Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1323
Brother Jiu didn't end well, and Brother Jiu's disciples back then were even more miserable.

It's okay for someone like Gu Na who doesn't have a close relationship with Jiubeizi's mansion, but his brother-in-law was very unlucky, he was found a reason to ask for a crime, and died on the way to Ninggu Pagoda.

Although no harm was done to his wife and children, Cai's concubine was just filling in the house, and there were several adult sons in front of her. After her father died of illness, they made trouble to separate the family.If it weren't for the fact that the Cai family still had several nephews in Beijing, sister Cai's concubine might not even be able to keep her dowry.

Even though she took her daughter back to her natal home, sister Cai's concubine couldn't survive her fate and eventually fell ill.

Before she died, sister Cai's concubine was worried about her daughter. When she heard that her niece had died, she left a letter entrusting her dowry and daughter to her.

Mrs. Cai felt sorry for her concubine's fate, and saw that her niece Bingxue was cute, so she accepted the invitation to care for her orphan.

After hearing what Gu Na said, Cao Yong could only sigh twice.

Since Yongzheng ascended the throne in the 61st year of Kangxi to the fourth year of Yongzheng, not one or two officials were confiscated and exiled.

If he hadn't appeared, in the history known to later generations, the Cao family would also be included in the family raids.

Seeing that Cao Yong was not in a good mood, Gu Na stopped the topic and asked about Cao Yong's body.

Although his brother-in-laws are not of high rank, most of them are in Beijing, and the news of Cao Yong's illness has also spread to Gu Na.

It's just that he received the news relatively late, and when he knew about it, it was news that Cao Yong was about to recover from his illness.

Cao Yong nodded and said: "I'm fine, I have some minor illnesses, but it's easy to recuperate for more than a month before the year. But you, even if you are busy with government affairs, you must take good care of your body. You are still young, and you want to go big in this official career. There is always a chance to expand your ambitions, but you need to have a good body to survive."

Hearing this, Gu Na couldn't help being taken aback.

After Cao Yong said this, he kept silent, and rode leisurely on the horseback, looking at the spring scenery in the distance with ease.

His words seemed to say nothing, but also seemed to say everything.

"Yes, Uncle Yong..." Gu Na thanked him seriously, "Nephew Xie Uncle Yong taught..."

Cao Yong shook his head lightly, did not answer her words, but instead asked about Gu Na's experience in Beijing.

The two talked and walked, only to feel that the time passed quickly, and they arrived in the capital before they knew it.

When the group of people entered the city, Chu Yu thought that their carriage was not cheap, so she asked someone to ask her husband whether to take a detour and send the couple back first.

Gu Na has a house in the capital city, but it is in the south city.

But Tongzhou is on the west side of the capital, if Chuyu were to send them home, it would take half a detour around the capital.

Cao Yong hasn't answered yet, but Gu Na can't make it.

Although he is returning to Beijing for a review and is about to be promoted, but he still wears the hat of an old man from the Jiubeizi Mansion on his head, and he does not know how the emperor will treat him.If you are too close to Cao Yong, you will be implicated in Cao Yong.

Cao Yong thought about it for a while, and he didn't force it. He just sent Zhang Yi to find a horse and carriage dealer nearby, and hired a fairly clean carriage for Cai's mother and son.

Before parting ways, Cao Yong said to Gu Na: "The matter of going back to Beijing today, we can't hide it from those who are interested, and there is no need to hide it. After this, the two families have a reason to move around. After a few days, there will be less entertainment, so I will take Cai Come with the kids."

Gu Na agreed, watched Cao Yong and his party go away, got on his horse, and took his wife and children home.

Although they all returned to Beijing to report their duties, as a small magistrate, he was naturally inferior to those governors and governors. He could hand over the sign to see him directly, but he had to go to the Ministry of Officials first and wait for the introduction from the officials of the Ministry of Officials.

The emperor has a lot of things to do every day, so it is impossible to meet every official when he returns to Beijing.

There are regulations on how the official department introduces and how many officials introduce together, so Gu Na is not in a hurry...

On Cao's side, there were no more than those few masters in total. Now that they were halfway there, they suddenly calmed down.

Cao Yong goes back and forth between the Yamen and his home every day, but he can't feel it, but Chu Yu's feeling is obvious.

Even when dealing with housework, he was a bit absent-minded. I don't know if it's because he's not used to this kind of desertedness, or because he misses the few family members who go out.

This time, even Cao Yong felt his wife's abnormality.

Cao Yong only thought that his wife was tired from taking care of herself a few days ago, so she asked her to take off the housework and concentrate on recuperating.

Long before Niu Niu got married, Tianhui and Niu Niu followed Chuyu's housekeeper, and now she can also practice while she is free in the mansion.If there are any deficiencies, there are Nanny Luo and Nanny Chang, so there is no need for Chu Yu to worry about it.

Nanny Luo and Nanny Chang are Aunt Luo and Aunt Chang who served in the Cao Mansion for more than ten years. As they got older, they changed their minds after Tianyou.

Cao Yong and his wife have already discussed with the two nanny, the Cao family is responsible for the succession of the two heirs, pension and death, and the two will serve as Tianhui's married nanny to help Tianhui.

As early as a few years after the two nuns came to Cao's residence to worship, Prince Chun's residence transferred their two families to Chuyu's name, and now their brothers and nephews are all serving as Chuyu's dowry Zhuangzi.

No matter how alert Tianhui is, there are some things that she is not easy to show her face.With two nuns who came out of the palace by their side, they couldn't suffer no matter what.

The two nuns are now dressed under Chu Yu's name, and they have received the master's esteemed grace, so they naturally agreed.

