Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 153 Rules
Passing through the second gate and turning to the right, Cao Yong thought of his little bride, with a smile on his face.

After entering the courtyard, I saw two maids coming from behind the corridor. When they saw Cao Yong, they all bowed down to salute.Because the eight maids were all dressed the same, Cao Yong couldn't tell who was who for a while, so he waved them away to get up.

Hearing the sound of footsteps outside the yard, the curtain of the upper room was lifted, and it was Chuyu who showed a smiling face, or who?

"Forehead son-in-law!" Chu Yu came out with a smile.

Although the current spring is cold, Cao Yong's heart is warm, but now is not the time to express emotion, so he hurried forward two steps: "It's cold outside, go back to the house!" While speaking, he was already holding her hand Go up to the room.

Chu Yu's hands trembled, and Cao Yong thought that he would come back from the outside, but his hands were cold. Just as he was about to let go, those warm little hands shook back.

Two people entered the room, Cao Yong felt that the room was warmer than before.Both Zhu'er and Tweety came in to serve, Cao Yong changed his outer clothes, washed his face and wiped his hands.

Chu Yu arranged for someone to set up the meal, but put the kang table outside.Cao Yong walked to the side of the kang, saw that they were the bowls and chopsticks of the two, and frowned slightly: "Didn't you send someone back at noon? Tell you not to wait for me to eat, what if you are hungry now?"

Chu Yu smiled and said, "I ate some snacks at that time, but I didn't feel hungry at all!"

Cao Yong touched the kang, but it was very hot. He couldn't complain that the room was different from the past. He smiled and said to Chu Yu, "I didn't expect that the kang outside should have been burned. We can be warmer inside!"

Chu Yu didn't respond, but just nodded.Cao Yong still ate early in the morning, but now he was really hungry. Seeing that Chuyu was still standing on the ground, he went over and pushed her to sit on the edge of the kang, and sat opposite him.

These few dishes are different from the past, and two of them are Cao Yong's favorites.Cao Yong was so considerate, he stretched out his chopsticks to pick up the vegetables and put them into Chuyu's bowl: "I have asked Zijing about this? I'm a man, so what's my pick for these? In the future, you can ask the kitchen to prepare what you like. That's fine."

Chuyu remembered what Amethyst had mentioned during the day, but he would not eat white rice and shredded white things. Thinking about the past half a month, it is not true. There are also things that are dyed with beans, such as shredded chicken and bean skin, which he avoids.She didn't notice this for a while, she really shouldn't, she couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

Cao Yong saw that she didn't pick up any food, so he didn't respond. He lowered his head slightly, not knowing what he was thinking, and asked, "But bored at home alone? What do you like? If you like reading, I will ask someone to take the books in the study room in the front yard later." Pick some over here. Or just talk to Zijing, she is boring enough by herself!"

Chu Yu nodded with a smile, and ate half a bowl of the food Cao Yong picked up.Cao Yong knew that she had a small appetite, but thinking that she was growing, he forced her to eat another half bowl.

After dinner, it was getting dark, and the two maids lit the lamps inside and outside.

Because Cao Yong wanted to reply to his father's letter, he asked someone to also order the study in the east, and told Chu Yu to go over and write to his father home.

Even if the letter from his father did not arrive in the past two days, Cao Yong also planned to write a letter to Jiang Ning.Although his parents didn't ask anything about his marriage in the letter years ago, he knew that the two elders must also remember it.He wants to tell them that they have a good daughter-in-law who is gentle and well-behaved.

Cao Yong smiled and picked up a brush from the pen stand, and there was already a maid beside him who came to wait on the ink.The brush licked the ink in the inkstone, but he suddenly smelled a faint fragrance. "Red sleeves add fragrance", these four words suddenly appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help but looked up at the maid, but it was a little strange, and they were not the ones who often waited by Chu Yu's side.

It was Xi Yu who came to wait on the pen and ink. Seeing the forehead looking at her, she couldn't help but lower her head, a blush appeared on her face, when she secretly raised her eyes, she found that he was looking across the living room and looking at the west bedroom.

"The princess please come here and tell her to wear a big woolen dress!" Cao Yong ordered casually while lowering his head and writing on the paper.After not hearing anything for a long time, Fang raised his head and looked at Xi Yu suspiciously.

That Xiyu's side was like waking up from a dream, and went down in response.

After a while, Chuyu came over from the west room, not only obediently wearing a big fur cloak, but also wearing one on his hand: "The forehead is calling Chuyu?"

