Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1328
Since the elder brother asked solemnly, Tianhui answered with a little bit of care: "Prince Jane, Fujin is well-known for being upright, and Liu Gege's upbringing is not bad. Not only that, as a prince and Fujin's heir, he can also Not being arrogant or extravagant, treating the concubine sister kindly, it can be seen that he has a heart. Brother, don't worry, since the marriage is a marriage that both parents are satisfied with, it will not be like what brother is worried about."

After hearing this, Tianyou just pursed his lips and smiled, letting go of most of the tension in his heart.

He eagerly came over to find his sister for questioning. Apart from worrying about Liu Gege's temperament, he also wanted to find out what his mother and sister thought of Liu Gege.

After all, when Liugege enters the door, in addition to being a wife for himself, he also needs to be a daughter-in-law and sister-in-law.

Listening to my sister's words, I know that my mother is satisfied with Liu Gege, and my sister also likes Liu Gege.

Although Tianyou tried his best not to laugh out loud, he couldn't hide the joy in his brows and eyes, chatted with his sister casually, and then leisurely went back to the sunflower courtyard.

Tianhui just thought it was funny, and murmured: "This is really crazy!"

While talking to himself, he thought that not only the eldest brother would marry his sister-in-law after the Mid-Autumn Festival, but also the second brother would also marry the Lord at the end of the year.

Tianhui supported her chin, thinking that she would not be the one who would be hurt the most by her brothers in the future, so she inevitably felt a little sour in her heart.

Immediately, thinking of the children Gu Na and Cai brought with them when they visited, she felt that it would be better to marry her sister-in-law earlier and give birth to a few nephews and nieces earlier, so that the house would be more lively in the future.

But she forgot how she could stay at home forever...

Happy events in February seem to be uninterrupted.

In the few days when the seventeenth elder brother was promoted to the prince, the twenty-first elder brother Yunxi gave birth to the eldest son.

Yunxi has not yet married Fujin, but she already had two concubine daughters before, and now she has the eldest son of a concubine.The royal family pays attention to open branches and scattered leaves, and does not taboo Mr. Bastard, so this is also a happy event.

With the Cao family's relationship with the 21st elder brother, even if it is not as close as the contacts with the other elder brothers, it is not good to neglect, otherwise the Cao family will become a snobbish eye.

On Chu Yu's side, since he got the news, he prepared a gift.

On the [-]th day of March, the day before my little elder brother's full moon, when Tianyou was on duty, Chu Yu ordered Tianyou to deliver the little elder brother's full moon gift to elder brother's place in person after get off work.

Tianyou has been in the bodyguard office for nearly a year, and he is much more familiar with elder brother 21 than in the early years.

After finishing his duty, he went to elder brother's office.

21 Elder Brother is one year older than Tianyou, and because he has not yet established a mansion, he still goes to the study room every morning, studying with other younger brothers and nephews, and in the afternoon, he is in Elder Brother's study room, studying painting with a Hanlin.

Tianyou knew his daily routine, so he didn't intend to delay his painting study, and left just thinking about delivering the full moon gift.

21 Elder brother asked someone to send out Master Hanlin, hoping that God would have a long talk.

Seeing this, Tianyou only felt puzzled in his heart, but he didn't show it on the surface.

21 My elder brother first asked Cao Yong how he was, then asked about the new house of Cao's mansion, and mentioned the Li family who went south, who had a hammer in the east and a stick in the west.

Although Tianyou thought it was weird, he still answered one by one.

Brother Xu Shi21 also felt that the question was boring, coughed twice, and said, "Chengyi, have you heard of Mr. Banqiao?"

Tianyou blinked, and said: "Mr. 21 is talking about Mr. Zheng who is famous for painting bamboo in the past two years?"

21 Elder brother nodded hurriedly, and said happily: "Exactly, I heard that Mr. Banqiao has an old relationship with Cao's family. Is Chengyi familiar with him?"

Tianyou seems to understand the reason why Elder Brother 21 treats him differently today. Who doesn't know that Elder Brother 21 loves to hold a paintbrush since he was sensible, and when he grows up, he loves to paint like an idiot.

Remembering his father's warning, Tianyou thought about it and said: "Mr. Zheng is old with Mr. Jiang in our mansion. When he came to Beijing in his early years, he lived in Cao's mansion for a few days, and then he was released as an official. No matter what happens, I don't know."

When Zheng Xie entered Cao's residence as a teacher, Tianyou was already in his teens and sensible.

The father sent Zheng Xie to the outside world early, and then cut off the relationship between the two families intentionally or unintentionally, and his intention was not to hide it from Tianyou.

Zheng Xie loves to molested children. When he was teaching in Cao's family, God bless them and they were at this age. If it spread, it would hurt the reputation of their brothers.

No matter what other people think about masculinity, Tianyou can't stand this, and he doesn't like Zheng Xie either.

As for the friendship between Zheng Xie and his father, Tianyou also concealed it. 21 Elder Brother loves calligraphy as well as painting. If he begs for Cao Yong's calligraphy, it will not be beautiful.

After all, the official career is dangerous, and it is better not to let handwriting, pen and ink, etc. flow outside.

21 Elder brother seemed sympathetic and said: "He lost his official position as early as the 61st year of Kangxi, lived in Yangzhou, sold paintings for a living, and became famous in the south of the Yangtze River for his good bamboo paintings."

In addition to sympathy, Brother 21 also brought longing when he mentioned Zheng Banqiao, as if he was very upset that he had no chance to see Zheng Banqiao.

His biological mother is the most beautiful in the south of the Yangtze River, and he is like his mother, with red lips and white teeth, and he can afford a handsome boy.

