Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1137
Elder Brother Thirteen's reply made it clear that even though Ning Chun and his son committed suicide in prison, the imperial court did not strip Ning Chun's family of their titles and titles, so it can be seen that it did not harm their children and grandchildren.If Cao Yong wants to arrange for Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng brothers to recognize their ancestors and return to their clan, there is nothing wrong with it.

Cao Yong read the letter, feeling heavy in his heart. Although he knew that there was little hope, he was still a little disappointed.

In the final analysis, the death of Ningchun and his son had a lot to do with Kangxi, so the case could only continue to be muddled.

Yongzheng was a taboo, and would not mention the old affairs of the Kang Dynasty; when Qianlong came to power, he followed Kangxi in everything, and it was too late to praise, so how could he set things right?
Cao Yong pondered for a moment and discussed the matter with Chu Yu.

From his standpoint, he naturally hopes that Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng will be good, but if the father and son of the Ning family have not been rehabilitated, they will recognize their ancestors and return to their clan, and bear the name of being a prisoner. Endure a lot of white-eyed criticism.

If you don't recognize your ancestors and return to your clan, Zuo Cheng's marriage will become a problem.Marriage is a good thing to have two surnames, if you can't even tell the surname clearly, what's the point of getting married?

To recognize the ancestors and return to the clan at this time is like trying to grab the Ningchun family's position.

Ning Chun's family was ruined that year, and only Ning Chun's stepmother was left alive, who had already adopted her son.Now the adopted child of his family has reached the age of marrying a wife and having children.

So what if Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng are the direct blood of this family?In the eyes of Ning Chun's stepmother, where are the children and grandchildren raised by her side who are close?
Chu Yu thought for a while, and said, "Why don't you invite Sister-in-law Tian to come over and ask her what she means? Although the master is planning for their mother and son, it should be according to their mother and son's wishes."

Cao Yong took it for granted, and waited for the maid to invite Tian to come over.

More than ten years of rich clothes and good food have made Tian's early submissiveness fade away.In addition, her sons are filial and sensible, so she has nothing to worry about, and she looks in good spirits.

After listening to Cao Yong's words, she was silent for a while, Fang raised his head, and said with red eyes: "If our master and the old master's case are irrelevant, I also want to take their brothers back there to see... later In two years, their brothers will become adults, and they should be taken to kowtow in front of the graves of grandpa and grandma. Without our grandma's plan back then, I don't know what would happen to their brothers..."

The world is unpredictable. At that time, Niu Hulu's husband and father-in-law were in danger, and they were afraid of harming the family, so they sent Tian's family who might be pregnant; As a brother, he has been raised in the Cao Mansion for these years.

However, after more than ten years, although the Ningchun family has been in decline, the women and children have lived in peace without any disturbance.

As a result, it was because of Niu Hulu's and Cao Yong's decision that the identity of the Zuozhu brothers became embarrassing.He is obviously the eldest grandson of the family's family, but now he looks like an outsider, and he doesn't have a suitable identity when he goes back.

Cao Yong heard the words, nodded and respected Tian's decision.

After Tian Shi left, Cao Yong wrote a letter to Cao Yuan in the capital, asking him to go to Ning Chun's house to see Ning Chun's stepmother, talk to her, and see the reaction there.If there is no problem, arrange for Tian's mother and son to return to Beijing before the Mid-Autumn Festival.

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Opposite the Governor's Mansion, Lotus Academy, southwest corner.

These tens of acres of lotus ponds were originally a scene of Qingyuan, but now they belong to the Academy, and several pavilions have been built around them.In the afternoon, after class, many scholars sat by the lotus pond after eating.

Beside a pavilion in a secluded corner, on the left was a man in brand new clothes, standing with half a piece of pastry in his hand, crushing it and throwing it in the river to feed the fish.

Tianyou and Zuo Cheng were sitting in the pavilion, staring at the purse tied around Zuo Zhu's waist, with narrow faces.

Zhu Ting was at the side, looking strangely, following their line of sight.

It was a brand-new purse, the same color as the clothes on Zuo Zhu's body, with a sapphire blue background, embroidered with double carps with colorful threads, not only looked exquisite, but also had auspicious meanings.

