Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1278 Shuffle the Cards (Two in One)

Mrs. Cao Jia came back specially for the matter of Tianhui. Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Prince Ping's Mansion sent someone to deliver gifts outside the pass. Mrs. Cao Jia asked about the affairs of Cao's Mansion, and only then heard the rumors about Fu Cha's family from the steward of the Prince's Mansion. .

She was so annoyed that she hurried back to Beijing just after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

She didn't even go back to the palace first, and came directly to her mother's house.

Both Cao Yong and Chu Yu were ashamed, and even Li Shi felt a little uneasy.

Mrs. Li knew that after her eldest daughter lost her daughter in the early years, she treated Tianhui like her own flesh and blood. Thinking of Fu Jing, who was the same age as Tianhui, she still didn't give up.

When Cao Yong went back to Wutong Garden to change clothes, and Chu Yu also went down to arrange a welcome banquet, Mrs. Li said quietly to Mrs Cao Jia: "If you really don't want to part with it, tell Fu Jing about Tianhui. If you can't get rid of it, I will tell your brother go?"

Cao Jia shook her head and said, "If my younger brother could agree, he would have done so long ago. If it really harmed the heirs, wouldn't it be harming the children? The law of the past dynasties prohibits the marriage between the middle and cousins, presumably because of what my younger brother said."

In the final analysis, I still really love her and dare not risk the lives of the two children...

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Outside Donghua Gate, Fu Jing saw Fu Peng who hurried out of the palace after getting the news.

Hearing that his mother brought his younger brother back to Beijing, Fu Peng was both happy and worried.

Fu Peng was relieved when he heard that everything was fine in Shengjing Prince's Mansion and that his mother only returned to Beijing on a whim.

However, looking at Fu Jing who couldn't hide his childishness, Fu Peng frowned and said, "Why are you sending Er Niang back to Beijing, where is your fourth brother?"

There are four heirs in Prince Ping's mansion, all of whom are descendants of the Cao Jia family. Except for Fu Peng's canonized heir in Beijing, the other three live with Prince Ping and his wife in Shengjing. They are the fourth elder brother Fuxiu and the sixth elder brother Fu Jing. , Seventh elder brother Fu Duan.

"Fourth brother is not in Shengjing for the past few days. Horqin sent a letter asking my cousin to go back. My aunt is worried, so I ask fourth brother to send my cousin back." Fu Jing said.

Fu Peng was brought up in the palace when he was young, and he has always been mature.Even in front of parents, there is room for speech.

In the joy now, Fu Peng still couldn't help complaining: "Er Niang is messing around, why didn't Ama stop her?"

Fu Jing looked around, but there was no one around, and said in a low voice: "I heard Ama say something, saying that Eniang not only loves Sister Hui, but also fears that Uncle won't investigate for a while and get involved in royal affairs. Only then came back in person to prevent the two marriages."

After hearing this, Fu Peng's eyes darkened, and he didn't say anything more.

He knew in his heart that his parents would think of this because of the ups and downs of Prince Ping's mansion over the years.

Although Cao Jia didn't need his son to pick up his words, how dare Fupeng be negligent.

Instructing his younger brother to go back to the palace first, Fu Peng went directly to Cao's house by himself.

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On the Cao Mansion's side, Cao Jia's family has washed up and gone to the pale.

Although Cao Jia's mouth is full of good things when it comes to life in Shengjing, Cao Yong doesn't believe it all.

Naersu is only five years older than Cao Yong. He is only 39 years old this year. He is in the prime of life. How can he really retire with peace of mind?Besides, the Fuxiu brothers are growing up, and after reaching the crown, they will be appointed as servants, so they can't endure hardships outside the customs.

After all, a man is not a woman. If you live in a mansion, you can live your whole life.

When Li Shi took a rest, Cao Yong invited his sister to the east room of Lanyuan, and the two siblings talked.The east room and the west room are separated by the middle hall and the outer room, but they are not afraid of disturbing Mrs. Li.