"Yeah!" Cao Yong nodded with a smile, and when he saw two maids coming in, he ordered: "There is no need to keep anyone here, you go down!"

Chu Yu put the cloak on Cao Yong, and Cao Yong raised the pen in his hand: "Father has written, and mother is very concerned about our marriage, but she is sad that she couldn't come. You are a daughter-in-law, write a few words too. , Say hello to your father-in-law and mother-in-law."

Chu Yu nodded cheerfully. Seeing Cao Yong holding a pen, she took the ink beside the inkstone to grind it.Where did she do this?Although he was careful, ink still splashed out.She was slightly uneasy and annoyed, and looked up at Cao Yong.

Cao Yong was mentioning Chuyu's character and appearance to his parents, so he didn't pay attention to her. When he went to dip in the ink, he found that Chuyu's hands were splashed with two large ink stains.He put down the brush, picked up a piece of rice paper and wiped it for her, but there were still faint ink marks.

Cao Yongyin asked: "Is this going to be washed first, or should I write a letter first?"

Chu Yu just said nothing.

Cao Yong felt that something was wrong, looked over and saw that although she was restrained, her eyes were red.

Cao Yong couldn't help asking his eyebrows: "What's the matter? But I miss the other side of the palace, miss your mother?"

Hearing Cao Yong's words of concern, Chu Yu couldn't hold back anymore, she nodded with her head down, and tears fell drop by drop.

Cao Yong sighed in his heart. Although he looked like an adult, he was a child after all. He pulled her over and wiped her tears while calling loudly: "Is Xiyun here?" Because Xiyun and Xicai are always They were waiting by Chuyu's side, so he remembered their names.

Xiyun came over in response to the sound, and saw that the princess was hugging the princess, and hurriedly lowered her head, not daring to look.

Cao Yongdao: "Send someone to the second gate, ask the front yard to prepare a carriage, and say that I will use it immediately."

Xi Yun went away at the sound, but Chu Yu couldn't help holding Cao Yong's sleeve: "Your son-in-law wants to go out?"

Cao Yong wrapped her in his arms: "Let's go out together! Don't you want to go to the other side of the palace? Although according to the rules, we can't go in, it's good to look outside! And bear it, it's been half a month , just endure this month!"

Although Cao Yong intends to take Chuyu to the door of the princess's mansion, he also knows that the Manchus are the most disciplined, and that will only make things difficult for Chuyu and Fujin, so he came up with this compromise.

Chu Yu hesitated for a moment, reached out to hug Cao Yong, and shook her head in his arms: "Don't bother them...Chu Yu wants to be a son-in-law!" miss.

Cao Yong couldn't help tightening his arms around her, and the distance between the two became closer: "I miss you very much, too!"

After this tossing, the letter was not in the mood to write, Cao Yong led Chuyu out of the study, passed the living room, and wanted to go back to the bedroom.In the western room, Nanny Ye was sitting on a chair, whispering something to Xi Yu, when she saw Cao Yong and Chu Yu coming in, she hurriedly got up and saluted.

Chu Yu was extremely ashamed, but she just lowered her head and did not avoid it like in the past.

Cao Yong nodded at Nanny Ye, and then said to Xi Yu, "Tell Xi Yun that I won't be leaving, and trouble her to send someone to the second door to tell you, and prepare a pot of tea to come to the upper room." , and said to Nanny Ye: "It's getting late, Nanny should go down and resettle too!"

Seeing the two holding hands, Ye Momo sighed in her heart, but she didn't move, and said with a smile: "Forehead, it's not convenient for Gege today, so I have to ask you to take a rest outside!" The maid said: "Hurry up and get some tea, and then wait for the forehead to arrange it!"

Na Xiyu agreed, bowed her head and retreated.

Chu Yu's body trembled, but Cao Yong's expression turned cold, seeing that Mammy Ye didn't speak.

Ye Momo felt uncomfortable being looked at, and said with a smile: "If you know that the forehead is sympathetic to Gege, you must know these rules!"

Cao Yong didn't pay attention to her, and led Chu Yu to enter the bedroom, Ye Momo hurriedly called out: "Forehead son-in-law, this is against the rules!"

Cao Yong originally didn't want to embarrass her in front of Chu Yu, but now he couldn't help it, and turned around and shouted: "Whose rules? When you come to this mansion, you have to follow my rules!!"

