Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1271 Return Visit

Although I have a good impression of Shuhede in front of me, outside Fucha's house is not a place to talk.

After a few salutations, Shu Hede took his leave.

Cao Yong took Tianyou, followed Fu Qing, and entered the Fucha Mansion.

There are still red firecrackers and confetti in the ground rotation of the front yard, and the smell of fireworks in the air seems to have not dissipated.

But the servants standing on both sides of the corridor walked quietly, and they were a little more careful. The huge mansion was completely silent.

Cao Yong squinted his eyes, and followed Fu Qing into the living room to serve tea, but he didn't carelessly mention anything about "visiting" Li Rongbao's sick bed in person.

Although the two have contacts, they haven't reached that point yet.

Seeing this, Fu Qing secretly breathed a sigh of relief.As Cao Yong's identity to personally investigate the disease, if he really asked to see Li Rongbao, it would be really embarrassing for him as a son.

Compared with the previous few days, Fu Qingqing has lost a lot of weight, his complexion is also a little dark, his eyes are blue and gray, and his fatigue can hardly be concealed.

But when receiving people and entertaining guests, he didn't appear anxious at all, and he was steady.

Cao Yong nodded secretly in his heart.

He doesn't like frivolous people, and someone as old and taciturn as Fu Qing is right for him.It is not without reason that the Fucha family has been prosperous for five generations and has been prosperous for more than 100 years.

Tianyou felt that Fu Qing was too rigid and boring, and this Fu Qing's face was too "old-fashioned".Perhaps because of Li Rongbao's years of hard work outside the Great Wall, the 22-year-old Fu Qing looks a little older than his actual age.

He absolutely does not admit it, but secretly admires Fu Qing's "sophistication".Both of them are elder brothers, Fu Qing looks more reliable and majestic than him.

Cao Yong came, but to show an attitude.

Naturally, the matter of marriage was not mentioned, but he just asked a few words about Li Rongbao's condition, and advised Fu Qing a few words, then Cao Yong refused to come out from Fucha's mansion.

Fu Qing personally sent them out of the gate, watched the Cao family father and son ride away on horseback, and then turned back to the house.

But his footsteps were fast, and he rushed to the living room under the astonished eyes of servants and servants.

In the living room, there was already an old man in blue, standing in front of a table, holding the brocade gift box Cao Yong brought in his hand.

The brocade box has been opened, and inside is a ginseng as thick as a child's arm.

Fu Qing showed a bit of surprise on his face: "Second Uncle expected it, Cao Shangshu came to visit, and the gift was indeed ginseng!"

The old man fumbled for the ginseng, and said: "Sure enough, it is a rare and good ginseng. With this ginseng, maybe you can survive until Prince Fujin returns." Having said that, he closed the brocade box and handed it to Fu Qing: " Put it away, and cut a few slices to make soup every day."

Fu Qing took it with both hands, and said with some doubts: "Since I know that Cao Shangshu's family has good references, why didn't the second uncle let my nephew ask for it earlier?"

These days, Fu Cha's family also purchased a lot of ginseng through various channels.

For half a month, Li Rongbao depended on ginseng to hang himself.

But in the past few days, the effect of ginseng has become less and less obvious, and Li Rongbao has been in a coma for two days.

Ma Qi shook his head and said, "The Cao family is not alone in Beijing to have such ginseng. The pharmacy in the palace, and several wealthy palaces should have a few of them. If there are important relatives and friends who ask for it in private, the Cao family will most likely also have it." I won't stand by and watch; but the Fucha family and the Cao family haven't reached that level of friendship. Coming to the door rashly will not only offend the Cao family, but also make the Fucha family lose their reputation."

After all, in the eyes of outsiders, the Fucha family is a surname of the Eight Banners, and their family is a noble family that has experienced four dynasties. Their family background should not be weaker than that of the Cao family who was born in Baoyi.

And this century-old ginseng is really a good thing for saving lives.

The Fucha family came to ask for it, and the Cao family probably would not refuse because of the face of the fourth elder brother, but they would not be happy either.

With this precedent, what will the Cao family do if others come to ask for it in the future?
And Cao Yong sent it in person as a "visiting sick" gift, which can show his friendliness to Fu Cha's family.Even if the news got out and someone went to Cao's mansion to ask for ginseng, Cao's family could say that there was only one, and it was not responsible for sending it to Fucha's family.

Thinking of this, Fu Qing said: "Cao Shangshu seems to be honest and honest, but I never expected that his actions would be so smooth."

Ma Qi stretched out his hand, twirled his beard and said: "There are powerful people in Beijing, if not, how could he occupy a high position at a young age. He looks loyal, but he is slippery inside. The Cao family is not just like Cao Yong, they are The father and grandfather are also like this. In the future, the fourth house will rely on you to support the family. When you figure out Cao Yong's two hands to the same extent, you will be able to stir up the mainstay of the family."

Fu Qing hesitated for a moment: "For my nephew's marriage, does my second uncle also like the Cao family? According to Er Niang, my nephew wants to order a cousin from the Shu Mulu family."

"Nonsense!" Hearing this, Ma Qi couldn't help frowning: "How can you be the eldest daughter-in-law if you lose your mother and eldest daughter?"

Although there is such an old saying, it is just because of the fear that without the teaching of the mother, the woman will have flaws in her behavior and will not be able to do her duty as a daughter-in-law.

The "cousin" that Fu Qing refers to is Shu Hede's younger sister, the 16-year-old Miss Sun of Shu Mulu's family.Due to filial piety, he did not participate in the last general election.By the time of the next draft in the seventh year of Yongzheng, the Shu Mulu family was over the age again.

