Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1035 Palace maid (seeking guaranteed monthly ticket)

When elder brother sixteen entered Cao's mansion, Cao Yong had just returned home not long ago, and had just changed his official uniform in Wutong Garden.

Hearing that Brother Sixteen was coming, Cao Yong went to the front yard with surprise to meet the guests.

"Fu Ruo, I came here by order." Elder Sixteen saw him and said with a smile, "It's still the kindness I received a few days ago, and it was given to the servants of the court.

Cao Yong was not surprised to hear Li's mention of this matter, he just said: "So, do you want my mother to come here to accept the order?"

Brother Sixteen waved his hand and said: "The decree has been passed on a long time ago, today is just to fulfill the decree, the Lord will follow you to visit the Lingtang."

When Cao Yong heard this, he sent someone to send a message to Lanyuan first, and then asked the sixteenth elder brother to move there.

The sixteenth elder brother left all the guards and followers in the front yard, and went to the second gate with Cao Yong himself.

"There's news from Suzhou that the Li family will arrive in Beijing in a few days, just put on a show and don't get involved too deeply." Elder Sixteen said in a low voice.

"So fast, doesn't it mean there are still ten and a half months?" Cao Yong said.

Elder Sixteen snorted softly and said: "They are afraid of taking responsibility, so they wish they could be escorted to the capital as soon as possible. Li Xu is no different from Chen Gu who committed suicide a few days ago, he is just a minor official. After all, he was relied on by the late emperor My subject, you have a good reputation among the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, and you, the nephew who is Xi Bo, and me, the junior of Prince Xi, are always afraid."

Cao Yong listened, did not speak.

Long before Li Xu was convicted, the imperial court had sent a new Suzhou Weaver over there. He was the emperor's brother-in-law, Hu Fenghui, the eldest son-in-law of the Nian family.

The Jiangnan officials who presided over the case, for the sake of the Cao family and the sixteenth elder brother, tried the case as a trial, but they would not do too much, they would always give Li Xu a bit of face.

This Hu Fenghui was not only Nian Gengyao's in-law, but also his confidant. He served in the governor's office of Sichuan in his early years.With Nian Gengyao and Concubine Nian as his backers, he might not put Cao Yong and Brother Sixteen in his eyes.

Since Li Xu was forced to the point of wanting to die, it is natural that he will be punished.

Thinking that Li Xu is already a rare old man, but he will suffer such a crime when he grows old, Cao Yong's heart is also heavy.

While speaking, the two of them had already arrived at Lan Yuan.

Mrs. Li and Chu Yu had already received the news, and they were waiting in the corridor.

Seeing Elder Sixteen, Mrs. Li wanted to bow her knees to salute, Elder Sixteen stepped forward to support her, and said, "Don't kill me!"

Seeing him like this, Mrs. Li no longer insisted on the ceremony, and after Chu Yu greeted the sixteenth elder brother, everyone entered the upper room.

Although Mrs. Li had met Elder Sixteen during the funeral a few days ago, but because he was traveling, he had many ears and eyes, and it was not cheap to speak, it was just a few answers.

Now at home, after sending out all the maids and servants, Li Shifang said: "Did you see the empress dowager in the past two days? How is she... Do you feel uncomfortable?"

It turned out that the emperor Mingfa only mentioned that the [-]th elder brother should stay at the mausoleum. In fact, apart from the [-]th elder brother, the [-]th elder brother was also kept in Jingling.

When Mrs. Li heard about this, she was worried about Concubine Mi, so she asked this question.

The sixteenth brother said: "Don't worry, Er Niang, after hearing the news, she was not worried, but relieved. Er Niang said, Brother Fifteen is still young, and he can guard the tomb for a few years for the late emperor. It's also a blessing to have a temper."

Mrs. Li nodded and said: "It's good that the concubine can open it if she wants to." While speaking, she took out a half-foot-long wooden box from her sleeve, pushed it to Elder Sixteen, and said, "I just want to open it, I want to open it." However, the concern in the empress's heart is unavoidable. You have conquered the prince, but you have to support a large family. How can you have so much wealth? Inside and outside the palace, everything is waiting for you to manage. There is some money here, you can use it .If it is not enough, come and tell me again..."

