Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1246 Virtue and Selfishness
Farther away from the city gate, the Seventeenth elder brother looked back, although he was reluctant to say anything, but there was a sense of stability in his brows and eyes.

He turned his head, looked at Cao Yong who was riding with him, and said: "Fu Ruo, thanks to you for waking me up this time, I will not say those words that are so annoying. What can I do in the future? When you come to my place, you must open your mouth, otherwise, if you owe so much favor, how can I bother Fu Ruo next time?"

Cao Yong heard the words, glanced at him.The former sentence is still similar to that; the latter sentence is a bit of a climbing pole, revealing the unscrupulous demeanor of each other when they were young.

However, Elder Seventeen is like this, thinking it is also to resolve the alienation between each other.

Cao Yong's grudge against Elder Seventeen had already disappeared, and he didn't intend to break up with him, so he naturally followed the steps and said with a bit of teasing: "I don't dare to order Lord Seventeen, it's better to owe favors. , it would be better if the interest can be increased, and it is always good to be a creditor."

Hearing the words, Elder Seventeen couldn't laugh or cry, pointed at Cao Yong with a horsewhip and said, "From the day I met you, I knew that you are stupid on the outside and cunning on the inside. It doesn't matter what, as long as you open your mouth, I will do my best for you!"

Cao Yong also laughed and said: "I dare not take it. If I really dare to do my best with the seventeenth elder brother, let alone others, I am afraid that the emperor will be the first to refuse to forgive me."

Elder Seventeen heard this, his face became even more smiling, but he said in his mouth: "I am willing to repay you, Your Majesty is well, how can I stop you?"

Although the emperor was mean to his elder brothers, he treated his younger brothers very well. Apart from the thirteenth elder brother, the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother were also quite favored.

In the past two years, because the [-]th Fujin was rejected by the emperor, the emperor treated the [-]th elder brother a lot colder; the thirteenth elder brother, although he became the prime minister's minister and became the emperor's arm, the brothers are more like each other. The appearance of famous monarchs and ministers is more.

On the contrary, the seventeenth elder brother, the emperor valued him more and more, which meant that he came from behind.Not only are there more and more errands in charge, which are already comparable to the thirteen elder brothers, but they also eat the prince's salary.Even the [-]th Fujin was highly valued by the palace. Although her natal family was reprimanded for the party's obedience to the eighth elder brother in the early years, the emperor did not implicate her anger on her as a married woman.

Cao Yong twitched the corners of his mouth and didn't speak any more, but looked back at the carriage not far away.

The third imperial envoy, Grand Master Sun Zhu and Minister of the Ministry of War, was sitting in the car.

This time out of Beijing for business, Cao Yong was also anxious.

It will take several days to go back and forth on the road, and there will be two days for the military parade there. If there are no accidents, hurry up and return to Beijing before the Dragon Boat Festival; if there is any accident, it will be delayed until after the Dragon Boat Festival.

In name, Niu Niu is Cao Yong's junior sister, but in fact she is also the adopted daughter of his Tong Chuyu.In addition, on Wenzhi's side, he also acted as the parent. If he couldn't manage the wedding of the two, everyone would feel regretful.

Although Elder Seventeen went to the imperial court to plead for mercy and entrusted Seventeen Fujin's childbirth to the Queen, but he still had a lot of worries in his heart, and he would certainly look forward to returning early.

The only variable is that Mr. Sun Zhu's body can't bear the summer rush.

Although it is only the time of Grain Grain, the weather is getting hotter and the heat is getting stronger.

It was even more stuffy in the carriage. It was for this reason that Elder Seventeen couldn't stand it anymore. After leaving the city gate, he pulled Cao Yong out of the carriage and rode on the horse.

The more than 200 miles between the capital city and Tianjin Wei are all official roads.Except for the section from Huangcun to Beijing, because there is Nanyuan Ranch nearby, the road conditions will be repaired next year, making the roads easier to walk on; the rest of the roads are old roads built in the early years, and the road conditions are not optimistic.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong frowned slightly.

When he was governor of Zhili, one of the decrees executed was to build roads. The main plans were to build roads from Qingyuan to the capital, from Cangzhou to the capital, and from Tianjin Wei to the capital.

Among them, the road from Qingyuan to the capital has been repaired, and the road from Cangzhou to the capital, as far as Cao Yong knows, has also started construction this year.Only the road from Tianjinwei to the capital has not been started for a long time.

It was not that Tang Zhiyu was dissatisfied with the plan left by Cao Yong, but because Tianjin Wei had been the military station since the previous dynasty, and the people were few, which made the taxes and taxes insufficient.

These are not things that can be changed in one sentence, and Cao Yong has no choice.

Seeing Cao Yong running away, Elder Seventeen was a little curious and said: "What are you thinking, but what's bothering you?"

Cao Yong pointed to the road in front of him and said: "After passing through Huangcun, the road will be bumpy, Mr. Sun is already old..."

After listening to Cao Yong's words, Brother Seventeen also frowned.

After all, the three of them were all imperial envoys. If there was anything wrong with Sun Zhu, everyone could only wait there, and then sent people back to Beijing to ask for orders, and then followed them.

"Which one is better?" Elder Seventeen had no personal relationship with Sun Zhu, so naturally he couldn't talk about Kangtai who was worried about him, but he was just afraid of delaying the schedule.