Therefore, Shu Mulu's family has already reported to Shu Mulu's family that they are over the age, and they will not participate in the next draft, and they can marry independently after waiting for the next year's service.

In the eyes of the third wife of the Fucha family, the two families are rightly matched, and they are more intimate, which is just right.

As for my niece who lost her mother at the age of 14, before that, in order to be a candidate for marriage, she has learned almost everything she should have learned. It is not that she lacks the guidance of elders like other young mothers who lost their mothers, so there is really nothing to be picky about.

But neither Ma Qi nor Li Rongbao agreed with this marriage.

Fu Qing wanted to follow his father's wishes, but he didn't want to make his mother angry. These days, apart from being sick before the sick bed, he was also worried about his own marriage...

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The Cao family father and son who left Fucha's family were also talking about the relationship between Fucha's family and Shu Mulu's family.

In the past few days, there have been many rumors about the "marriage" between the Cao family and the Fucha family, and their father and son have also paid special attention to the Fucha family.

"I heard that the daughter-in-law of the third wife of the Fucha family is Miss Sun from the Shu Mulu family. Maybe the two families will become closer." Tianyou said.

Hearing this, Cao Yong shook his head with a smile and said: "If the Fucha family didn't have a prince Fujin, it would not be unusual to get married, but since there is a prince Fujin, the marriage between these two families may not be possible."

Tianyou was puzzled: "Why is this? Speaking of it, the two families are not only related by marriage, but also well-connected. They are both noble families in the upper three banners. Master Xu is in the court again, and marrying his granddaughter will also help Fu Qing to become an official. beneficial."

"From the beginning of the founding of the Qing Dynasty, there were not one or two nobles who gave birth to queens. Apart from the Tong family, which other family has developed in the court? The Tong family has gained the prestige of 'Tong Banchao', one family and two fathers, how is it now? With the emperor's heart, how could a second Tong family be allowed to appear?" Cao Yong said.

In the eyes of the world, Tianyou is no longer a child when he makes up a guard.

It is rare for father and son to have such leisure time, and Cao Yong is also willing to teach his son a few more words.

"In this way, the Fucha family will only develop in the army? What I think is the same. Except for Ma Qi, the elders of the Fucha family are all in the army. But since they are the prince's in-laws, the Fucha family has to take care of themselves On the fourth elder brother's side, marrying a family of civil servants makes it easier to add assistance in the court...Shu Mulu's family is a prime minister's house, and there is no shortage of power. The uncles born by concubines are all mediocre. One is struggling in the position of the sixth-rank chief, and the other has no filling. In the third generation, only Shu Hede can do it. Shu Hede is young and has no brothers to support him. Arm. If the great scholar dies, the prime minister's mansion will not have enough stamina, and it will fall." After listening to his father's advice, Tianyou analyzed.

Seeing his son's kung fu at this moment, he thought clearly, Cao Yong nodded in relief.

But Tianyou thought of another point: "Father, Shu Hede has no parents. Although he has an uncle and aunt who are not separated from the family, but because he is a concubine, his status cannot surpass him as the eldest son-in-law. Speaking of it, it is a good sister-in-law." candidate."

Cao Yong listened and understood the meaning of his son's words.

There are no parents-in-law to serve, only the grandparents of the next generation, and they can't serve for a few years.Uncle and aunt, even if they don't separate families, they don't have much weight.

And with Shu Hede's talent and learning, coupled with the lingering shadow of his grandfather's prime minister, it is only a matter of time before he gets ahead.

As for Shu Mulu's family, although they are not as wealthy as Fucha's family, they will not stand on the wrong team at the cusp of the storm, or be dragged down by relatives who love power.

It's just that there is no kinship responsibility, so there is no kinship restraint, everything is within Shu Hede's mind.

Thinking of his daughter getting married next year, it seems that Shu Hede has some predestined relationship with his filial piety next year.

Cao Yong smiled and said: "No hurry, wait and see..."

Because the emperor pointed out the Jingyang Palace to the fourth prince, Cao Yong paid much attention to the gossip about the clan these days.

It's nothing more than the addition of a younger brother in this family, and the birthday of the old concubine in that family, but there is nothing special about it.

Cao Yong didn't get some inside information until he met Brother Sixteen.

On the day of the fourth elder brother's wedding, the emperor scolded Zhen Guo for being fair, calling him faint and incompetent, unable to restrain his servants.

When Cao Yong listened to the report of the sixteenth brother, he was still quite nervous, worried that it was because of the rumors between the Cao family and the Fucha family.

After all, the actions of the Twelfth Master and the Twelve Fujin were suspected of gaining favor for the Fucha family and attracting people for the fourth elder brother, which made the Cao family's situation more delicate.

As an emperor, it's not uncommon for him to get tired of such small actions.

It turns out that it has nothing to do with the Cao family, because the servants of the Duke of Zhen's mansion entered and left the mansion of the Prince of Lijun.

It turns out that envoys from North Korea have arrived in the past few days, and the emperor saw them, thinking of the rumors about "the emperor's grandson" a few days ago, he may feel unhappy.

But if he got into trouble with Hong Xi and lost his temper, Twelfth Master would become a scapegoat.

When Cao Yong heard this, he felt a little gloating about his misfortune.

The Twelve Fortunes, I don't know if it's been a long time of depression in the past two years, because of the cousin's big wedding, they have been too active recently, sending servants to mess around in various palaces.

If not, the gossip between the Cao family and the Fucha family would not have spread so quickly.

There is a good wife in the family, and there is no misfortune for the husband. The ancients are sincere and do not deceive me.

Yongzheng used this method to point out the identity of the fourth elder brother as the crown prince, which can be regarded as a warning to the clan with evil intentions...

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It's before 0 o'clock, ouch.

(End of this chapter)