blood...

Cao Fu wanted to fight here, but looking at his cousin, he didn't know whether to admire his good teaching skills, or to be jealous of his good luck. Picking up a child at random is a little Mongolian prince; taking in a pair of twin sons, now he has become a child again. For young talents.

Cao Yong noticed his gaze, turned his head, and said, "What's wrong with fifth brother?"

Naturally, Cao Fu would not say that he had made a mistake because he was jealous of his cousin's many sons, so he said casually: "It's nothing, I just thought of my second brother, and thought he could come to Beijing a few years ago. It has been a month and a half since the emperor passed away. Jing, it's time to arrive."

The fourteenth elder brother is in the Northwest Army of Ganzhou, which is more than 6000 miles away from the capital.Cao Yong doesn't know how long this Chiyi will take.

He just heard that it takes [-] miles from Xi'an to the capital to reach the capital in [-] days, and Xi'an is [-] miles away from the capital.

After hearing this, Cao Yong calculated in his mind the time when Shengjia would be on the road, and the time for the fourteenth brother to return, and realized that something was wrong.

If there were no accidents, Brother Fourteen would have been here long ago.

If there is an accident... Cao Yong's heart sank involuntarily.

In the end, Li Wei did not go to Zhili to take up the post of Daotai, but changed to Yunnan Yanyi Road. He left Beijing to take up his post a few days ago.His previous Daotai position was filled by a second-class guard from Prince Yong's residence.

"Suppression of bandits", wouldn't it be to kill the fourteenth elder brother who returned to Beijing for the funeral?

Thinking of this, Cao Yong only felt cold sweat on his back.

Of course he would not sympathize with the situation of the fourteenth brother, nor would he question Yongzheng's choice, but the one who came back with the fourteenth brother was his closest brother.

Immediately, he felt that he wanted to go left again.

Yongzheng had just ascended the throne, and his foundation was not stable, so how could he accuse himself of this crucial point.

"Perhaps it was delayed on the road. Before the fifteenth day, I will be home anyway. Don't worry, fifth brother." Cao Yong said lightly.

There was the sound of "two kicks" in the distance, and the sound of crackling firecrackers.

Cao Yong raised his head and looked at the clock on the high and low cabinet next to him, the pointer was pointing to twelve...

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Outside Xizhimen, Cao Song was riding on a horse and sneezed heavily.

He rubbed his nose, wondering if he was sick; these days, traveling all the way from Ganzhou to the capital, changing horses without changing people, has already exhausted three guards.

Because they had to hurry, there was no delay, so the three guards recuperated in the inn, and returned to the capital when they were better.

Even if he is sick, he can only be lucky, at least he has arrived in the capital, even if he is sick, he is always more comfortable at home.

In front of Cao Yong, the fourteenth elder brother in filial piety sat on the horseback, looking at the dark and closed city gate in front of him, wondering what he was thinking.

After a while, I heard the fourteenth elder brother say in a deep voice: "Go forward and call the city gate!"

Someone responded, and immediately went to knock the gate of the city.

The tall city wall divides the world into two worlds,

Inside, it is the family reunion, celebrating New Year's Eve
Outside, the north wind is howling, the cold wind is biting, making people's hearts cold.

The Great General King is back!
Hearing the report, the guarding small school only felt a muscle in the calf, so the person held a lantern and went up to the gate tower. With a bit of humility, he raised his voice and said: "If the person coming is the Fourteenth Lord, please wait a moment. I'm humble. I don’t have the right to open the city gate in the middle of the night, so I’ll ask someone to report to the admiral.”

Brother Fourteen felt his eyes turn black after hearing this.

He has been the "General King" for a few years in a good manner, and when he left Beijing in April, he was sent off by hundreds of officials; but now he is "bullyed by dogs in Pingyang" and neglected by a small school in the city gate, how can he not be angry? To vomit blood.

What's the use of being angry again.The little school on the upper floor of the city gate finished shouting, and before the fourteenth elder brother could say anything, he had already fled away, so he couldn't find the owner even if he wanted to scold a few words.

The north wind was picking up, and the snowflakes were falling faster than before. Cao Song looked at the silent Fourteenth Brother, and then looked back at the people around him and behind him.

This time, returning to Beijing from Ganzhou with the [-]th elder brother, in addition to two deputy governors, a royal family prince, ten imperial guards, and forty supervisors under Nian Gengyao, governor of Sichuan.

Cao Song was just reckless, not a fool, so he saw the key point.

Sheng Jia Dongyue Thirteen passed away, but it was a month later that Elder Fourteen heard the news.At that time, Nian Gengyao had already arrived in Ganzhou.

When Longkodo got the news, it was just after staying with his wife and children that they were about to go to the kang to settle down.Hearing that Brother Fourteen was returning to Beijing, he couldn't help but sit up straight.

It is really that the identity of the fourteenth elder brother is too sensitive, the younger brother of the new emperor, the youngest son of the empress dowager, and one of the most beloved princes of the former emperor when he was alive.

If one is not handled properly, it will cause trouble for the upper body.Even if he is a confidant of the new emperor, Longkodo dare not deal with the fourteenth elder brother at will.

"Prepare the horse, go to the palace!" Longkodo still felt that it was better for the players in the game to treat this kind of brotherly enmity.

At this time, Yongzheng, full of grief and indignation, strode away from the Yonghe Palace.

Since the enthronement ceremony, the queen mother has said that she is recovering from illness and has not seen Yongzheng.

Today's New Year's Eve, Yongzheng brought Fujin, Fujin, and three younger brothers to the Yonghe Palace to have fun together, hoping that the Empress Dowager would become soft in front of her daughter-in-law and grandson, and give each other a step.

However, when the queen mother said "I'm tired", she ignored the filial piety of her son and daughter-in-law and asked someone to see her off...

"The old fourteen is back?" Hearing the news, Yongzheng frowned slightly: "I don't see him returning to the palace now, where did he go?"

For this younger brother, he is only jealous and wary.He didn't forget that before the death of the late emperor, he wanted to call the fourteenth elder brother back. It's hard to get to the bottom of his intentions.

Coupled with the empress dowager's abnormal reaction for more than a month, Yongzheng couldn't help guessing whether the emperor's father had left a secret decree for the fourteenth elder brother, or had said something to the empress dowager before his death...

Hearing Longkodo say that the fourteenth elder brother is still outside Xizhimen and has not entered the city, Yongzheng pondered: "Uncle, look, Zensheng is good? The queen mother is waiting for him, but I am really impatient to argue with him!"

Long Kedo thought for a while, and said: "The Fourteenth Master came to the funeral, and he always went to the city. The coffin of the late emperor stopped at Jingshan, and the Fourteenth Brother came back with filial piety, and it is reasonable to be willing to guard the coffin. Even the Queen Mother Now that I understand, I can only be grateful for this filial piety."

Yongzheng was originally worried about how to arrange the fourteenth elder brother, but after hearing Longkodo's words, he felt that this idea could not be better.

"Thank you uncle for teaching me, only uncle can relieve my worries!" Yongzheng said with some excitement.

Longkodo's expression was flying, and he even said that he did it himself.

He still wanted to go to Xizhimen, so he didn't stay any longer.

Yongzheng was a little worried about the situation in Xizhimen, so he sent his first-class bodyguard Laxi to accompany Longkodo to...

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Ask for a guaranteed monthly pass, the first six are very unstable. .Tears ran.

(End of this chapter)