Looking at such a 21-year-old brother, and thinking about Zheng Banqiao's hobbies, Tianyou only felt weird in his heart.

21 Elder brother saw that Tianyou did not answer, thinking that he did not like Zheng Banqiao.

As a scholar of Zheng Banqiao, it is impossible to make up for an official as a scholar without the help of the Cao family.If Zheng Xie knows how to be a man, he should be a maniac and be careful when he is an official, he will be a man, and he will not discredit the Cao family.

But relying on his temper, he offended Shangfeng and was dismissed from office, not only lost his own future, but also the goodwill of the Cao family.

If you are sensible, you should do your best to make amends, please make amends, and make up for the relationship between the two.

But according to Tianyou, after Zheng Xie lost his position, he cut off contact with the capital, which is a bit too petty.

Cao's family didn't like to pay attention to this person any more, so it made sense.

However, brother 21 is obsessed with Zheng Xie's calligraphy and painting, so he naturally thinks of Zheng Xie's.

In his opinion, Zheng Xie is unyielding and unyielding, daring to challenge the peak, which is an upright and unyielding character; without losing his pride, he does not cling to the powerful family like other officials, which is amiable and respectable.

Therefore, he had to defend Zheng Xie: "The literati are so proud. Mr. Banqiao's strengths are not in his official career. After all, he has failed Mr. Cao's kindness. When the Lord opens the mansion, he will be invited to go north. At that time, let him Make it up to Mr. Cao."

Tianyou waved his hand and said, "My father doesn't care about this, 21st Lord doesn't have to worry about it."

After such a long prologue, brother 21 finally mentioned the main text, that is, he wanted to ask for a copy of Zheng Banqiao's early calligraphy and painting.

Since Zheng Banqiao lived in Cao's mansion as a guest, and had an old relationship with Jiang Jian, there must be calligraphy left behind.

This Tianyou doesn't know much about it, so it's not easy to respond immediately, and said: "After all these years, I really don't know if there is. After all, Mr. Zheng was not well-known when he came to Beijing in his early years."

21 Elder brother was just in case, seeing that Tianyou didn't directly veto it, he felt hopeful, with a sincere face, and said: "Then trouble Chengyi, as long as it is Mr. Banqiao's calligraphy, regardless of calligraphy and painting, Just help find a pair.”

He is so earnest, Tianyou can only say his best.

When they returned to the mansion, Tianyou and Chuyu reported on the gift of the full moon, and they mentioned Zheng Xie's calligraphy and painting.

Inviting Zheng Xie into the mansion as a teacher is one of Cao Yong's most regrettable things.

Because of the reputation of his sons, even Chuyu didn't like Zheng Xie, so he said casually, "Do you know if your father has one? If not, ask Mr. Jiang. 21 Brother, the first time he speaks, it's about to be closed." His heart."

When Cao Yong came back from Luoya, he heard that Brother 21 wanted Zheng Xie's calligraphy and painting, so he took Tianyou into his treasure house.

There are ancestral items, treasures bestowed by the emperor, and the dowry of Li Shi and Chu Yu.

In the corner, there is a sandalwood box more than three feet long, the paint color is not too old.

Cao Yong first took out a bunch of keys in a hidden compartment, then picked out one of them, and opened the sandalwood box.

When the sandalwood box was opened, it was full of calligraphy and painting scrolls.

Cao Yong didn't open it to read, but took out two small ones and handed them to Tianyou.

Tianyou unfolded it, but was amazed.

It is Zheng Xie's calligraphy and painting, which are mounted in a high-quality frame.

After looking at the other one, which was also Zheng Xie's calligraphy and painting, Tianyou looked at the sandalwood box and couldn't help swallowing: "Father, could it be that these are all Mr. Zheng's calligraphy and painting?"

Cao Yong smiled complacently and said: "Since I met him, he is also a talented person. I must leave some ink treasures for my thoughts."

While talking, he locked the box again, put the key back, and told his son: "Don't rush to send the calligraphy and paintings. After a few days of work, you don't have to send them all. You keep a pair for enjoyment." Here, pointing to the box again, he said: "Since this has been stored in the warehouse for several years, continue to store it... If you want to exchange it for gold and silver, don't sell it too early. If you don't use it for 50 years, you have to wait for 30 years... ...If there is no shortage of gold and silver by then, it can also be reserved for future generations..."

Tianyou heard this, on the one hand admired his father's reputation for knowing people, on the other hand he was a little hesitant, and asked: "Father is sure that Mr. Zheng will become a master of calligraphy and painting?"

Cao Yongdao: "When he was released in the early years, I was not sure whether he could become a generation of masters. If the officialdom wiped out his madness, then Shilin would lose a generation of masters of calligraphy and painting. But from Zheng Xie's situation in the past few years Look, he is more suited to be a literati than an official..."

Tianyou nodded and said: "I live in Yangzhou, and my reputation has spread to the capital. If I don't have real skills, I won't be so respected by Brother 21. It's just that my son feels that Mr. Zheng's character is different from Mr. Jiang's, and he doesn't seem to be willing to be mediocre. I guess I still want to take the imperial examination..."

It is true that historical celebrities have seen it. To Cao Yong, Zheng Xie is not like the Mr. Banqiao who wrote "rarely confused" in the history books, but the big-brained kid he met in Jiangnan in his early years.

Even though he didn't want Zheng Xie's reputation to affect his son, he didn't really make up his mind to let it go. Instead, he gave a few hundred taels of silver in Jiang Jian's name and greeted the Cheng family in Yangzhou.

Although Zheng Xie still sells paintings for a living in Yangzhou, his situation is not bad, and he will no longer lose relatives or children because of poverty...

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Cupping hands, Xiao Jiu begged for a few monthly tickets in a low voice. .

(End of this chapter)