Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1374 Spy

Prince Jane's mansion, the upper room in the inner courtyard.

Yongjia changed out of the big clothes she wore for guests and put on homely clothes, then sat in front of the dressing table and took off the jewelry on her head and wrists.

From morning to dusk, she felt a little tired after a whole day's stay.

The ceremony of the Cao family is decent, but no matter how flattering others say, Yongjia still feels uncomfortable.

I feel at ease that my daughter has a good home, but I am also reluctant to let my daughter get married.The dowry has been accepted, and there will not be long left for the daughter to go out.

But with so many people watching, Yongjia can't put on a bitter face, who knows what kind of gossip it will attract.

Cao's family has a good family style and a well-off family. Many people are jealous of Liu Gege's marriage.Even members of the clan of Prince Jian's family, who have daughters at home, couldn't help but say a few sour words when the 64, who seemed to be full of Cao's costumes, carried the dowry gift.

After the whole day, most of Yongjia's faces were smiling, but now his face is a little stiff.

Yongjia rubbed his face, thinking of Cao's generous dowry, he was a little distracted.

Although she put her daughter at the top of her heart, she didn't spend too much money on her daughter's dowry.

On the bright side, besides food and clothing utensils, gold, silver and jewellery, the things of Liugege are the houses, shopfronts and Zhuangzi in Yongjia's dowry, as well as the property and garden that Yaerjianga bought for his daughter.

Although it is richer, it is not eye-catching.

In fact, apart from the dowry booklet, Yongjia also prepared a sum of private money for Liugege, which was her dowry to Zhuangzi and the store's past achievements.

Although Wanyan's family has not been as good as it used to be in recent years, it is not financially struggling; Yongqing's husband and wife are very strong, even if they split up and live alone, they will not accept Yongjia, an aunt who has left the court, to subsidize.

Yongjia herself doesn't like extravagance, and with her temperament of being strong without desires, she doesn't need to socialize to sell well. The royal residence of Fujin Fujin is enough for her daily expenses, and the dowry is all saved.

After 20 years, there are still 4 taels of silver.

Yongjia deposited [-] yuan of the money in the bank, and converted the remaining [-] yuan into gold to be fused into gold bars. These were all planned to be given to Zhen'er privately.

Now, Yongjia was a little hesitant, whether or not the 2000 taels of gold should be added to the dowry list.

The world is like this, the dowry should be heavier, and the dowry should be heavier, so as to save money like parents who are stingy with money...

But things have pros and cons, even though Zhen'er's dowry is generous now, it's not too out of the ordinary.

Even if it is her only daughter, if she really wants to expose this private property to the public, the younger generation in the palace may feel a little bit slanderous.

In addition, although Qi Gege and Ba Gege were not recorded in her name, they were brought up by her after all. When these two children went out, she had to pay more or less.

Besides, if Zhen'er's future mother-in-law is not the princess, it's fine.Since she is the princess, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are still of the same rank, so it is not easy for Zhener's dowry to go over there.

While hesitating, she heard footsteps coming from the yard.

Needless to say, there was no one else who dared to "kick, kick, and stamp" in the upper court of the palace, except the owner of the palace, Yaerjiang A.

His forehead was sweating profusely, his eyes were bright, and his face was a little weird. When he came in, he waved his hand and sent all the maids away.

Seeing that he was abnormal, Yongjia was also surprised, but with a calm face, she poured him a cup of warm tea.

Yaerjiang drank it all in one gulp, and then said, "I'm afraid something serious happened to the Cao family..."

Yongjia was holding a teapot and was about to pour tea for Yaerjiang Ah. Hearing this, his arm trembled and he almost dropped the teapot in his hand.

She stabilized her mind, put the teapot on the kang table, and said, "But what's wrong with Mrs. Cao's wife?"

Today is the day when the two families apply for an appointment. If Mrs. Li really gets sick, who knows if the outside world will press this on Liu Gege's head and make Liu Gege bear the reputation of Kefu's family and seniors.

Yaerjiang shook his head and said: "It's not Mrs. Li, it's Cao Yong who is wrong..."

Thinking of Cao Yong's serious illness in July, Yong Jia felt a little depressed, and said: "Is that Master Cao's old illness relapsed?"

When Yaerjiang heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "Why did Fujin think of being seriously ill? It wasn't this, it was Zhao Xiaohe's slave who just came back and reported that Cao Yong returned to the mansion, and there was a carriage with him..."

Zhao Xiaohe is the boy next to Yaerjiang'a, but he is only eleven or twelve years old.

Originally from a family of officials and eunuchs, he was not naturalized and served in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

After the marriage with Cao's family was finalized last year, Yaerjiang sent someone to transfer Zhao Xiaohe's mother and son from the House of Internal Affairs to Prince Jian's House.

Although he is nothing, but his uncle's family was transferred to Li's name in the early years and worked in Cao's mansion.

Zhao Xiaohe's mission here is to resume contact with his uncle's family and inquire about Cao's news without any trace.

