Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1290

The drawings of the Princess Mansion were sent to Cao Mansion the next day.

Arrived together with the blueprints, there is also the decree to bestow marriage to Tianyou on the six squares of Prince Jane's Mansion.

The sixteenth elder brother sent someone to deliver a letter to the Yamen, and Cao Yong rushed home to receive the order.On the other side of God Bless, it was the gate of the palace where the servants who passed the decree came out together.

Starting from the Li family, Cao's parents gathered together at the door and knelt down to accept Yi's decree.

This is really double happiness. After seeing off the servants, everyone gathered in the Orchid Courtyard.

Mrs. Li was already smiling from ear to ear, looked at Tianyou with a smile and said, "The Yizhi has finally come down officially, congratulations to my eldest grandson."

Tianhui took Tianbao, took a step forward, walked up to Tianyou, and said in unison: "Brother is overjoyed!"

Tianyou came back from the palace, still dressed in bodyguards, with a bit of heroism in his eyebrows and eyes.

Li's words made him just laugh, and the congratulations from his younger brother and sister made him puff up his chest and said: "I owe you the red envelopes first, and I will give you big envelopes later!"

Tianhui just pursed her lips and smiled, Tianbao cheered and retreated to Li's side.

Changsheng sat under Cao Yong, looking at Tianbao with a little envy.

His monthly allowance is also tight, but as an elder, it is not easy to ask his nephew for pocket money.

"Tianyou's marriage is settled, and the emperor bestowed a mansion, which is really a double blessing." Chu Yu got up, and sent the drawings of the princess mansion and garden to Mrs. Li: "Look, old lady, there are three mansions as big as ours. "

Mrs. Li took it, spread it on the kang, and called everyone to come forward and have a look.

Behind the house is a concave-shaped garden, and in the middle is a winding lake with rocky peaks, which divides the garden into West Garden and East Garden.There is a small lake in the West Garden and a rockery in the East Garden.

On the south side of the garden is the three-way house, five deep in the middle, three deep on the left and three deep on the right.

When Mrs. Li saw the small lake marked in the West Garden, she immediately fell in love with it. She pointed to the attic by the lake and said, "This is a good place. You don't have to go to Haidian in the summer, and you can find a cool place to stay."

Cao Yong said: "I know that the old lady is very rare about the lake view. I went there with the Sixteenth Master yesterday. The location of this attic is very good. The layout is similar to that of Ronghua Pavilion in the East Garden of Jiangning Weaving Mansion. I was thinking about it. It’s not a remake of that.”

"Ronghua Pavilion!?" Mrs. Li said with a bit of surprise: "Really? That's too affectionate. Speaking of the gardens in the south, my favorite is Ronghua Pavilion. It's just that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is in charge of repairing it. , isn't it bad for our family to point fingers?"

Cao Yong said with a smile: "Don't worry, the sixteenth master has already spoken, but we can do what we want. It's just that we don't take advantage of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, we just pay for it ourselves."

Only then was Li Shi relieved, and looked at the layout of several other pavilions and pavilions with a smile.

Tianyou and Changsheng looked at the blueprint of the Princess Mansion and wondered where their new home would be.

Cao Yong already had a conclusion in his mind: "Three entrances on the east road separate three courtyards. Changsheng and Tianbao each choose one, and the remaining one is used as a guest room. Three entrances on the west road separate them into two, and the front two enter Tianyou is building a new house, and the yard next to the garden is for Tianhui. There are five entrances in the middle road, two entrances in the back for the old lady, two entrances in the front for the living room and study room, and the one in the middle for our husband and wife. There are several courtyards in the middle road, which are empty first. ..."

Mrs. Li listened carefully, thought for a while, and said: "It's okay, I just forgot about Sister Ping. Sister Ping is different from the three girls, and there is no other place to go except our house."

Chu Yu said disapprovingly: "Master also pulled Hang Seng down, he can't stay for a night and go to the guest room."

Cao Yong rubbed his chin, he really didn't think well enough, he only thought about how to distribute the family members, and forgot about Hang Seng and Niu Niu.

