Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1384

Although Jinghui's coffin is on the way, since Cao's house has already reported the funeral to relatives and friends, a coffin is always set up for the relatives and friends of the children to pay homage.

Although Jinghui and Zhaojia's orders have not been withdrawn, Cao Song's second-rank general has been dismissed from office, which is no longer worthy of the name.But Cao Song's title is only the fifth-rank Yunqiwei. If Jing Hui's funeral is given according to this rank, it will really wrong Jing Hui, the second house mistress.

Although these mourning after death are meaningless to the deceased, there are still a few children, and they must not be made to feel that the Cao family has treated their mother badly.

Besides, the case of Cao Song has not been settled so far. With Cao Song's status of "wearing a guilty body", it seems reckless to use his status as a fifth-rank pleasant person to attend the funeral.

But you can't always be a civilian woman.

For this matter, Cao Yong went out in person, went to Prince Yi's mansion, and asked Brother Thirteen for instructions.

The thirteenth elder brother has already received the news, and he is also very sad in his heart.

Among the female family members of the Cao family, Jing Hui often came to the palace to pay her respects in the early years because she was the niece and daughter-in-law of Thirteen Fujin Hall.

Unexpectedly, Cao Song died at this time, the blow of that guy Cao Song is probably not small.

The thirteenth elder brother knew in his heart that Cao Yong was asking himself for instructions in name, but actually he wanted to ask himself to speak in front of the emperor.

Even if Cao Song can't keep the original level, let's see how many levels he will keep.

"Listen to my master's reply. You should comfort your second brother..." Elder Brother Thirteen sighed and said.

Cao Yong said: "Please trouble the lord, I will thank the lord for a few nephews and nieces..."

Elder Brother Thirteen waved his hand: "That's my nephew and nephew's wife too, so don't worry about it..."

When Cao Yong resigned, Brother Thirteen went directly to the palace.

After Elder Fuhui passed away, Yongzheng did not return to the Old Summer Palace, but stayed in the Forbidden City.

Those in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, because it's not yet time to burn the earth dragon, are very cold.

Yongzheng was over fifty years old, he lost his son when he was old, the blow was really big, he seemed to lose a lot of energy all of a sudden.

Brother Thirteen saw this, and sighed in his heart, but he didn't know how to persuade him.

Saying anything is meaningless, the year before last he lost Er Gege, and last year lost two younger brothers, it was heartbreaking.

Not to mention that the emperor's heirs are not abundant, and only three elder brothers survive under his knees.

Brother Fu Hui is the youngest son again, because of Nian's family, the emperor has great pity for this youngest son who lost his mother.

However, seeing the thirteenth elder brother, Yongzheng's originally heavy heart was still a little bit better.

"The thirteenth brother is here..." He motioned for the thirteenth elder brother to sit down, and then ordered Chen Fu to serve tea.

The monarch and his ministers had only seen each other during the Xiaochao this morning. Obviously, the thirteenth elder brother came to the palace to report something.

It's just that the thirteenth elder brother didn't open his mouth, and Yongzheng didn't rush to ask.

Fuhui's premature death touched Yongzheng a lot.

He suddenly realized that being an emperor was very meaningless, and he was exhausted to death, but he neglected many things.

He thought of the incident when the emperor Shengzu scolded him for his short temper when he was young, and then thought about the six years since he took the throne, a big step every year, busy like a spinning top.

But he is the emperor, standing in the supreme position, holding the power in the world, he should look down on the world.

He wasn't in a hurry anymore, he even wished that time could be stretched as slowly as candy.

Seeing such a peaceful emperor, Brother Thirteen was surprised.

He didn't want to spoil Yongzheng's good mood, so he hesitated whether to bring up the matter of the Cao family now.

As a result, Yongzheng was puzzled: "Why is Thirteenth Brother hesitant to speak? What difficulties have you encountered?" Having said this, his expression became serious: "Is there not enough relief money?"

