Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1267 Sincerity
Although you are the prince's elder brother, Hongli and Hongzhou both live in the palace. For the sake of the palace ban, everyone's banquet broke up before sunset.

After sending everyone to the door and watching them go away, Hang Seng dismissed his predecessors and told Tianyou the rumor about "Fu Cha's family visit".

Tianyou's face also became very ugly.

Now that there are gossips about the marriage of the two families, no one would think that the Cao family would reject the dignitary of the Fucha family.If the marriage fails, most of them will think that it is because the Fucha family did not "match" Tianhui.

After all, it was not a private matter that Tianhui was born with a disease.Although after diagnosis and treatment, Tianhui's eye disease is getting better, it's just that her eyesight is not good enough, but others don't think so.

Those who are chasing rumors may even classify Tianhui as "blind", thinking that Tianhui is "disliked".

Even if Tianhui gets married in the future, goes in front of people, and proves that she is not "blind", she will be regarded as a leftover from the Fucha family.

"The reputation of my sister is not a trivial matter. Huh, I don't know what the Duke of the country is thinking, but he did such a thing that harms others and does not benefit himself. I will go back and tell my father, and I will always find a way to solve this matter as soon as possible. Otherwise, the eldest sister will be implicated if she talks about her relationship in the future." Tianyou said.

After the two brothers discussed it, Tianyou returned to the Cao Mansion first.

On Cao Yong's side, after all, they are well-informed, and they have already known about this matter first, and they are full of anger in their stomachs, and they are thinking hard about countermeasures in the study.

Although they had three children, because of Tianhui's suffering when she was young, the husband and wife loved Tianhui the most.

He didn't say goodbye for a long time because he was afraid that his daughter would be wronged in the future.The candidates preferred by their husbands and wives were the offshoots of the clan with a simple population and low rank.

The population is simple, so being a daughter-in-law doesn't have to be troublesome; if the title is not high, you have to rely more on the support of the Cao family, and you won't treat Tianhui badly.And because he is a son of the clan, even if he does not have great prospects in his official career, he will not be in great danger.

Listening to Tianyou's words, knowing that the rumors of her daughter being "watched" have spread, Cao Yong frowned and said: "It seems that Tianhui's talking about the marriage is really not easy to delay. Even if it is not settled now, she cannot be allowed to continue to be here. The house is closed. Starting tomorrow, if your mother has any social gatherings, she will bring Tianhui with her."

Tianyou was annoyed: "Father, where is the government of the town? We can't let them talk nonsense, should we come to ask for an explanation?"

Cao Yong let out a long breath, and said: "Although I don't know why the other side made such remarks, but at this time, you can come to the door directly, and then make a noise, which will damage Tianhui's reputation. Tomorrow, I will find Prince Zhuang to be a middleman. Please come out and speak."

Although Tianyou was unwilling, he also knew about the matter of the Cao family, and it was really inappropriate to say anything about it, otherwise it would fall into the eyes of others, and it would be an attempt to cover up the rumors and instead make the rumors true.

The father and son were talking, and a young man reported outside the door that a guest had arrived, and he handed over a card to see Cao Yong.

Cao Yong glanced at the gradually darkening sky outside the sky, wondering in his heart.

Since I handed over the greeting card according to the rules, it is obvious that I am not familiar with each other; but if I am not familiar, come to the door at this time?
What a surprise.

After calling the boy to deliver the holding box, Cao Yong couldn't help but stare wide-eyed after reading the greeting card.

Li Rongbao is here.

Although I don't know the purpose of coming, I can imagine that it is mostly because of the rumor of "seeing each other".

As Li Rongbao, he came to the door in person, even if Cao Yong was annoyed, he couldn't neglect him, so he brought Tianyou out of the study and went to the living room to meet the guests.

Besides Li Rongbao, there was another young man in the living room.

This is not the first time that Cao Yong met Li Rongbao. As early as the Kangxi Dynasty, the two also met in the entertainment exchanges between Beijing and China.But at the moment when he saw Li Rongbao, Cao Yong couldn't help taking a deep breath.

Li Rongbao's complexion was sallow, with a sick look on his face. He was originally sitting, but when he saw Cao Yong came in and stood up, he also looked unsteady.

It was the young man next to him who stepped forward to support Li Rongbao to stop.

Tianyou, who followed Cao Yong, had already recognized that the young man was none other than Fu Qing who had just bid farewell to King Khan's mansion.

When Fu Qing left Khan's mansion obviously, he looked drunk, but now he was still not drunk, and just looked at Li Rongbao worriedly.

"Lord Cao, this old man has come to apologize." Seeing Cao Yong approaching, Li Rongbao bowed tremblingly.

While speaking, he was out of breath and his face was flushed.

Cao Yong quickly avoided and said: "Master Li, please take your seat first."

Fu Qing stood behind Li Rongbao, bowed to Cao Yong gratefully, and helped Li Rongbao to sit down.

Cao Yong sat on the main seat and asked people to serve tea.

Li Rongbao rested for a long time before his expression relaxed a little.

Seeing that he was so weak, even Tianyou, who was standing behind Cao Yong, was a little worried.

The fourth prince got married the day after tomorrow, if the prince's father-in-law made a mistake here today, the Cao family would have nothing to say.

Everyone was anxious, but Li Rongbao didn't rush to speak, instead he looked at Tianyou.

Seeing this, Cao Yong asked Tianyou to come out to greet him, and introduced him: "This is the little boy Cao Zhan, who has just entered the guard's office a few days ago to accept the emperor's grace."

Li Rongbao was a little surprised: "I heard that the eldest son of the family is on the list of current subjects, is this the one?"

"It's the child." Cao Yong replied.