The two of them also watched Tianhui grow up in Cao's family for more than ten years. They knew that Cao Yong and his wife loved and valued their daughter more than their two sons, and they were willing to work with Tianhui.

There is also a reason why Cao Yong and his wife planned for a rainy day and chose a marrying candidate for their daughter early.

Ordinary girls from rich and powerful families, when they get married, in addition to accompanying servants and maidservants, most of them are accompanied by a wet nurse or nanny.The purpose is that when my daughter is wronged, she can come forward and say something.

Although Tianhui was pampered by Cao Yong and his wife, she didn't have a nurse and nanny who were always with her.

After her childhood nurse stopped breastfeeding, she was kicked out by Chu Yu; the babysitter beside her was kicked out because Tian Hui couldn't speak at that time, and she was neglected.

Since then, Tianhui has no resident nannies, only a few nannies who are on duty for a few older ladies in shifts.

Now that her mother-in-law, younger brother-in-law, and younger son are not at the house, it is the time when the housework is least, leaving it to her daughter to take care of it, so Chu Yu has nothing to worry about.

Just one thing, she remembered, and mentioned it to her husband.

It turned out that what Chuyu was talking about was the ten maids bestowed by the emperor in the first year of Yongzheng.

Although after entering Cao's mansion, apart from their palace status, they can't be treated like Cao's family's sons and maids bought from outside.

Among those ten people, except for three of the offender's family members who were not registered in the palace, the other seven were all daughters of Shangsanqi-coated families who were selected to enter the palace.

Now that five years have passed, these servant girls are getting older, and the older ones can already be referred to as others.

Before Mrs. Li left Beijing, Chu Yu asked her mother-in-law to explain this matter.Although these people's deeds belonged to Cao's family, they were bestowed on Li by the emperor, and it was up to Li to decide how to deal with them.

Mrs. Li was impatient to worry about this, so she asked her daughter-in-law to make the decision.

How could Chuyu make her own decisions?

Branches and tendrils are connected to each other in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If one is not handled properly, who knows who will be offended?
But if it drags on and sends them out after the eldest daughter-in-law comes in, the impact will be bad.

Those who know will not say anything, and those who don't know the inside story may even wear the hat of "envious" on Liu Gege's head.

Chu Yu didn't want to cause trouble for her son and his daughter-in-law who didn't come in, so she wanted to settle the matter earlier.

This can be regarded as an inner house matter, but it is not just an inner house matter.

Yongzheng's move, of course, has the intention of benevolent to the Cao family, but it may not be without other purposes.

Everyone in the Cao family knew this well, but they had to show an attitude of endless gratitude, and they didn't seem to be wary of the ten maidservants.

Mrs. Li has always been sympathetic to the poor and the weak, so she left the three offenders and their wives, and one who looked the thinnest, and the other six were arranged by Cao Yong and his wife.

Among the remaining six people, the three older ones entered Wutong Garden to make up for the vacancy of first-class maids; the three younger ones worked as errands in Tianyou, Hengsheng, and Changsheng's yards, but because of their young age, they were only second-class maids. example.

There were eight first-class maids missing in Wutong Garden, and it was not conspicuous to fill in these three, so everyone lived in peace.

In fact, which one has a change, which one has delivered the news, are all in the eyes of Cao Yong.

It's just that he has no privacy to tell others, so he let them go.

I don't know if they learned the rules well in the palace, or they were afraid of Chu Yu's identity, even if there were a few pretty ones, they all did their duty.

They are dedicated to their careers on errands, and they are diligent in doing things, no less than Cao's family having children.

Over the past few years, they have worked hard without credit, Chu Yu naturally hopes that they can point out a good family, and give them the love of master and servant.

What Cao Yong disapproves of the most is the idea of ​​the master referring to the marriage. If the marriage is harmonious and beautiful, if the husband and wife are not in harmony, wouldn't they be in conflict?
"It's better to ask what I mean. Those who are willing to return to their own family will leave the mansion, and those who are willing to stay in the mansion will talk." Cao Yong thought for a while and said.

Even in the House of Internal Affairs, not everyone needs to send their daughters to the palace, even decent families are reluctant to send their daughters to the palace to be maids of honor.

These women who entered the palace through small elections either had poor family backgrounds or had other grievances. Cao Yong didn't want to intervene too much, but he wouldn't just watch these girls leave Cao's mansion in a dire situation.

Chu Yu smiled and said: "That's fine, the left and right are not in a hurry. Even if they want to send them off to marry, they have to wait for the old lady to come back and let them kowtow to the old lady before leaving."

Cao Yong nodded and said: "It's not good to send them all away. It's too eye-catching. It's better to keep the younger ones first. Dowry or something can be given preferential treatment, but don't forget to say that it is Because of the emperor's grace, the remaining few children will follow the rules of the mansion, and we will talk about it when they reach their age."

It's okay for others, the female family members of the criminal officials are not allowed to be exempted from slavery according to the system, and life and death honor and disgrace are all in the mind of the Cao family.

Chu Yu hesitated for a moment, and said: "Lin'er and the others are left to us to deal with, but after all, they were officials and family members. Although they were reduced to slaves, they will not have an ordinary day. It’s really a case of enmity instead of kindness.”

Cao Yong thought for a while and said: "Aren't there six households that were given by the ten maidservants back then? If those few are willing to get married, then they will almost find someone else for them; if they don't want the dowry , sent to Zhuangzi to grow flowers and vegetables..."

It's hard for anyone to say anything about official affairs.

If one day the other party is really rehabilitated, but finds out that the daughter has become the wife of the Cao family's slave, and the grandson and granddaughter have become the sons of the Cao family, then there will be nothing but resentment.

What Cao Yong did was to leave a leeway...

(End of this chapter)