"Brother-in-law is really all right, didn't you think about going back to Beijing?" Cao Yong asked bluntly that the two siblings were not other people.

Cao Jia said with a wry smile: "Even if you want to come back, what can you do? At least the emperor is still sympathetic. In the past half a year, Shengjing sent Fu Peng there for two sacrifices to the mausoleum. Finally, the family can reunite for a few days."

Cao Yong hesitated for a moment, and said: "Brother-in-law didn't mention the title?"

Cao Jia was puzzled and said, "What's wrong with the title?"

"Fupeng has reached the crown." Cao Yong said.

Speaking of the eldest son, Cao Jia's face showed pride: "Fupeng is a good man. In these prince's houses, how many elder brothers are there who have become the sons like Fupeng? The third son of the Prince Jian's house Brother, he is ten years older than Fupeng, and he is also the Duke of the Town."

The emperor didn't allow Naersu, but he was afraid that he had been a prince for more than 20 years, and he came from the same line as Prince Kang and the Shuncheng County Palace, so he would have too much influence in the clan.

If it were King Fu Pengcheng, Yongzheng would not be afraid.

Fu Peng is young, his seniority is low, and he was brought up in the palace when he was young. He is estranged from both Kangwangfu and Shunchengwangfu, and is closer to everyone in the palace.

In the Qing Dynasty when Cao Xueqin was alive, Naersu was deprived of the title, but it was not really abandoned by the emperor, otherwise, the title would not have been inherited by the eldest son Fu Peng.After all, according to the usual practice, after the royal family seized the title, most of the lineage that was seized lost the right of inheritance, and the title was retained, which was also changed to the grandson of other houses.

If Naer Suken gave up the prince, it doesn't matter if he returns to Beijing or stays in Shengjing.

But in that case, even if Ne Ersu retired completely, he would never have a chance to be in court again.

If you wait until Qianlong ascends the throne, for the sake of reputation, he will "pacify" the clan.As long as the title of Naersu is still there, maybe Qianlong will use Naersu again.

Cao Jiashi is not stupid, at this moment, she has figured out the meaning of her younger brother's words, and her face turned pale: "Is there something going on in Beijing?"

Cao Yong shook his head and said: "There is no movement in Prince Ping's mansion. There was a rumor about Prince Jian's mansion earlier."

"What rumor?" Cao Jia asked.

"Because the third elder brother of Jian's palace did not confer the title of heir, but only named Zhen Guogong, the side of Jian's palace walked behind, wanting to seek the title of Prince Jian." Cao Yong said.

This sentence is not groundless, it was Cao Yong who heard the sixteenth elder brother say it with his own ears.

It was Prince Jane's three half-brothers who wanted to plot the title.

Yaer Jiang'a had fourteen younger brothers in total, eleven of them lived to adulthood, were entrusted with titles, and became offshoots of the palace.Among them, three were descended from Yaerjiang's stepmother, and they were the legitimate sons of the old prince. The first two were named Duke of Zhenguo first, and then General Zhenguo later;

The reason for these three people's lowering and lowering was that they disrespected their eldest brother, and their relationship with Yaerjiang'a was in dire straits, which was not tolerated by Kangxi.

In the Yongzheng Dynasty, seeing that the emperor intended to suppress Prince Jian's mansion, the three brothers jumped out again.

The Cao Jia family has also heard about the disagreement between the Yaerjiang brothers.

Now, when she heard her younger brother talking about Prince Jian's mansion, she couldn't help but gasped: "Are you really going to seize the title?"

Yaerjiang acted wildly, with braids all over his head, if the emperor really wanted to find a reason to win the title, it would be too easy.

If you seize the title of the direct branch, you should seal the collateral branch, so that the direct and concubine will not be separated, and the palace will become its own enemy and lose its popularity.It will take one or two generations before the palace can recover.