Aunt Lianqiu is already getting married, and in terms of etiquette, Niuniu's biological mother becomes a remarried mother and has nothing to do with the Zhuang family.Niuniu's natal family can only be Cao's family, not Lianqiu's.

On Hang Seng's side, he didn't want him to be unfamiliar with the Cao family. He needed to let him know that no matter how the people in Khalkha treated him, the Cao family would always be his relatives.

Cao Yong adopted the suggestion of his mother and wife, and picked out two of the several yards on the west side of the middle road, one next to Tianhui's yard, and the other next to Tianyou's yard, and reserved them for Niuniu and Hengsheng.

As for Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng, although they were also born in Cao's family and Cao's parents, they were different from Hang Seng after all. They started a family, established a business, supported the family, and resumed contacts with their clansmen. They were not alone like Hang Seng.

In the joy of everyone in the Cao family, it was the end of the month in a blink of an eye.

October [-]th, Longevity Day.

The Yongzheng Hall of Supreme Harmony is facing the court, and the princes and officials are all congratulating.

On the Cao Mansion's side, it was Mrs. Li's 57th birthday.

Because it was a birthday, there was no arrangement, except for the juniors such as Hang Seng, Zuo Zhu, and Zuo Cheng, and the few married aunts and uncles, only the in-laws of the Li family, the Sun family, and the Dong family came to visit.
Like Tian's and Han Jiang's mother and daughter, they love Li's family very much in their hearts, and they respect their parents in front of their elders, so of course they also come close.

Several other royal residences with good relations, inquired that Cao's family did not celebrate their birthdays, so they just sent people early to give birthday gifts.

Even so, there are dozens of visitors.

When the imperial congratulations in the palace were over, Prince Yu Guanglu, his eldest son Fu Peng and Zhen Guo Gong Sai Shitu came with Cao Yong.

When everyone was seated, they mentioned Tianyou's marriage.

Although Fu Peng is the grandson of the Cao family and has the closest relationship with the Cao family, his seniority in the clan is too low. Speaking of Prince Jian as his uncle and Liu Gege as his aunt, he is not good as a matchmaker.

Hearing from Cao Yong that the matchmaker has not been decided yet, Guanglu was very surprised: "Why don't you invite Thirteenth Uncle? Given the relationship between eldest uncle and Thirteenth Uncle, Thirteenth Uncle must be extremely happy."

Cao Yong shook his head and said: "Master Thirteen is also responsible for the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Officials. He is very busy these days, so it is not easy to disturb each other."

This is just a scene, the fundamental reason is that Cao Yong didn't intend to invite Thirteen Brothers at all.

The thirteenth elder brother is now the Minister of Prime Minister Affairs Wang, under one person, above ten thousand people.

But the heart of an emperor is the most difficult to fathom.

Yongzheng is happy to see the thirteenth Lord doing his best; dealing with important officials in the court, even if they are old friends by in-laws, it will make people feel an eyesore.

Brother Thirteen has worked hard enough, Cao Yong does not want to trouble him.

The same is the prince, and he is also entrusted with important tasks, but the thirteenth elder brother is different from the sixteenth elder brother.

The [-]th elder brother is the Prime Minister's Clan House and the House of Internal Affairs, no matter how powerful he is, he is also the Royal Butler.The Cao family is not a clan, and has no direct interest in the House of Internal Affairs and the Clan House, so there is nothing to avoid between the two of them.

Sai Shitu was at the side, listening to Cao Yong, said: "If you haven't found a suitable candidate, it's better for the prince to be a big matchmaker with me."

After hearing this, Cao Yong was enlightened.

Why didn't I remember these two earlier?These two are both Tianyou's uncle and Liugege's clan brothers, so they are perfect matchmakers.

Cao Yong looked at Guanglu, but Guanglu was a little hesitant, and said: "Third brother-in-law, why not, am I too young, is it cheaper to be a big matchmaker?"

Cao Yong smiled and said: "The prince has enough seniority and status, it depends on whether the prince has time."