Zuo Zhu was uncomfortable being watched by Tianyou and Zuo Cheng, so he turned his head and coughed a few times.

Seeing his blushing, Zhu Ting's heart skipped a beat, and he asked Tianyou in a low voice, "Could it be sent from Beijing?"

Tianyou nodded with a smile, and said, "Isn't it? To match this purse, someone specially added two sets of new clothes."

Tian Cheng followed up and said: "I'm afraid there are more than two sets, this year's autumn and winter clothes, I guess they will all be of this color!"

The few people were only a few steps away, Zuo Zhu heard everyone whispering, but Zhu Ting and Tian You were both older than him, so it was hard for him to say anything; seeing Tian Cheng also mixed in, Zuo Zhu turned his head and sternly glared at him.

It would be fine if only Tianyou and Zuo Cheng were there. Although Zhu Ting became a cousin, he was an outsider after all.

Seeing this, Zuo Cheng hurriedly lowered his head, but he couldn't hold back the smile on his face.

Seeing that Zuo Zhu's face was getting redder and redder, and he was about to turn into anger from embarrassment, Tianyou hurriedly changed the conversation and said to Zhu Ting: "Cousin, I heard that there is a talented person in the already ugly class. Do you know each other?"

Lotus Academy recruits scholars ranging from ten to nineteen years old.

Due to the large number of students this year, when arranging classes, they are not divided into two or three levels as in the past, but are divided into classes by age.

Many officials' children came here under the signboard of "Governor's Son", so in addition to teaching scriptures according to age, there are also large classes for the six arts of gentlemen.

In this way, even if someone is dissatisfied, they can't say anything.

After all, if there is no age difference, everyone will swarm into one place to listen to the class, and the teacher will have a headache and don't know what to say.

Hearing Tianyou's question, Zhu Ting said, "Why don't you know him? Isn't it the good poet Qiu Xiaoyuan?"

Zuo lived in the pavilion, and said, "Is that Qiu Xiucai who 'treaded the blue sky to repay kindness'?"

Zhu Ting nodded and said, "It's him. I can't blame Mr. Bai for liking him. There are only a few students in the ugly class. Most of them are gangsters. There are not many honest students. He came from a poor family, widowed Raised, with fame and fame, eager to learn and make progress, such a scholar is exactly what the old gentlemen of the academy like in their hearts."

Zuo Zhu also had no father, and he muttered the words "Traveling to the Qingyun to repay the kindness", but he felt that he was connected with fate and fit his own heart, and he had a good impression of Qiu Xiaoyuan, whom he had never met before.

Zuo Cheng's reaction was different from his elder brother's. He sneered and said, "It's just a posturing. There are more than half of the poor scholars in this academy, and there are no fewer who have lost their fathers and mothers? I haven't seen others talk about their life experiences, and use the word 'filial piety'." ' The word is on the forehead. What's the use of being miserable in the academy, and living on the pity of others?"

Tianyou and Zuo Zhu had never met Qiu Xiaoyuan before, so they didn't like to comment on it. They only felt that Zuo Cheng's words were too harsh, but in front of Zhu Ting, it was not easy to speak of him.

Zhu Ting, on the other hand, nodded and said, "Cousin Yuan Bai's words are directed at his heart!"

Hearing this, Zuo Cheng felt a little embarrassed, waved his hands and said, "I can't be my cousin's compliment, it doesn't matter if I praise others behind my back, if someone like me hears it, people might say that I'm jealous of a virtuous person..."

Before the words fell, someone said: "Xiao Yuan, thank you for your kindness!"

The entourage spoke, and a young man turned around from behind the bushes beside the pavilion, and bowed to everyone in the pavilion.

The people in the pavilion were stunned, and behind the man, two younger ones followed.One is Changsheng, and the other is a little fat man who is about the same age as Changsheng.

Chang Sheng's face was embarrassing, while the little fat man pouted and looked at the crowd with a bit of anger and accusation in his eyes.

The person came from the name of Chen, Tianyou and others certainly understood that this was behind the scenes saying that people were blocked by others, which was somewhat embarrassing.

Zhu Ting was also a little embarrassed, touched his nose, but didn't say anything.