Cao Yong shook his head and said: "Probably not. Otherwise, the emperor would not agree to point out the six grids of Jian Wangfu to Tianyou. The emperor is the most important rule, and he can't stand regardless of age. However, according to Master Sixteen, Prince Jane will be sick in two years, and pass the title to the third elder brother."

Cao Jiashi fell silent.

Who in the capital doesn't know that Yaerjiang adores Liu Gege from his descendant the most.This so-called "sickness" conferring title should also be arranged after Liugege gets married.

The emperor didn't let Liugege caress Mongolia, and the "handover" with Prince Jian is obviously a consensus reached between the monarch and his ministers.

Compared with Prince Jian's Mansion, the Emperor Daiping Prince's Mansion is considered superior, a princely title, which means 6000 taels of silver per year and corresponding rice.

Even Yaerjiang, who has always been rebellious and rebellious, is so knowledgeable, shouldn't the Ping Palace also take a step back?
After being silent for a while, Cao Jia asked, "How are the three brothers from Yaerjiang who want to win the title now?"

"The first two idle Fu, Jing Yan, who was the most noisy, changed the general of Zhen Guo." Cao Yong said.

Cao Jia showed a bit of sarcasm, and said: "The master wants to give, and the slave wants, it's not the same thing. The three brothers are too dull, and they don't even want to cover up. Over the years, Jane The Prince's Mansion has encountered several setbacks, and Yaerjiang is also a thorn in the clan. If the brothers are willing to pretend to be honest, maybe they really have some hope. Such a naked show of fighting for property and title Face, if it really happens, then the clan will learn from others, so it will be messed up? It's just relying on Princess Duanmin to make such a fuss. Why don't they think about it, Princess Duanmin and the old prince are enemies Normally, if you don’t wait to see Yarjan, how can you really wait to see them?”

Hearing Cao Jia's mention of Princess Duanmin, Cao Yong couldn't help being stunned, thinking of his good friend Su Hebalu whom he hadn't seen for several years.

Not mentioning him, he also forgot that Sukhbaru and Yarjan are cousins.

Princess Duanmin is an out-of-the-ordinary concubine of Prince Jian's family, she was brought up in the palace, because her biological father died young, her younger brother is what she cares most about.Unexpectedly, her younger brother died of illness when she was young, and her concubine's mother and younger brother took over the title, which made the relationship between the eldest princess and the palace extremely estranged.

I heard that when the eldest princess returned to the province, her younger brother and sister-in-law came to pay her respects, but they were all turned away without any regard for brotherhood.

As early as when Suhebalu came to Beijing, Yarjan happened to have a niece and a concubine to marry.The queen mother intends to marry Suhebalu from the line of Prince Jian's residence, which can be considered as a close relationship.

But Yaerjiang made a special trip, saying that the princess didn't like the Wangfu side, and the Wangfu didn't dare to marry Wangfu Gege to Princess Duanmin's house.

Princess Duanmin maintains a noble status (her biological father is the prince, her biological mother is the queen mother's sister, and her adoptive mother is the queen mother). Not only is she not good to the concubine brother in the palace, she is not respectful to Kangxi, and the relationship between the two siblings is not good. .

Therefore, Kangxi not only approved Yaerjiang's book, but also commented on the princess as "perverse and violent".

Because of this matter, Princess Duanmin and her nephew Yaljana completely turned against each other and broke off contact.

Unexpectedly, after Yongzheng came to power, he gave great honor to Princess Duanmin, the only living princess of the Shunzhi Dynasty, and was named "Gulun". Even Suhebalu was honored, and the title was promoted from Beizi to Baylor.

"The disturbance in the side branch of Prince Jian's mansion has something to do with the eldest princess?" Cao Yong couldn't help asking.

Cao Yong had heard of the domineering Princess Dachang, but she didn't expect her to be so reckless, so she couldn't help worrying about her friend Su Hebalu.