Guang Lu hurriedly said: "I'm free, I'm free, but I haven't been a matchmaker. If there is something inappropriate, please don't think I'm stupid..."

On the side of the female relatives, they were also talking about what God Bless was about to make.

In addition to the matchmaker, there is also an iceman who needs to be a female family member, and being together is the so-called "matchmaker's words".

Because it is Yizhi's marriage, and the marriage of the prince's daughter is custom-made, the so-called matchmaker and iceman are just a formality.

Cao Yi didn't know that the front yard had already appointed her husband as the matchmaker, and he was recommending himself to be the Iceman in front of Mrs. Li and Chu Yu: "I am Tianyou's aunt, and an old acquaintance of Wanyan Fujin, so it is convenient for me to spread the word."

Mrs. Li laughed when she heard this, and said: "You are a solid child, since you know that you are the most suitable to be an iceman, you should wait for your sister-in-law to beg you, and you should give her a big red envelope. But you are the first to speak. Suddenly the good stuff is gone."

Chu Yu followed with a smile and said, "Don't worry, old lady, I can't lose to Grandma Sangu, the matchmaker's thank you gift has already been prepared."

The Fourth Sister and Niu Niu just looked at everyone talking and laughing, but Cao Ying was a little moved.

Although the situation of the Sun family is better than that of the previous two years, she has always been tight.

It didn't take much money for the son to marry a wife, and it was all handled by the public; the daughter was also engaged and would be married at the end of the year.

The Sun family's financial resources are limited. Although Sun Xian is the eldest granddaughter, the dowry prepared by the public is limited.

It is not good for Cao Ying to marry her daughter with the land under her own name, and it is also difficult these days.

Hearing that Chuyu has a great gift to thank the matchmaker, Cao Ying also wants to recommend herself.

Before she could speak, Cao Yi said: "Another Iceman, did you invite him from Prince Chun's Mansion? It's not good for us to handle it all, leaving God to bless the aunts."

Chu Yu nodded and said, "I've already agreed with Hong Shu Fujin to ask her and the third younger sister to be Icemen."

After hearing this, Cao Ying felt bored, and cast a sidelong glance at Cao Yi, thinking about the three words "Dear Aunt" she just said, and felt even more tired.

In the final analysis, Cao Yi is just a concubine of the second wife, a rank inferior to her sister-in-law, and only because of the light of the big house, she flew up the branches and became a phoenix.

Thinking of this, she looked at the fourth sister who was sitting down, feeling a little proud in her heart.

Her younger sister is Prince Fujin, and they are much closer than others.

Si'er didn't notice his sister's gaze, and turned his head away, looking at Niu Niu's abdomen with some novelty.

"Let me touch it?" The fourth sister leaned over and whispered.

Niuniu raised it funny, and wanted to refuse, but seeing the expectant look on the fourth sister's face, her heart softened, and she nodded.

This pregnancy is less than three months old, and the pregnancy has not yet appeared, so where can I find anything?
The fourth sister was still cautious, with a bit of novelty, she rubbed Niuniu's belly several times through her clothes...

*
Front yard, side hall.

Two tables were opened here, and Tianyou and Changsheng entertained the younger generation.

The atmosphere was a bit weird, because Sun Li's concubine brother Sun Chu happened to be the twin brothers Li Dao and Li Zheng who were the younger generation of the Li family.

Li and Sun are relatives-in-law. Since the older generation succeeded each other, they have lived together in the capital, but they seldom communicate with each other.

After all, the Sun family's disposition is to dismiss officials and idle taxes, but the Li family is the family of criminal officials.

This was the first time Sun Chu saw the twin brothers since they left the Sun family.

The twins were born in the 53rd year of Kangxi, and Sun Chu was one or two years older than them. When the twins disappeared due to "illness", Sun Chu had already remembered.

Now, the twins have not only "resurrected from the dead", but also become cousins ​​of the Li family. How can Sun Chu not be surprised...

*
Phew, the double monthly pass has finally passed.Xiao Cao kept the sixth place, thank you all, Quack.

(End of this chapter)