Brother Shiliu heard this, and hurriedly said: "Your kindness is appreciated by Shiliu, but life is still passable. If it is really difficult, Shiliu will not be polite, and will talk to you."

But Mrs. Li refused to take it back, saying: "This is not for the prince, but for the concubine and your sister-in-law. Although the fifteenth elder brother has not kissed me these years, he is the eldest son of your mother-in-law. If your mother doesn't say anything, she is worried. You attacked the prince, many people are watching, just do your job well, don't bother about money, and leave excuses for the villain."

The sixteenth elder brother's life is really tight, not only to reward the Palace of Compassion and Peace, so that the life of the biological mother can be more comfortable, but also to find a way to take care of the fifteenth elder brother's family who stayed in the elder brother's place.

There are also clan relatives attached to Prince Zhuang's mansion, and many of them are counting on the prince's mansion to live.

However, he was still embarrassed to accept Li's gift in front of Cao Yong and Chu Yu.

Those two are his niece and niece-in-law, as well as his nephew and nephew-in-law.

Seeing that he still refused to accept him, Mrs. Li looked at Cao Yong and asked his son to find a way.Cao Yong said with a smile: "The mother thought of going with the son, and the son is preparing to honor the concubine. The sixteenth master refused to accept it. It must be that the mother has prepared less, and the son will prepare a double share later. "

The sixteenth elder brother saw Cao Yong's meddling, and stared at him vigorously. This kid not only "slandered", but also "slandered" in front of his face.He had never opened the box at all, so he didn't know how much Li's gift was, how could it be too little?
Cao Yong just pretended not to see it, took the box with a smile, and sent it to Brother Sixteen, saying: "If Master Sixteen doesn't think it's too little, he will accept it and ask me to save some money."

Having said all this, Elder Sixteen felt uncomfortable, so he got up and thanked Mrs. Li.

Li's eyes were red and she said: "It's nothing, the prince is rich and prominent, what I do now is just icing on the cake, how can it be better than the timely charcoal between the prince and the concubine? Now I have nothing to look forward to, only the concubine. Longevity for a hundred years, I hope you all go well."

The sixteenth elder brother thought about the defeat of the Li family, and the saddest one was the Li family. He said gently: "The emperor is very affectionate. Although Cao Yong is not a former minister of the hidden mansion, he is still half of the direct line. The future is very good. You just wait for it." Enjoy!"

"Well, I'll wait." Li looked at his son and said with some pride.

After saying these few homely things, Elder Sixteen finally got down to business and handed over the roster of servants to Mrs. Li.

Mrs. Li doesn't care about the house now, so she looked at it impatiently, glanced at it, and handed it over to Chu Yu.

Chu Yu glanced at it, and the people above had been transferred from the House of Internal Affairs to the Cao family as slaves after reporting to the Infantry Capital Command Yamen.The men and women from the six households were fine, but the ten servants were "Xiaoxuan" who entered the palace.

She hesitated for a moment, and asked: "Uncle Sixteen, many women will be released when they serve in the palace, these women?"

Brother Sixteen said: "From today onwards, they are not maidservants, so they don't need to follow the old rules in the palace. Since they are slaves and maidservants of the Cao family, the Cao family is the master of life and death marriage."

After hearing this, Chu Yu didn't feel relaxed at all.

These women all have family members in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Cao family was also under the banner of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the early years.If you really despise these maidservants and fall into the eyes of outsiders, it will be the Cao family's frivolity.

There were many worries in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face, and said with a smile: "That's fine, just thinking that there are not enough people in the family."

Brother Sixteen gave her a sideways look, and without further ado, he raised the matter of warming the sedan chair with Mrs. Li.It is delicate work, and it is estimated that it will take some days before it can be made and delivered.

Mrs. Li only said that she was not in a hurry, not to mention the sedan chair, even the imperial-given carriage, she didn't plan to take it anymore.

After returning from Jingling, she decided not to go out easily, so as not to take the imperial chariot to show off, and not to ride the imperial chariot would appear to be disobedient to the emperor.

After talking a few words with Mrs. Li, Elder Sixteen saw that it was getting late, so he got up to leave.

Mrs. Li wanted to send her off, but was stopped by Elder Sixteen, and only sent to the door, watching Elder Sixteen leave with Cao Yong.