"Princess Dachang is also in Shengjing. I heard Fuxiu say twice that the generals of Prince Jian's House often sent people to Shengjing to pay their respects. Earlier, I wondered why Princess Dachang didn't want to see the old prince so much. It's really ridiculous to flatter the Eldest Princess because she still has the intention of winning the title." Cao Jia said disdainfully.

When Cao Yong heard this, his heart moved: "After all, the eldest princess is old, and she must have children to serve her?"

Calculating the age of the Eldest Princess, it should be past seventy years.

Cao Jia shook her head with a smile, and said: "I know you miss Suhebalu, but you don't want to think about it. If Suhebalu was in Shengjing, I would have written to you. I'm used to it, and I don't get close to my son or daughter-in-law. Suhebalu is an honest man. He brought his daughter-in-law to Shengjing. He wanted to be filial to the eldest princess, so he was sent back to Horqin. The eldest princess favored the youngest son Ce Wangdorji, Tsewangdorji was born with a bad temper, and the married Fujin is also hot-tempered. He would rather live a comfortable life in Horqin than make do with the eldest princess. Now there are only two teenagers around the eldest princess The year-old granddaughter is just talking to someone to relieve boredom."

Cao Yong couldn't help shaking his head, this old lady is more than 70 years old, and she doesn't rely on her relatives.

"Fortunately, Prince Jian's mansion is still in peace, otherwise the marriage would not work out, and God would have to worry about the marriage." Cao Yong said with a bit of rejoicing.

Cao Jia said: "Maybe Yaerjiang has to thank Princess Dachang. If Princess Dachang didn't join in, the three brothers wouldn't look so hateful. Princess Dachang is Princess Gulun of the Qing Dynasty. False, but she is also the concubine of Prince Horqin's residence, with such an identity, how can the emperor let her meddle in the internal affairs of the Qing clan?"

Cao Yong listened, could not help nodding.

Listening to the meaning, maybe Yaerjiang's escape from the clan purge in the past two years was really due to external forces.

The two siblings were talking when they heard footsteps coming from the yard.

Hang Seng came back with Fu Peng.

One of them came out of the palace, and the other followed Hongli to Fucha's house to pay homage and return to the palace. They happened to meet at the intersection outside Xihuamen.

Hearing that Prince Ping Fujin went back to Beijing and went directly to the Cao Mansion, Heng Sheng was not surprised, but Hongli was startled, and asked repeatedly if Mrs. Cao was alright.

These days, he was really terrified by all kinds of funerals.

Hang Seng hurriedly said no, he had seen his grandmother in the past two days, she was in good health, Hongli was relieved.

Fu Peng was Hongli's companion, and the two were very close, and Hang Seng was Hongli's bodyguard. Hongli gave Hang Seng a face, let Hang Seng take leave, and let their cousins ​​go back to Cao's mansion together.

After entering the house, Fu Peng and Hang Seng greeted the elders.

Looking at the eldest son who is handsome and dignified, Cao Jia's eyes are full of kindness; looking at Hang Seng with thick eyebrows and big eyes, Cao Jia is also nodding happily.

Although Hang Seng is not his own nephew, he was raised in Cao's family since he was a child, and Cao Jia's family is also used to getting acquainted.Although it is not as good as Tianyou and Tianhui, it is still kind of sincerely loved.

It's just that he didn't expect that Hang Seng's life experience was revealed, he was named the eldest son of the county king, moved out of Cao's house, and became independent.

Thinking of this, Cao Jia felt even more distressed, and said: "God is sorry, your father and mother love you so much, why did you spend a little time on it, but you have been required to support the family this year, and you have to work in the palace. lost so much weight."

Hang Seng scratched his head, and said with a simple smile: "Auntie, my nephew is not thin, he is heavy, but he has grown up in the past two years, it seems that he is not as fat as when he was a child."