Yaerjiang did not hide this little trick from his wife.

Although Yongjia was noncommittal, she did not object to it because of her daughter.

It's just that it's okay to inquire about news from the Cao family's subordinates, but it's a bit too much to follow the Cao family's head.

Yongjia was very speechless, and said helplessly: "Master, it's not good to make people stare at the Cao family like this? If people notice it, it would be rude."

Yaerjiang said disapprovingly: "You must know yourself and the enemy before you can win a hundred battles. If you are so close and the news is not well-informed, then you are too careless... Our good baby girl is going to marry, and she will have a lot of love with the Cao family. How about kissing dear?"

Yongjia was amused by his irrational words, but he was a little curious: "Who is in the carriage?"

Yaerjiang A Dao: "I sent Zhao Xiaohe to inquire... definitely not an ordinary person. Cao Yong left the mansion before noon and didn't show up all afternoon. Cao Zhan was hired back from the palace, and didn't go back directly to the mansion... Most of the guests here are entertained by Bachelor Cao. Cao Zhan didn’t come back until around dinner..."

Speaking of this, he narrowly said: "Maybe it's Cao Yong who is hiding in the golden house, and something happened today..."

After hearing this, Yongjia restrained the smile on her face, adding a little uneasiness.

It's not that I believed her husband's nonsense of "Golden House Cangjiao", but because I thought that Cao Yong didn't show up all afternoon.

Tianyou is the eldest son of the Cao family, and today is another big day when the invitation period is set. It is really strange that Cao Yong, the head of the family, left all the guests behind and went out for most of the day.

Even if today is not like the wedding day, guests from all over the world are entertained, most of them are relatives and friends, but it is not like Cao Yong's behavior to be so negligent and rude.

And God Bless, he didn't go back to the mansion directly after he was hired.

Unless, the things outside are bigger than what the eldest son of the Cao family has decided... The person in the carriage is no less important than Tianyou...

"Is there something wrong with Zhasaktu County Palace..." Yongjia asked with a thought.

"Fu Jin also thought of it?" Yaer said with some admiration: "Cao Yong did go to the palace of Zhasaktu County...just what happened, I don't know yet, the master sent Zhao Xiaohe to continue to inquire..."

Speaking of this, he thought of the Cao family's betrothal gift, and said: "Zhen'er's dowry list, let's redraw it. I know that Fujin doesn't like to show off, but it's really a big deal, so it's not easy for the Cao family to underestimate it... ..."

Yongjia hesitated and said: "The current dowry is reduced compared to Princess Herui's dowry back then; if it is added again, it will be on par with that..."

In Yaerjiang's heart, naturally, the status of a baby girl is more noble, and the dowry should be more than one, not to mention shoulder-to-shoulder.

But it's not that he doesn't understand human relations.

If it was for the sake of a moment of glory, Princess Herui's heart was resented, and the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was hurt, then Liu Gege would be sad in the end.

He thought for a while, and said: "If you don't want to add more, just exchange... antiques and treasures, and some rare and precious ones..."

The husband and wife gossiped for a while, and a maid came to report through the curtain, and Zhao Xiaohe, a young man, was waiting outside to ask to see the prince.

Yarjiang A raised his voice and called in.

After a while, Zhao Xiaohe came in from the outside.

"I have seen the master, I have seen the master of Fujin..." Although Zhao Xiaohe is small, he salutes very quickly.

Yaerjiang waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and answer!"

Zhao Xiaohe replied: "Your servant has inquired clearly... The carriage brought back by Uncle Cao went directly to the second gate, and the princess and the six foreheads were waiting outside the second gate... Prince Meng Ke was seriously ill and was taken by Uncle Cao When he came back, the son-in-law personally carried it into the inner courtyard and placed him in the west wing of Jiuruyuan where Uncle Cao and his wife lived... Mrs. Cao Jiatai and Da Gege also went to Jiuruyuan... It seems that the prescriptions are ready-made, They did not send anyone to invite the imperial physician into the mansion... In addition, the uncle Yuansong of Zhang Jia's family and the aunt of the Zhuang family did not leave, and stayed in Cao's mansion..."

His aunt has a goddaughter, who is one of the court ladies bestowed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who happens to be working in Jiuruyuan, so she can inquire about Jiuruyuan.

After hearing the Zhunxin letter, Yongjia felt at ease, and said to Yaerjiang: "It's hard for this child, he is so young, but he speaks so clearly..."

Seeing that her husband sent someone out, Yongjia asked someone to reward him with two strings of copper coins and a plate of snacks for him before letting him go down.

Yaerjiang Ah said with a bit of pride: "I owe the old sixteen a favor, so I begged this servant to come here. If it wasn't for the waste snacks, what effort did I go to..." After all, he was not angry: "Isn't Cao Yong a bit too much? No matter how much he loves his adopted son, he can't go beyond his biological one, right? Is he just pretending to show it to the old sixteen?"