Although there is a lot of money in the treasury of the household department, most of it is immovable, and there is a lot of money that can be transferred for relief.

Brother Thirteen hurriedly shook his head and said, "It's not about the Ministry of Household Affairs...it's a little private matter, please let the emperor show you..."

"Private matters?" Yongzheng raised his eyebrows, becoming interested.

Although the thirteenth elder brother didn't want to be disappointed, but thinking that the funeral is a big event for the Cao family, he still bit the bullet and said: "It's the Cao family's business... Cao Songfa's wife Dong E died of illness. It's a bit embarrassing to deal with it... Is it the nephew of the younger brother, the minister asked Cao Yong, he didn't have a charter, and the younger brother wanted to go to the emperor to ask for dignity..."

"Dong E's family..." Yongzheng was a little surprised: "Didn't it mean that Cao Song's second son died young? How could it be the loss of his wife?"

The emperor has sticky sticks, but Cao's East Mansion is obviously not in the eyes of the emperor, and no one from the sticky sticks has infiltrated.Although he knew that God would bless him to leave Beijing, he only thought that he was going to Jiangning to pick up Cao Song's family.

Elder Brother Thirteen sighed and said: "The second son died early, and Dong E's died later. Cao Zhan has sent people back to Beijing to report the funeral...the coffin is on the way...although it is going to stop outside the city, but Cao Zhan There is also a funeral at the house..."

Cao Song was born as an imperial guard, and Yongzheng had no ill feeling towards him.

This time, even because of the dispute between the two governors, Cao Song, the second-rank general soldier, was used to "top the tank", but he was afraid that Cao Yong would be suspicious, so he deliberately said soft words, only thinking that Cao Song was young, and waited for three years or two years Just arrange a good job for him.

Unexpectedly, when he went to Beijing to await trial, he lost his son and wife one after another.

Because of Fuhui's elder brother's funeral, Yongzheng was already a little bit reluctant to bear Cao Song who lost his son, but now he heard the news of his wife's death, his three-point tolerance became ten percent.

He also thought of himself, even if his wife is still there, the husband and wife have already broken up, which is not much better than a widower, and the heart of sympathy is even stronger.

He sighed heavily, and said: "Cao Song's commander-in-chief is fine, let's go back to the first-class guards to listen..."

The thirteenth elder brother was very happy when he heard the words. Not only did the Enzhun Cao family send Dong E as a third-rank Shuren, but he also set a rank for Cao Song's demotion.

The first-class bodyguard is the third rank, and the chief soldier is the second rank. They are demoted to two ranks. When sentencing by the Ministry of Punishment, they have to consider it carefully, so there is no need to worry about someone making accusations and causing side issues...

Although he already knew that Cao Song was safe and sound this time, when he heard Brother Thirteen's reply, Cao Yong still breathed a sigh of relief.

People in the world, there is no shortage of people who make trouble.

Just like what happened this time, those who know the inside story, know that Cao Song is "topping the vat", and those who don't know the inside story, most of them will take it as a harbinger of the Cao family falling out of favor.

Cao Yong was impeached just when Cao's family was in full swing, let alone at this moment.As far as Cao Yong knows, there are already many excerpts in the imperial history, all of which impeach Cao Song for misconduct in office.

All talk makes money, and Cao Song has his own faults, how can Cao Yong not worry?

Not only Cao Yong, but everyone in the Cao family also felt at ease.

Although Cao Song's errand is gone, the emperor allowed him to send his wife as a bodyguard. Does that mean that he did not blame Cao Song for his previous dereliction of duty?
Jinghui's coffin is not there, only a mourning hall is set up to enshrine Jinghui's spirit master.

Except for a few aunts and Fucha's family, other families had to wait for Jinghui's coffin to arrive in Beijing before reporting the funeral, so those who came to pay homage these days were all close relatives.

Cao Ying, Cao Jiashi, and Cao Yi all left the court before Jinghui entered the house, and their relationship was relatively weak, but the fourth sister was often looked after by Jinghui, and the sister-in-law had a deep affection.