Li Rongbao nodded, and also called Fu Qing who was behind him: "It's fate, this is the old man's second son, Fu Qing, who was honored by the emperor's grace, and also entered the guard's office. It's better to make them two little brothers get closer."

Tianyou met Li Rongbao, so he handed over to Fu Qing openly: "Second brother Fu."

Fu Qing looked a little embarrassed, and bowed his hand in return.

After saying these few words, Li Rongbao seemed to be tired again, his body was hunched over, and he was extremely weak.

Cao Yong was also afraid of being responsible, and said: "Master Li is not feeling well, it's better to go back and recuperate first."

Li Rongbao put his fist to his mouth, coughed a few times, and said: "I have the audacity to come here. I really have a few words to say to Mr. Cao. I heard that there are many famous paintings in the house. If they are cheap, please bring them to me." See the world with a puppy."

This is to send out the two young people in the hall. Cao Yong nodded and waved to Tianyou.

Tianyou took Fu Qing down.

Li Rongbao was ashamed, and said: "Because of Fucha's family, the reputation of Da Gege in the family has been affected. In fact, my Fucha's family is not... Just look at my current appearance, Mr. Cao should know, I am afraid it will not last long ...Because the eldest son died early, although Fu Qing was the second son, he was really the eldest son in my family. I entrusted several relatives to make a wife for him earlier, and this is how the Fucha family looked around. thing……"

Although Li Rongbao was sincere enough to come to the door to make amends while dragging his illness, but as a father, Cao Yong was really upset when he thought that his daughter would become the talk of the rich and powerful in the capital.

Then I heard Li Rongbao continue to say: "I didn't expect that it was improper behavior that led to these right and wrong. In the end, it was because of me... I heard that Mr. Cao and the princess love Da Gege very much, and they still want to keep Da Gege a few more to talk about their relationship. Years, isn't there something wrong?"

Cao Yong nodded and said: "It is indeed because of this reason. Because the little girl has not yet reached Ji, the princess and I thought about keeping her for a few more years, and we are not in a hurry to discuss marriage after Ji."

Li Rongbao coughed twice more, and said: "Now that the gossip has come out, it's not good to justify it in front of others. The old man has no other choice but to bring a puppy to the door... Master Cao thinks this method is feasible? Let the two children first The engagement has dispelled the rumors... I can't stand this body, and it will take three years if I want to marry... If you think that the son of the old man is not bad at that time, it will fulfill the good deeds of the two families; if there is something wrong If you don't, just withdraw the marriage."

Although he wants to solve this matter, what kind of solution is this?
Cao Yong could not help frowning.

Compared with saying that the relationship is inappropriate and making people talk about it, the resignation after engagement is more criticized, right?
Li Rongbao smiled wryly and said: "Master Cao, don't worry, even if the family divorces at that time, Ling Ai will not be responsible. Fu Qing is 22, he has not married a wife yet, and there is a hidden secret. His younger brothers have already married and established a business."

Then, Li Rongbao explained the reason.

That's a long story.

Li Rongbao lost his father when he was young, and was raised by his elder sister-in-law, whom he regarded as his mother.However, the eldest sister-in-law's family is in decline, and life is getting worse and worse.

In order to repay the elder sister-in-law, Li Rongbao appointed the eldest son's niece from the elder sister-in-law's natal family as his wife, and wanted to pull him over there.Unexpectedly, before getting married, the eldest son died, and the two families did not make it.

In order to comfort the eldest sister-in-law, Li Rongbao ordered another niece of the elder sister-in-law for his second son.

That girl was a few years younger than Fu Qing, and she had been waiting for her to reach Ji.

Maybe the two families really didn't have any chance to get married again. When Fu Qing was in his twenties, the girl Ji Ji was just about to make an engagement date when the girl fell ill.

Not only did Li Rongbao fail to repay his eldest sister-in-law's kindness in raising her, but the old lady was sad because of the discord between the two marriages, and she passed away within a few days.

For this reason, gossip about Fu Qing's order to forcefully restrain his wife came out.

In the future, if the Cao family wants to withdraw their marriage, they only need to use this as an excuse, and no one else can say anything.

Li Rongbao is so confiding, full of sincerity.

For the sake of Tianhui's reputation, he was able to drag his sick body, and he took the initiative to come up with such an idea. In Cao Yong's heart, he also wanted to praise him for being a real person.

But even so, Cao Yong couldn't agree to just nod: "Lord Li's kindness, Cao is grateful. It's just a little girl's business, so I can't go past my wife. I will discuss it with my wife and return to visit Master Li in two days."

Li Rongbao was originally afraid that there would be a rift between the two families, so he took his son and left with peace of mind.

On the contrary, God Bless, when his father mentioned Li Rongbao's intentions, he was very surprised: "Is Li Rongbao out of his mind? Even if Fu Qing is to blame, this engagement and withdrawal is not a joke?"

Cao Yong smiled and shook his head, and said: "This is a smart man. Regardless of whether the marriage between the two families can be achieved or not, we don't have the nerve to blame Fu Cha's family if he poses like this. If we are really engaged, God The gossip about Hui being disliked is self-defeating; since he is the legitimate son of the Fucha family who supports the family, there is no way to find faults in his conduct, so how can he just withdraw at will?"

Tianyou hesitated for a moment, and said: "Although I don't know what the rest of the Fucha family are like, when it comes to Fu Qinglai, he behaves fairly amiably."

Cao Yong thought about Fu Qing who was standing behind Li Rongbao just now, and his impression was not bad...

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I haven't coded for a long time, my hands are raw, [-] characters in six hours, I'm sweating to death.Work hard tomorrow, make a fist.

(End of this chapter)