Yongjia saw that he was becoming less and less like him, and said: "Although he is an adopted son, he was raised in Cao's house when he landed. What's the difference from his own? One side is seriously ill, and the other side is a happy event when the dust has settled. Of course he is sick." That one is more concerned..."

Not to mention treating adopted children as if they were their own, there are many people who are more than their own.

Not to mention other people, but this one in front of him, doesn't he just think that Ba Gege is more important than Qi Gege?
It's just that it didn't go beyond Liu Gege, otherwise, no matter how forgiving Yongjia was, she wouldn't be calm and take care of the two little Gege.

As early as two years after Yang Zimo's death, she had found out his true identity unintentionally. Although she thought it was absurd, it was just that it had nothing to do with her and she had no intention of exploring it...

*
Cao Mansion, Jiuru Courtyard, West Wing Room.

Hang Seng had already woken up, and seeing everyone surrounding him, Li Shi and Chu Yu had tears in their eyes, unavoidably guilty and uneasy.

"Old lady, grandson is fine, just caught a cold..." He comforted Li Shi like this: "Is it the grandson who made the old lady sad..."

What happened in the county palace last night was really too dangerous. Cao Yong did not tell Li Shi the truth, but only said that Khalkha's servants were inappropriate, and Hang Seng's hangover soup last night was not clean.

Mrs. Li only regarded it as a poison, and was terrified in his heart. He was also very supportive of Cao Yong taking Hang Seng back to recuperate from his illness.

She also accompanied the guest for a day, and when she saw that Hang Seng was awake, she listened to everyone's comfort and went back to Fuyuan Hall.

What happened last night in Zhasaktu County Prince's Mansion, Cao Yong has already discussed with the sixteenth elder brother, and the unified rhetoric to the outside world is that the diet is not clean.

After all, the handling of most of the servants by the county palace cannot be concealed.

Not only to Li, but also to Chuyu, Niuniu, Zuozhu and Tianhui, Cao Yong also said the same.

For a teenager, being tricked into bed is really not a good thing, maybe Hang Seng has a shadow in his heart right now.

Know the truth, in addition to Cao Yong, only Tianyou father and son two.

According to Cao Yong's meaning, Tianyou also told inappropriately.

Comparing my heart to my heart, if I was in the position of Hang Seng and encountered such embarrassing and embarrassing things, even my elder brother would definitely not let the other party know.

Besides, Hang Seng's disaster this time was also due to God's blessing.

Tianyou was originally meticulous, but because of joy, he made a careless mistake and let his younger brother go back to the palace alone after being drunk, only then did everything that followed.

It was Elder Sixteen who didn't want Tianyou to blame himself for being too guilty, so he took the initiative to tell him the details.

Seeing that Hang Seng woke up, the others were somewhat relieved and left one after another.

Only Cao Yong and his wife and Tianyou were left in the room.

Today is a big day that the eldest brother has made, Hang Seng's eyes shifted to Tianyou.

Tianyou was expressionless, standing behind his parents, dressed in auspicious clothes, but without any joy.

In Hang Seng's heart, he felt like a knife was being cut, and he choked up and said, "Brother, I'm sorry, my brother is ill at an inappropriate time..."

Tianyou forced a smile and said, "I know it's not the time, so I'll get better soon... The wedding is coming soon, and I'm still waiting to catch your coolie..."

Although Hang Seng woke up twice when he was in the palace, but at that time he had a severe fever and was in a daze, only remembering that he was given medicine.

Now that his mind is clear, Hang Seng remembered something, and hurriedly turned to Cao Yong and said, "Father, I was the one who made a fuss about drinking too much last night, and got my brother drunk, so I don't do his business..."

Cao Yong listened, a little surprised.

This afternoon, God bless the county king's mansion, Cao Yong's heart was on fire, and he scolded him severely.

If it wasn't for his lack of habit of corporal punishment, he might have to do it.

Tianyou listened honestly, without a word of excuse.

It was precisely because of this that Elder Sixteen couldn't see it and told Tianyou the truth.

Unexpectedly, it was not Hang Seng who was drunk last night, but Tianyou, no wonder no one stayed with Hang Seng.

Chu Yu was listening, but she was a little unhappy. She glared at the eldest son, and said to Hang Sheng: "He is an older brother, and he didn't take good care of his younger brother. How can you not blame him. You are not allowed to intercede for your elder brother, no matter what, It's his fault that he allowed you to drink too much during the filial period..."

*
Tears, I didn't receive a notice yesterday, and the electricity was cut for a whole day due to maintenance of the circuit, so I didn't come until dinner.

After dinner, I couldn’t code, and I couldn’t continue half a chapter. God, this surprised Xiao Jiu, who is used to coding in the middle of the night. I couldn’t hold back anymore, so I went to bed, at least early for the second half of the chapter.

However, it feels good to write codewords during the day.Xiao Jiu clenched his fist, trying to keep it. .

(End of this chapter)