Mrs. Li returned to the room, looked at the roster, and said: "The men and women are alright, how can these ten maids be arranged?"

Chu Yu thought for a while, and said, "Old lady, why don't you ask Aunt Luo and Aunt Chang to have a look first, see their character, and then decide which courtyard to send as an errand? No matter how big or small, they are always given by the palace. Follow the first-class example to be a big maid, and save people from talking about it."

Mrs. Li was very satisfied after hearing this, nodded and said: "That's it, please also ask Eunuch Tian to hold his eyes. He has been in the palace all his life, and no one has ever seen him."

Chu Yu agreed, thinking in her heart that there are eunuchs and maids in the mansion, the emperor really treats his mother-in-law like a princess, and this is a good thing for the Cao family...

At this moment, Cao Yong had already sent away sixteen elder brothers, and asked Cao Yuan to settle the six servants, and also asked Cao Yuan's family to take the ten maidservants to Lanyuan.

Mrs. Li was chatting with his daughter-in-law. He heard Cao Yuan's family say that he would take him outside the door and wait for him, so he asked him to come into the house.

They are all dressed in the same way, with greenish green silk clothes, braids, and red velvet flowers on their temples.Ten people were divided into two rows according to their height.

The first five are no more than thirteen or four, and their faces are still immature; the last five are fifteen or six, and they are all handsome, neither too outstanding nor too clumsy.

Li Shi and Chu Yu looked at each other, and they both breathed a sigh of relief.Although it was given to Li Shi by the emperor, Li Shi can't order ten of them by himself, and point them out to others casually, which would be disrespectful.If there are really foxes, they are really worried.

At this moment, Hang Seng came back from the palace and came to greet Mrs. Li.

Staying in the palace all day, he could tell at a glance that the dozen or so girls on the ground were all dressed as court ladies.He didn't look too much, he just greeted his grandmother and mother, and then withdrew.

When Chu Yu returned to the Wutong Garden, Hang Sheng waited here, and said very seriously: "Mother, the women who come out of the palace are often cunning, if the grandmother divides people everywhere, other places are fine, but the sister's place can be avoided. Free."

Seeing that her son, who has always been honest and straightforward, could say such words, Chu Yu felt both relieved and distressed, and said, "I know you love my sister, so you won't send someone to your sister."

Only then did Hang Seng feel relieved and went away with a smile.

Chu Yu looked at his young adult appearance, and said to Cao Yong: "In a blink of an eye, the boss is gone, and the second child is also sensible. It's windy tonight, I don't know how Tianyou is in the examination hall?"

Cao Yong was also worried about his son, the first round of the imperial examination was stereotyped, the results of this subject mostly depended on the results of the first round.

It is a good thing for a son to be strong, but stereotyped articles are really arrogant for a teenager.Preferring to have a son is to be strong, if the answer is good, it's fine; if the answer is not good, I'm afraid it will be sad for a while.

He just didn't want his wife to worry, so he said, "It's already summer, how can it be freezing?"

Afraid of his wife being suspicious, he diverted the conversation.

Cao Yong didn't take the palace maid given by the Grand General today to heart, he has nothing to say to others, not to mention it was given to the Cao Mansion, even if it was directly given to Wutong Garden, he has nothing to panic .

What he was worried about was Xiangyu going to serve in the palace.

"The sixteenth master made a special trip to mention a sentence before he left, saying that he is going to give it away as a candidate." Cao Yong thought for a while, and said: "The concubine of the Sun family is also on the candidate booklet. You can take Xiangyu to see it in the past two days. See you two little girls, it would be nice if we can take care of each other in the future."

Upon hearing this, Chu Yu said, "My son-in-law, Xiangyu is only ten years old, so she's really too young...the old matriarch, I'm afraid she won't let her go..."

Mention this, Cao Yong is also very headache.

With the Li family about to arrive in Beijing, Xiangyu's entry into the palace, and the Gao family's side, it's time for a showdown...

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In the next chapter, the Li family arrives in Beijing, and the Three Kingdoms pattern begins.Guaranteed monthly pass, Xiao Jiu asked for guaranteed monthly pass.

(End of this chapter)