Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1178 Charming Guest

I haven't seen each other for two years, my grandmother and sister-in-law both have countless things to say.

"Looking at your current spirit, you are much more energetic than in Beijing, and your complexion is also much fairer. You seem to be a few years younger. It can be seen that the water and soil in the south of the Yangtze River are for people." Li looked at the rosy Zhaojia, Said with a smile.

Mrs. Zhao Jia nodded happily and said: "It's really good. When I was in Jiangning in the early years, I only looked forward to Beijing. After returning to Beijing and staying in Jiangning for more than ten years, I didn't realize the beauty of Jiangnan. I really hate coming back."

Compared with Zhao Jia, Li was born and grew up in Jiangnan.

When Jiangnan was mentioned, she also had a look of nostalgia on her face.

I heard Mrs. Zhao Jia go on to say: "There is just one bad thing. Every time I pass by Zhizao Mansion, I always feel wrong. Although I know that it is the yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, not our Cao's mansion, but I want to live there for a few lifetimes." In those years, there was always some reluctance."

Although it was sentimental, it was meaningless to say it now, so Mrs. Li asked Fourth Sister about the selection.

The fourth sister is already 17 years old, and she delayed her selection during the last draft. After this draft, no matter what the result is, the major events in her life cannot be delayed any longer.

"After the year, I wrote to Beijing, asking for Thirteen Fujin. I just asked for the brand to be announced early, and my family decided to marry. Thirteen Fujin has already replied to the letter, saying that I will do my best. I just hope that there will be no accidents. If I go to some mansion as a side room, I, as a mother, will cry to death?" said Zhao Jia.

Zhao Jia's worries are not unfounded.

Cao Song, the head of the second room of the Cao family, is now the second-rank general soldier, but the fourth sister is his sister, not his daughter.On the Xiunv brand, the three generations of ancestors will be marked.

The fourth sister's family has three generations of ancestors, and they are all official officials, but their father is only a fifth-rank official.If she is a draft pick, it's fine to put up a sign, but if she keeps a sign, it just refers to which mansion as a concubine.

How can there be a good marriage at home.

Marrying at home, with the help of a few elder brothers, it is a good marriage to be able to choose a match.

The Thirteenth Fujin is not only a noble prince Fujin, but also has a very good personal relationship with the queen.Since she agreed to help, then it's more or less the same.

Li Shi's heart that was hanging in the air also became more at ease, but he thought of Wu'er who was in the palace.

The fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother have both reached the age of marriage, and there have been rumors in Beijing that this draft will select Fujin and Fang Fujin for the two princes.

When the prince Fujin and side Fujin were carried into the palace, Wu'er's identity would become even more embarrassing.

Now I only hope that Wu'er can give birth to a little elder brother, so that the mother can be valued by the son, and with the current situation of the Cao family, he can be promoted to the side Fujin.But if she really gave birth to a concubine's eldest son, she would become a target, and whether she could withstand the criticism from all quarters was also a question.

It would be fine if Wu'er's color was normal and he was dismissed.

On Zhaojia's side, how can he keep the concubine's daughter in mind, and has already started chattering with Li Shixian about the few carts of good wood that he bought in the south of the Yangtze River.People have already been sent to Beijing, and the furniture can be started only after the fourth sister's marriage is settled...

Even though Zhao Jia has such and such minor problems, Cao Yong and Chu Yu still welcome her arrival.For nothing else, just to have her as a company, to make Li Shi feel a little less deserted.

A few days later, it was Tianhui's birthday.Although it is not Jiji, it is her birth year, which is different from usual, it is her first big birthday.

The old folk saying, originally said that the year of birth is sad.

Tianhui had experienced a lot of disasters, so Chuyu was extra careful.Since the first day of this year, Tianhui has been wearing a red belt, and a villain is embroidered under each pair of socks, which means "stepping on a villain".

As Tianhui's birthday was approaching, Chuyu sent people to Ji'en Hall and the Nursing Home to distribute rice and noodles, just to accumulate blessings for Tianhui.

Both Zhaojia and the fourth sister prepared gifts for Tianhui, and what Zhaojia prepared was a Jade Maitreya consecrated by an eminent monk in an ancient temple in Jiangning.The size of a walnut, the quality of the jade is exquisite, and the carving is fine. It is a good object at first glance.

The fourth sister gave it to her, which was a pouch she sewed herself, with wishful patterns embroidered on it, and a six-character mantra embroidered on the back.There is a string of eighteen sons in the purse, which was also consecrated in the temple.

Everyone in the governor's mansion also prepared congratulatory gifts for Tianhui.

Although Tianhui is grateful to her family for their love, she still feels inadequate because her second elder brother, Hang Seng, is in Zhili, but because of an errand, he is no longer in Qingyuan, so he cannot accompany her to celebrate her birthday.

I don't know what I was busy with, not only didn't people come back, but they didn't even send back a message, let alone a congratulatory gift.

In front of the elders, Tianhui didn't say anything.

When there was no one around, Tianhui said to Niuniu, "Auntie, the second elder brother always loves me the most, what's the matter now? Will he get into trouble outside and can't get away? Or something else? Do you want to tell your father about this?" What, let people go to see the second brother?"

By Hang Seng's side, you can follow the prince.

There is no need to worry about safety, and other troubles can't be too difficult for him.

Thinking of this, Niu Niu decided in her heart, and persuaded Tianhui, "Don't worry, maybe Hang Seng sent someone to deliver the letter back earlier, it's just that the messenger was delayed, so he didn't arrive at Qingyuan before your birthday. Maybe in the afternoon, you There is news from Hang Seng..."

