Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1028 "Coating"
On Jingshan Front Street, both sides of the road are guarded by officers and soldiers of the barracks, and the curtains have been drawn.

Officials from the Ministry of Rites had long been waiting here, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites had arranged for the ranks of the clan officials who came to deliver the funeral.Otherwise, it's a mess, how decent it is.

Mrs. Li was ordered by the Duke, but the officials of the Ministry of Rites led her behind several princesses.Seeing this, Chu Yu hesitated, but it was difficult to follow.

Li Shi lowered her head, her heart was like beating a drum, sour and astringent, she couldn't tell what it was like.

She originally thought that she would be in the car and follow the big team out of the city, but she didn't expect that she would have her own place when the lead was launched.

In Jingshan, outside the Shouhuang Hall, many people have already stood still.

On the east side are the sons, grandsons, grandsons and grandsons of Emperor Daxing headed by Yongzheng, and on the west side are empresses, princesses, daughters-in-law and granddaughters-in-law of Emperor Daxing.
This is a family ceremony before the national ceremony, and only the descendants of Emperor Daxing participate.

The princes and wives of the clan are at the gate of the Shouhuang Hall.

The civil and military officials and foreign wives are about to line up at the gate of Jingshan.

With her head down, Mrs. Li followed the officials of the Ministry of Rites, step by step to the outside of the Shouhuang Palace.Then, under the leadership of the ceremonial officials, they stood behind Princess Gulun Chunxi, Princess Gulun Rongxian, and in front of Princess Gulun Kejing and Princess Heshuojing.

The two eldest princesses, Chunxi and Rong Xian, opened a mansion in the capital, while the eldest princess Que Jing married in the capital. The three of them had heard about Li's identity for a long time.

Although they were curious in their hearts, they did not communicate with each other deliberately.It's fine if you don't know before, just think of her as the mother of Pingjun Wang Fujin and Mrs. Mistress of the People; now, since you know her identity is different, how can you meet each other eagerly?

Wouldn't it be embarrassing.

Unexpectedly, the first emperor did not allow Li to recognize his ancestors, but now he is so flattering Li.However, since the emperor wanted to grant favor, why didn't he give him a legitimate title first?

How did they know that Yongzheng really had this idea, one was to show that he was kind to his brothers, and the other was to support Li and compete with Princess Rongxian.

Princess Rongxian, who claimed to be Princess Gulun who was proclaimed by the previous emperor, has become the No. 1 among foreign wives, and she is very influential in the princely residence of Baylor.

It's just that because the internal treasury is tight, it is cheap to confer a princess, but the princess needs 10,000+ taels of silver to open the house.

Among the four eldest princesses, only the eldest princess Kejing lived in naturalization for a long time and only returned to Beijing for a funeral a few days ago. She still doesn't know about Li's life experience.

But the princess who grew up in the palace is not an ignorant woman, she knows that officials from the Ministry of Rituals, it is impossible for such an important day to make any mistakes under the eyes of everyone.

This one should also be the imperial father's princess, and she is a little older than herself.

The nobleman Guo Luoluo, the mother of the eldest princess Kejing, is the sister of Concubine Yi, but one of the two sisters is the head of the four concubines, and the other is a little noble until death, and there are some grievances and hatreds in it.

Among the princesses of the Daxing Emperor, most of them caressed Inner Mongolia, which was close to the capital; only Princess Kejing, who caressed the farthest Kalka, was said to be "credited" by Concubine Yi.

But it was also for this reason that Yongzheng paid more attention to this half-sister, and did not take his anger on her because of Concubine Yi and Brother Nine...

Amidst the low ceremonies and music, the tedious and lengthy ceremony was finally over, and everyone lined up to leave Jingshan with the Daxing Emperor Zi Palace.

Cao's carriage has already been divided into two groups to wait.

The servants and luggage carriages, along with the carriages of the servants of Prince Baylor's residence, were waiting outside the front door; the carriages of Mrs. Li and Chu Yu, along with the carriages of Fujin's wives, were waiting at Jingshan Front Street.

When Mrs. Li returned to the carriage, there were still officials from the Ministry of Rites with her.

But instead of going back to her carriage, she came to a Zhulun carriage.

Mrs. Li thought it was Chu Yu's carriage at first, but after looking at it, she realized it was not.Under the same blue cloth, the golden emperor satin is exposed, and the corners and eaves of the cover are all red.

Seeing this, Mrs. Li felt a little flustered.

With her current status, riding in such a car is a passover.

She was thinking about what to do, when she heard the sound of "Deng Deng" footsteps, and when she turned her head, it was the Seventeenth Elder Brother who was walking quickly.

The two faced each other on this matter, and Li's face was as usual, and he had already bowed down.

Elder Seventeen hurriedly turned away, and said: "Please hurry up, I was negligent when it comes to speaking, or else I should send the carriage to Madam to the residence first."

Speaking of which, Brother Seventeen cannot be blamed.

It was yesterday that the sixteenth elder brother entered the palace, together with the seventeenth elder brother, they greeted Concubine Mi and talked about Mrs. Li's trip.Concubine Mi mentioned Li's car, and the two elder brothers realized their negligence.

Since Mrs. Li's position is among the eldest princesses, the carriage of the Duchess is too conspicuous.

When Yuqian mentioned it, Yongzheng also thought that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked the seventeenth elder brother to prepare the sedan chair according to the regulations.

It wasn't ready until this morning.

Mrs. Li let out a long breath and said, "Master Seventeen, this doesn't conform to the regulations!"

He accompanied the eldest princesses to the ceremony, under the watchful eyes of everyone, and he was only obeying the order, so there was no future trouble; but this carriage was too ostentatious, if he sat in it, maybe it would be a crime if he turned it over at any time.