It's just that she is twin now, and it's three months later, no one dares to make her cry more, and it's necessary for everyone to persuade her...

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Ganxi No. [-], at the door of Wuerfang.

Hongli stood at the door, looking at the graceful figure sitting under the lamp, he couldn't help being stunned.

Ever since he came back from Jiangnan, Hongli wanted to praise Wu'er, but he never found a chance.

He is the prince, standing in a high position, he knows that Cao Song's dismissal is not because the Cao family fell out of favor, maybe the rise of the second wife of the Cao family started with this dismissal.

It's just that he not only needs to appease the Fucha family who is suffering from the loss of his daughter, but also accompany the Fucha Gege who has given birth occasionally, and he also coaxes the Xiaoyi and gentle Gao family, plus the Su family who he has taken a fancy to and arranged to enter the palace. In addition, Jin Shi, the North Korean maidservant who was given along with Su Shi, was so busy that she couldn't get away for a while.

Coupled with Wu'er's temperament, he never moved forward, and Hongli was used to women's tenderness and carelessness.

After all, he likes women who are slender and have a weak personality. Although Wuer's appearance is not bad, she acts rigidly and has a plump figure, which is not to his liking.

Moreover, even if he wants to balance his backyard, he is still young and has moments of soft-heartedness.The first wife had just lost her daughter, and at that time it was too cold to "balance", so she put her mind on hold.

This time Cao's family had a funeral, and Hongli recalled his earlier plan, so he came to Wu'er's courtyard in person.

He was just on a whim, and stopped the maid from notifying him. He didn't expect to see Wu'er who was completely different from what he had imagined.

It's a taboo in the palace, unfortunately wearing filial piety, but Wu'er has clothes, so she changed into plain clothes, took off her jewelry, and there was no makeup on her face.

Brother Si had to admit that he felt amazed when he saw Wu'er like this.

In his impression, the childish Wu'er with a round face had grown into an alluring beauty without his noticing.

Wu'er sat on the kang, holding the needle and thread in his hand in a daze, not noticing that there was someone more at the door.

Her personal maid, Chun Cheng, stood behind Hongli, feeling very anxious.

Although there are not many female relatives in the second institute, the atmosphere is completely different from before the prince's wedding.

Even if Wu'er didn't say it clearly, Chun Cheng could more or less guess the reason why her master usually pretended to be mediocre.

Although Fujin is still virtuous now, but since he can take his family sister as his concubine, he is a man of calculation.The master temporarily avoids the sharp edge, finds out Fujin's temper before acting, which is also the way to protect himself.

I don't want to, but something happened today.

Because the master was worried about his mother's parents and elder brothers, he was already a little relieved, and yesterday he heard the news of his elder sister's death, so he went to Fujin to report and began to guard behind closed doors.

It was deserted here, and it was already night, so the master didn't dress up after cleansing his face.

Unexpectedly, brother came here at this time...

Just as Chun Cheng was thinking about risking being hit by the board and making a signal, Wu'er raised her head and looked towards the door.

The moment he saw Hongli, Wu'er was stunned for a moment, then frowned slightly, with a bit of confusion and helplessness, which was very pitiful...

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Cao's house, mourning hall.

Cao Yong looked at the bowl of porridge in front of him, then at Cao Song, and said in a hoarse voice, "Why, I have to coax you to eat?"

It has been three days since I learned the news of Jinghui's death.

Cao Song didn't enter the rice water, so Zhaojia had no choice but to ask Cao Yong.

In the past few days, Cao Yong is also physically and mentally exhausted.

Jinghui's coffin has not arrived in Beijing, and the grand sacrifice is still to come. There is no reason to ask for leave now, and he still has to go to the Yamen every day.

I don't worry about Cao Song's side. Every day when I come back from Luoya, I go directly to Dongfu.

Unexpectedly, just as Jinghui's status was finalized, Cao Song became uneasy again...

(End of this chapter)