Seeing that he was in good spirits, Cao Jia said: "You have been filial since you were young, and you should think more about your father and mother if you are not for yourself. If you are good, they will be good; if you don't cherish yourself, you will be good." It is their heart. Fortunately, you are still in Beijing even though you have moved out, otherwise how could your mother bear it?"

Hang Seng was only 15 years old after all, his eyes turned red when he heard it, and he nodded vigorously: "Don't worry, Aunt, my nephew will definitely remember my aunt's lesson, so take care of yourself, and don't dare to let your father or mother worry about you."

At this moment, Chu Yu has already got the news that her adopted son and Fu Peng are coming together, so she hurried over from Wutong Garden.

Hang Seng is close to everyone in the Cao Mansion in his heart, but his status is limited, so he has to be cautious, if there is no reason, it will not be cheap to come back.

Therefore, apart from Tianyou's job in the palace and often seeing Hang Seng; like Cao Yong and Chu Yu, it would be good to see Hang Seng once in ten and a half months.

Chu Yu just heard this sentence when she walked outside the door, and her eyes turned red.

When she came in, Fu Peng and Hang Seng greeted her again.

At this moment, Mrs. Li also woke up, and everyone turned to Westinghouse to talk.

Seeing that the eldest grandson and adoptive grandson were both back, Mrs. Li was very happy. She pulled one with each hand and asked for a few words before letting go.

After a while, Tianyou and Cao Xiang came back one after another. When they got the news, they had to come again to ask An to meet each other.Both Changsheng and Tianbao's uncle and nephew have also left school.

Chunhua, the fourth wife of the East Mansion, got the news and brought a few children to the West Mansion.

All of a sudden, the room was full of people.

Just now we are talking here, Prince Ping's eldest son, Fujin, heard that his mother-in-law is here, so he asked his uncle to take her with him, and rushed over to serve her.

Cao Yong saw the mess and everyone had seen the ceremony, so he talked to Li and Cao Jia, and took his brothers, nephews and nephews to the front yard to talk.

Only Tiannan and Tianbao are still young and still stay in Lanyuan.The two cousins ​​are about the same age, and now they are in the mansion together, and they are the closest to each other after being enlightened by the teacher.

Among the younger generation, Cao Xiang's concubine son Tianyang, who is 11 years old, is still in Beijing. He is studying at Zhengbai Banner Official School with his uncle.

Cao Yong's younger brother, Changsheng, is three years younger than Tianyou, and is 13 years old this year.

His temper is gentle and optimistic. Even though he was spoiled by his parents, brothers and sisters-in-law, he has not developed a domineering temperament.

Fupeng's visits to Cao's mansion were limited, and only now did he notice that Changsheng's five sense organs were opened.Looking at him when I was a child, his nose and mouth resembled Cao Yin's. In recent years, his eyebrows and eyes have been slender, and he can be seen at a glance as the blood of the Aixinjueluo family.

"Looking at it now, the seventh uncle doesn't look like the elder uncle's brother, but looks somewhat similar to the 24th uncle in the palace." Fu Peng said in amazement.

When he said this, everyone looked to Changsheng.

Speaking of which, Changsheng is only half a year older than brother 24, they are about the same height, short, fat and thin, and their appearance is five points similar, the more they look the more alike.

Changsheng met 24th elder brother in Chunwang's mansion, but because there were too many grandsons in Chunwang's mansion, they all revolved around 24th elder brother, so Changsheng didn't move forward to make do.

After hearing Fu Qi Peng's words, Chang Sheng just smiled and didn't say anything.

Tianyou and Hang Seng nodded while looking at Chang Sheng, Hang Seng said: "I can't complain that every time I see Elder Brother 24 in the palace, I feel close to him. He is really similar to Seventh Uncle."

On the other hand, Fu Jing looked at Chang Sheng, and tried to think about 24 Elder Brother's appearance.He is an elder brother in the palace, he is young and has entered the palace countless times, so he really has no impression of elder brother 24.