Brother Seventeen seemed to see Li's concern, and took out a yellow silk edict from his bosom.

In addition to the carriage in front of him, he also gave a warm sedan chair, ten maidservants, six coats, and a salary of [-] yuan and [-] hu of rice from the Ministry of Internal Affairs every year from this year.

Naturally, due to the haste of the order, the sedan chair, maidservants, and coats had to be delivered after returning from the imperial mausoleum.

Mrs. Li knelt down to listen to the imperial decree, feeling dazed.

It was the seventeenth elder brother who helped Mrs. Li up and said, "Ride with peace of mind."

After receiving the imperial decree, Mrs. Li realized that this silver rice was exactly the salary of Princess Gu Lun.

She was terrified in her heart, and felt that the imperial decree in her hand was hot.

Brother Seventeen didn't allow her to say more, and said: "Please get in the car first. We are about to leave, so we don't want to delay."

Mrs. Li had no choice but to get on the carriage...

Cao Yong was riding on the horse, looking at the mighty team in front of him, he was a little worried about Mrs. Li.

Riding side by side with him is Li Zhouwang, the servant.The two Shangshu lords rode in a carriage due to old age and frailty.

Seeing that Cao Yong's face was tense, without even looking at him, Li Zhouwang looked at him a few more times.

Cao Yong noticed, turned his head and looked at Li Zhouwang.

Li Zhouwang was a little embarrassed, and said casually: "It's the busy season of farming, and I don't know how Master Cao's breeding is doing. I heard that the two crops are high-yielding, and they can be prepared for famine."

Although Cao Yong returned to Beijing for half a month, he was also concerned about the situation in Yutian, Tongzhou.There have long been agricultural officials in charge of this matter stationed in Tongzhou, and they have carefully recorded the growth of the crops in the imperial fields.

Therefore, Cao Yong answered without hesitation, without any effort.

Li Zhouwang was amazed when he heard this, although the two of them had been officials in the Yamen for nearly a year, they each had errands and their usual contacts were limited.

Li Zhouwang was born in the Hanlin Academy, he had a bit of integrity in his bones, he only thought that Cao Yong was a shady official, so he would occupy a higher position at such a young age, even if he was cautious, it would not be a big deal.

At this moment, seeing Cao Yong talking eloquently, and looking at his dark and thin face, Li Zhouwang secretly said "ashamed", and on the surface he was still asking about the money and food errands of the household department.

Cao Yong seems to be in a high position, and he rarely does things by himself. Every time he spends most of the day, he is looking at the money and food account books.So what Li Zhouwang asked did not bother him at all.

All of a sudden, the two of you asked each other and answered each other, going back and forth, it wasted a lot of effort...

At the beginning of the Shen Dynasty ([-]:[-] p.m.), Shengjia was sent from the Dahang Emperor Zi Palace to the Yangjiazha Palace.

Although all three members of Cao's family came to attend the funeral, men and women were different, but they were not placed together.

Mrs. Li and Princess Kejing lived in the same yard, with five upper rooms. Mrs. Li's house was on the east, and Princess Kejing's was on the west.

Seeing such an arrangement, Princess Kejing is even more determined. Li's family is not only older than herself, but her status is still higher than her own.Therefore, when the two met, Princess Kejing refused to accept Li Shi's gift.

It's just that she was also wondering why Li's biological mother was raised outside the palace if she was born of a well-known married woman.

This half-day's experience had already made Mrs. Li exhausted, so she went back to the house early.

Princess Kejing was like this, so that the nanny of the Household House who followed her couldn't see it. After returning to the house, she chanted twice in front of the princess.

At this moment, Chu Yu has already brought the maids and mother-in-law of the Cao Mansion over.

Chu Yu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard that her mother-in-law was staying with the docile Princess Kejing.

Princess Kejing listened to her nanny talking about ancient times, and only then did she know that Li's biological mother was Empress Xiaoqi who was conferred two years ago.

Regarding the royal family, the nanny didn't dare to say more, and said straightly: "After all, there is no title, how can you go past the master?"

After hearing this, Princess Kejing whispered secretly, only thinking that Li's biological mother would be honorable, but unexpectedly she was a queen.

Li's identity is actually the concubine's daughter of the Central Palace, let alone herself, even Princess Chunxi and Princess Rongxian are not as good as Li.

Princess Kejing couldn't sit still anymore, thinking about whether she should go to the east room to pay a visit.Looking at Mrs. Li's appearance, it seems that she lacks energy, and none of the servants around her wear them, which makes people feel uneasy.

Before she could get up, a servant girl came to report, Princess He Rui came to pay her respects to her aunt.

Princess Kejing has not been in the capital for a long time, and she is not familiar with nephews and nieces, but she still asks people to come in and talk, and only then did she know that Chuyu is Li's daughter-in-law...

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Capital, Cao Mansion.

Outside the gate, there was a middle-aged man in a blue robe that was old and not old, begging the concierge to announce: "Brother, the villain is from Suzhou, please greet us, the second old lady..."

The concierge has already given an explanation, but anyone who hears about Suzhou and the Li family should be careful, and those who are looking for the Gao family should be more careful.The person in front of me had already been here once in the morning, but because of his vague speech, he didn't pass it on after asking the Fifth Wife for instructions.

Thinking that in less than two hours, he came to pester him again.

The concierge gave the man a glance, and said: "Hunn said, I haven't heard of any house that has hired a servant for the cousin. Where did the scoundrel come from, Suzhou and Hangzhou, so hurry up and go far away."

The middle-aged man couldn't help being anxious when he heard this, and said: "The villain is indeed a servant of the Li family in Suzhou. He has been here once before. I have urgent matters to see the old lady. The fifth master of the Sun family can testify for the young man...

(End of this chapter)