It was Tianyou who spoke first, and said, "Uncle Qi, this is..."

Changsheng walked a few steps, first introduced the identities of Tianyou and the others to the two who came together, and then said to Tianyou and the others: "This is my classmate friend Guo Yuan, and this is his cousin, Senior Brother Qiu from the ugly class. We met, and we walked over together, but we didn’t expect to meet some nephews.”

Although he is young, but his seniority is there, including Zhu Ting, everyone dared not neglect him, so they rushed to the pavilion to invite him.

Tianyou went out of the pavilion, walked to the opposite side of Qiu Xiaoyuan, bowed and said: "It's my fault, it's wrong to talk about people behind the scenes, here is to make amends to Senior Brother Qiu."

Although it was Zuo Cheng who spoke, but he caused the topic, Tianyou didn't want to shirk responsibility.

Zuo Cheng was at the side, seeing Tianyou come forward to make amends, but he couldn't take it anymore, he went out of the pavilion, stood beside Tianyou and said, "If senior brother Qiu is annoyed, you should blame me, I am talking nonsense."

Qiu Xiaoyuan raised his head, looked from Tianyou, then through him, to Changsheng and Zuo Zhu in the pavilion, and finally fell on Zuo Cheng.

At the age of fifteen or six, even though his face was gray and thin, he could still see his handsome face, but his eyes were like stagnant water, without any vitality.

Tianyou only felt a chill all over his body, but he didn't step back, but took a step sideways, standing in front of Zuo Cheng, blocking Qiu Xiaoyuan's sight.

Qiu Xiaoyuan's gaze shifted from Zuo Cheng to Tianyou.

Tianyou straightened up slowly, with a bit of sternness on his small face, he looked at Qiu Xiaoyuan.

Qiu Xiaoyuan waited for Tianyou for a long time, even Zuo Zhu and Zhu Ting in the pavilion felt that something was wrong, so they got up and came out.

Qiu Xiaoyuan lowered his eyes slowly, and said: "Who doesn't know right and wrong, and who doesn't know right and wrong. It's Xiaoyuan's fault, because he left home to study, cared about his family, wrote on paper, and didn't want to provoke the limelight. "

Talking about people behind their backs is because everyone is wrong; after hearing Qiu Xiaoyuan's words, Zuo Zhu felt ashamed.

Seeing that Tianyou came forward to apologize on Zuo Cheng's behalf, he, his own brother, naturally refused to lag behind.Only Zhu Ting, although standing next to the crowd, just watched from the sidelines, and did not express his apology.

Although Chang Sheng is still flirting, it can be seen that everyone is apologizing to Qiu Xiaoyuan, but Qiu Xiaoyuan is lonely and indifferent, rejecting others for thousands of miles, feeling a little bit annoyed in his heart.

After all, in his heart, he still favored his nephews.

"Guo Yuan, Senior Brother Qiu, there are a few newly planted black lotus plants in the east, let's go and have a look..." Chang Sheng got up and said, and went out of the pavilion. Before Qiu Xiaoyuan could speak, he dragged Guo Yuan out.

Qiu Xiaoyuan cupped his hands at everyone, turned around and left with Chang Sheng and Guo Yuan.

When they were far away, Tianyou breathed a sigh of relief.

Zuo Cheng stared at Qiu Xiaoyuan's back with a gloomy face.

Seeing that Zuo Cheng's expression was wrong, Zhu Ting persuaded him, "It seems that he's just a bookworm who doesn't understand the world. Brother Yuan Bai doesn't have to worry about him!"

Hearing this, Zuo Cheng gave a "hmm" and his expression eased.

Because of this interruption, everyone lost interest in gossiping and dispersed separately.

After finishing the afternoon class and leaving the academy, Zuo Chengcai quietly said to Tianyou: "That Qiu Xiaoyuan's eyes are wrong, as if he is going to kill someone. It's just a few gossips, why did he end up here? Should people check him out?" With your identity, don’t you have any enmity with your family anymore?”

Tianyou said in a low voice: "Should we investigate carefully to see if he has always been like this, or is he just targeting a few of us..."

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Tears, I'm a little bit Calvin, I've come to this time again, I'll hurry up tomorrow night...

(End of this chapter)