But thinking that my little uncle is still one year younger than me, I feel a little sad.However, when he saw the big brother sitting on the upper hand, he regained his balance.

The eldest brother is older than himself, and it is even more sad to have such a little uncle.

Tianyou nodded and said: "I didn't notice it earlier, but after hearing what my cousin said, it really is the same thing."

As he said this, Tianyou couldn't help but glanced at his father.

Cao Yong also looks like Li Shi, but he is handsome and masculine, not a little feminine like Changsheng.

Tianyou couldn't help but rubbed his chin, feeling very grateful in his heart. Fortunately, his father's eyebrows and eyes were not similar to that of his little uncle, otherwise his narrow eyebrows and eyes were really too feminine.

Tianyou thought unkindly of the two brothers Hongli and Hongzhou in the palace. Although they were not ugly, but the young man was thin, tall and thin, with such a pair of eyebrows and eyes. , It really makes people feel awe.

Fu Peng ate very happily in the reception feast earlier.

Because Fu Peng was brought up in the palace when he was a child, he didn't have much contact with his uncle in his early years.In the past two years, with Hang Seng entering the palace to study with him, the two cousins ​​have become classmates, and they have more contacts than before.

Now Tianyou, the real cousin, also joined the bodyguards, and we all met each other often in the palace, and we had more common topics.

In the inner house, everyone was chatting and laughing, eating more cheerfully than in the front yard.

Happy time always flies by.

It was getting dark and Cao Jiashi was going back home.

After all, she couldn't bear Tianhui, so she brought her niece back to Prince Ping's mansion.

Mrs. Li is also in her [-]s, and she has been a little tired for a long time.

After Cao Yong and his wife served Li's resettlement, they returned to Wutong Garden together.

Thinking of Cao Jia's love for Tianhui, Chu Yu was both grateful and a little bit acid.

She put down her hair in front of the mirror, then got up on the kang, lay down next to her husband, and said to Cao Yong: "Auntie...the fact that Auntie can go all this way for Tianhui obviously hurt Tianhui to the top... ...Master, what if the eldest aunt wants to bring Tianhui back to Shengjing?"

No wonder she was worried, Tianhui was already fourteen this year, and when she started talking about her marriage, she took her out for a walk; although there were some clans and officials' families in Shengjing, most of them were not welcomed by the court. dilapidated family.

Because of the reunion of relatives today, Cao Yong was very happy, and ate a few more cups, which is a bit high at the moment.

He rubbed his temples, and replied: "Elder sister loves Tianhui as much as you and I. Elder sister will think of you if you can arrive, so don't worry."

Chu Yu was silent for a while, and said: "Before the elder sister left today, she asked me what I thought. She said that she was worried about others, and she didn't want to marry a foreigner. Why didn't she think about Hang Seng... Master, Master, I regret it. Hang Seng I have loved Tianhui since I was a child, if only he would take care of Tianhui... Thinking of such a filial and sensible Heng Sheng, who wants to be someone else's son-in-law, I feel uncomfortable..."

Cao Yong couldn't help laughing when he smelled the smell of alcohol coming from his wife and her tongue that was a little stiff when speaking.

He sat up and turned to look at his wife.

Chu Yu's face was flushed, her eyes were blurred, and she was really a little drunk.

Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, and the night is cool.

But Chu Yu pulled the quilt aside because of the fever from drinking alcohol.

Cao Yong pulled the quilt for his wife, patted it gently, and said: "Mothers are like this. When Tianyou has a daughter-in-law, you will feel sore... Although Hang Seng is good, he grew up with Tianhui , have been brothers and sisters for more than ten years... If we tell Tianhui to him, he will treat Tianhui well... But brothers and sisters are different from husband and wife, what if the two children are not happy... Except Tianhui is us Daughter, Hang Seng is also our son..."

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