While the aunt and nephew were talking, Hang Seng, who had been talked about for a long time, had already dismounted outside the gate of the Governor's Mansion.

Originally, he was very excited, and asked the fourth elder brother to ask for leave in order to celebrate his sister's birthday, but now...

Hang Seng threw the reins to the boy, looked back at the carriage behind him, with a wry smile on his face.

The man was brought back by order, but he didn't communicate with his father. He didn't have the guts to take him into the governor's mansion rashly.

That one, I can only let her wait in the carriage first.

Hang Seng personally carried the congratulatory gift he had prepared for his younger sister, said a few words to a guard beside the carriage, and then hurried into the Governor's Mansion to meet his father in the mansion.

At this time, Cao Yong was seeing the subordinate officials sent by the Hedao Yamen.

The other party was in his forties, and he spoke enthusiastically, with a series of praises in his mouth.

Cao Yong just listened with a smile, and did not take it to heart.

The jurisdiction of the governor of the river course overlaps with that of the local governor, so there is usually a lot of time to deal with it.

But right now, Cao Yong is very impatient to deal with people coming.

The Hedao governor's yamen sent people here, nothing more than targeting the Zhili vassal treasury.Under the management of Cao Yong and Tang Zhiyu in the past two years, Zhili gradually became rich, and the treasury also had money.

But the righteous master put on airs and sent someone to find out. This method is too clumsy.

Cao Yong has always been amiable and kind, but in the officialdom, he never flatters others with his low status.

The current governor of the river, Qi Sule, was single-handedly promoted after Yongzheng ascended the throne.He is an old man in river affairs, and he has some real skills in river management.

And he is a clean and honest official, and he acts very upright.

The river yamen was originally one of the richest yamen in the world.Every year, the total river has tens of thousands of taels of private expenses, and there are cases where the officials of the river channel yamen and the Ministry of travel provide Zhang.

In a word, hello, me, hello, everyone.

Qi Sule took office as the governor's office, but with one sentence, these "old rules" were completely abolished, and then a snowflake-like impeachment flew to the imperial court.

However, because the emperor thought highly of him, there was loud thunder and little rain, and finally gradually fell into silence.

Such courage, even Cao Yong did not.

Such a person, Cao Yong is really admirable.

But in the past two years in Zhili, Cao Yong avoided him after dealing with him several times.

To be a clean official is to be a clean official, and there is no need to treat others as corrupt officials.

Qi Sule, however, has no dust in his eyes and regards Cao Yong as a corrupt official. Even if he doesn't say anything when they meet, he raises his chin and looks at people from the corner of his eyes, which is really hateful.

When the etiquette is exhausted, before the subordinate officer has finished speaking, Cao Yong has served tea to see off the guests.

Hang Seng arrived shortly after the official left.

For his return this time, Cao Yong was not surprised.

Hang Seng and Tianhui have the best relationship. If he really didn't have time to come back to celebrate Tianhui's birthday, he would have asked someone to bring him a gift.The congratulatory gift and letter haven't arrived yet, so the person should almost be back.

But I don't know why it was delayed, and I just arrived at the Governor's Mansion now.

On Hang Seng's face, there was no joy of returning home, but a bit of frustration, and he lowered his head and said, "Father, I'm afraid my son will cause you trouble..."

After hearing this, Cao Yong said, "it's the fourth elder brother. What happened?"

He believed in Hang Seng and would not cause trouble for no reason.If he made a fuss, it would probably be because of Hongli.

Hang Seng smiled wryly, and said: "Father, the fourth elder brother ordered his son to bring back a woman, saying that she will be fostered in our house first."

Others don't know, but Cao Yong knows Hongli's nickname in history.

Now when it comes to the girl who the fourth elder brother cares about, Cao Yong has no intention of watching the excitement.

He said solemnly: "Our family is fostered? Where did that girl come from, and how did she know Si elder brother? Please tell me carefully."

When Hang Seng saw his father asking, he would not hide anything, and told the story honestly.

This is the story of a prince's private visit in micro-clothes to rescue a beauty in distress.

The girl's surname is Huang and her name is Xiaoyi. She is 15 years old and is from Wuqiao County, Hejian Prefecture.

Wuqiao is well-known as the "Hometown of Juggling". Huang Xiaoyi was born into a family of jugglers, and his father was the leader of a well-known local juggling troupe.

It was also Huang Xiaoyi who had a hard life, losing his mother when he was young, and his father died of illness before the Dragon Boat Festival.She had no brothers, so her uncle Huang Er became malicious and swallowed their family's juggling troupe.

Not only that, that Huang Er was greedy, besides embezzling his brother's property, he also took Huang Xiaoyi's idea and secretly sold Huang Xiaoyi to merchants as his concubine.

Huang Xiaoyi got the news, of course he refused to obey and ran away from his uncle.

After running not far, when he was almost caught back, he ran into Hongli who had just arrived in Wuqiao...

Then, the prince came out and rescued the poor little beauty.

Regardless of whether Hongli is romantic or dirty, he can't accept this woman now.

He came to Zhili by decree, and if he accepts maids and concubines regardless of public and private interests, he will wear a lecherous hat and spread it to the emperor's ears, which is enough for him to drink a pot.

But this Huang Xiaoyi is lonely, and her family members are unreliable, so what's the point of not following her?

Under the pity and pity, just in time for Hang Seng to come to ask for leave.

The fourth elder brother entrusted Huang Xiaoyi to Hang Seng and brought him back to the Governor's Mansion for placement...

(End of this chapter)