Cao Yong turned his head, glanced at the empty car of Brother Seventeen, and did not speak.

Seeing this, Elder Seventeen followed him back, followed his line of sight, and saw his own king's chariot.

When princes and officials travel, there are regulations on driving.

Among the three, it is natural that the seventeenth elder brother, the king of the county, drives the best car, with a tall car and a big car, and the one driving is also a Nanyuan imperial horse, and the car is stable.

Elder Seventeen's eyes lit up first, then he thought of something and couldn't help but stroke his forehead.

At this moment, Cao Yong had turned around and looked at the trees on both sides of the road, and the green grass became green, and his mood also relaxed.

The depression in the capital was swept away.

Although it is a bit hot now, it is a good time to eat shrimp and clams, as well as fat clams and oysters...

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Lanyuan, go to the room.

Mrs. Li looked at his daughter-in-law, and said with some concern: "Did you tell God Bless his father about Sister Hui? What does God Bless his father mean?"

Chu Yu laughed and said: "I talked to the master, and the master said that it is up to the old lady to make the decision. Sister Hui is an honest and loving child. We, uncles and aunts, will not bear to delay until now. It's just the aunt of the Han family. I have always been strong, and I make up my own mind about everything, so we didn't have much to say before."

Li's face showed pity, and said: "God is sorry, Wen Qi lost her mother when she was young, Ji Ji lost her father, a woman's family, and no relatives to rely on. If it weren't for this strong temperament, she would have been swallowed alive long ago .”

Chu Yu knew that her mother-in-law had always been sympathetic to the poor and the weak, so she just smiled and didn't answer.

Mrs. Li said to herself: "Their mother and daughter are so pitiful. I can't just promise sister Hui to call her 'grandmother'..."

It's just that Jiao Wen and Gu Xian are two, although the former has no permanent property in his family, he is a newly released Jinshi. According to God's blessing, Jiao Wen will be able to take the examination for Shujishi in the Imperial Academy next month.Shu Jishi is called "Chu Xiang", which shows that his future is bright.

People from the Jiao clan have already arrived at Qingyuan, and they are trying to set up properties for Jiao Wen.However, Jiao Wen insisted that since his great-grandfather's generation, he had been separated from his family, and now that he has produced Wufu, he cannot bear the love of his elders.

There are no constraints from relatives, as long as you find a suitable wife family and attach yourself to the wife family, your future will be even brighter.
Such Jiao Wen is willing to put down his figure and marry the merchant's adopted daughter as his wife?

Although the Han Jiang family recognized Li as their adoptive mother in order to seek asylum in the early years, they have always kept a distance from the Cao Mansion all these years, except for New Year's or Li's birthday and bringing sister Hui to pay their respects, they usually do not visit the door easily.

Based on her temperament, she will definitely not allow her future son-in-law to take advantage of the Cao family's power to cause trouble for the Cao family.

On Gu Xian's side, although Jinshi has landed, the second son does not need to return to his hometown to take care of his parents, but stays in the capital, planning to buy some property for business.

Influenced by her husband, and besides Daoxiang Village, she owns other properties, so Chuyu doesn't despise merchants.

If Mrs. Li really decides to find a son-in-law for sister Hui among the two of Jiao Gu, Chu Yu is optimistic about Gu Xian.But Li's side is obviously more optimistic about Jiao Wen.

When talking about Jiao Gu and Jiao Gu with her husband last night, Chu Yu also praised Gu Xian.

Cao Yong heard that his mother and his wife were not the same candidates, so he stopped talking, just said that he was not in a hurry, marriage is a big event in a woman's life, and we will wait and see.

Mrs. Li said a few words, seeing his daughter-in-law smiled and refused to answer, she glanced at her, sent the servant girl down, lowered her face, and said, "Could it be that the master also thinks that the Gu family boy is better than the Jiao family boy?"

Even though her husband was not in front of her, Chu Yu didn't know how to talk nonsense, and hurriedly said, "No, the master said, you still need to be cautious, don't be too hasty."

Mrs. Li's expression softened a little when she heard the words, and said, "I know that in your heart, you are guarding against Wenqi, lest she really find an official son-in-law. God bless his father's heart. But Hui'er is a good girl, and Wen Qi will rely on her for the rest of her life. How can I see their mothers turn into merchants and become servants? Don't worry, the predecessors plant trees, and the descendants enjoy the shade No matter whether it is the thirteenth master or the sixteenth master, they have all inherited Wen Qi's favor in the early years. It is only because of the difference in respect and inferiority, and the difference between men and women that this favor has never been repaid. If Wen Qi finds an official uncle, there is no need Relying on the Cao family, the care of those two is enough to make him happy for half his life..."

Although Mrs. Li had sent the maid away, Chu Yu's face was blushed by her words without any reprimand.

She couldn't sit still, she stood up with her face flushed, but she couldn't argue.

Because, Mrs. Li pointed out her selfishness straight to the point.

She felt both embarrassed and full of grievances, and before she knew it, her eyes were already red.

Mrs. Li looked at her, sighed, and said, "I know you love God Bless his father and don't want him to worry too much. But have you ever thought about it? There are only a few people from the eastern and western mansions. For various reasons, the older generation of in-laws, even if they have not broken off their contacts, have been less frequent; God bless his father's generation, and most of the in-laws are from the clan. Good peace and leverage..."

(End of this chapter)