Thinking of Chu Yu's uncomfortable body, the waiters around them not only didn't take care of her carefully, but also tossed these things that hurt her eyes, Cao Yong was really annoyed, seeing Ye Momo had to say more, and scolded: "Get out!"

Ye Momo used to be a son-in-law with a good temper, but she had never seen him look cold these days, how could she have thought that he would be so fierce, she was terrified, but she backed out.

Xiyun and Xiyu just came back together, Cao Yong saw that it was the one who had just talked to Nanny Ye, so he frowned and said to Xiyun, "I'm impatient with the crowd, when I'm here in the future, only you are allowed in this room." Come in with Xicai, Zhu'er, and Huan'er!" After speaking, without looking at them, she led Chuyu in.

Back in the room, Cao Yong let go of Chu Yu's hand.Chu Yu was upset because of him.Cao Yong thought about her appearance in the study room just now when she was eating, and he was definitely unwilling to make such an arrangement in his heart. His heart softened and he couldn't bear to blame her, but he still had to say something clearly.

This night, the husband and wife had a lot of private conversations, but the content was unknown.But the next day, Chu Yu returned to her usual cheerful appearance, and ordered someone to burn the kang outside. The son-in-law was right, so the room was indeed much warmer.

*
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, Prince Ping's mansion came to Cao's mansion to report, saying that at Xu time on the [-]th (seven o'clock in the evening), nobleman Chen in the palace gave birth to a prince.

In the past, when princes and daughters were obtained in the palace, there were general rules for washing three and adding basins from the rest of the prince's mansion, and Chu Yu knew about it.But now she knew that Mrs. Chen was a cousin of Cao's family, so she was afraid that the extra bowl would be thicker, and she also needed to send some nourishing things, so she was a little undecided, and hurriedly called Zijing to discuss it together.

Zijing ordered a gift when she found out that Chen Guiren was pregnant in September last year. She immediately found out the gift list from the previous year, and asked Chuyu about the rules and regulations of Prince Chuyu's residence. The two discussed and drew up a list. .

After Cao Yong returned home that night, Chu Yu showed him the list and asked him if he wanted to add or subtract.

Cao Yong pinched the list, thinking about the new born prince, a little dumbfounded.Speaking of which, his relationship with the Kangxi family is really chaotic. This Chen Guiren is his cousin, but Chu Yu's grandma's generation; from my own side, I should call this child "nephew", but from Chu Yu's side, I should call this child "nephew". "uncle".

Seeing that Cao Yong had a strange expression, Chu Yu said that something was wrong with the gift list, and hurriedly said, "If it doesn't look right, Chu Yu can make another one."

Cao Yong said: "There is nothing wrong with the list. You drafted it yourself, or discussed it with Zijing? It turns out that Zijing handles all the courtesies in the mansion. You can ask her more."

Chu Yu said with a smile: "Of course I discussed it with Sister Zijing."

Cao Yong nodded, and said casually: "Well, then send it to Prince Ping's Mansion!"

Chu Yu was taken aback for a moment, then said after a while: "Then Chu Yu, will you enter the palace with your sister?"

Cao Yong forgot about it: "I forgot. Originally, these were sent to the palace by Laoping's mansion. You can send them in later. Go and ask my sister, and it's okay to enter the palace with her." good."

Chu Yu nodded with a smile.

*
In the past few days, most of the people in the court have been talking about the new 21st son of the emperor. Five years have passed since the birth of him and the [-]st son of the emperor. No carry.

The Ministry of Finance is naturally full of these remarks.

Cao Yong is not interested in analyzing these matters, and because he is related to the royal family and the Chen family, it is not easy to talk about this issue, so he just listens to everyone's discussion and does not say a word.

Fu Xiangong also accumulated years of qualifications for the official position in charge, and somewhat looked down on those who held high positions due to nepotism.Because of his straightforward nature, when he listened to a few small chats, he interjected a few words, and there were many sarcasms in his words.

In fact, none of the people present knew that the Chen family and the Cao family were related, but there were many eyebrows in the post. A man named Cha De saw Cao Yong's embarrassment, so he quietly stabbed Fu Xiangong.

Fu Xiangong is not a fool, he just remembered that Cao Yong also relied on his connections with the rich and powerful.He was the first to get acquainted with Cao Yong. Because he felt that Cao Yong was diligent, agile and friendly, he ignored his prominent identity background.At this moment, I suddenly thought of this incident, and couldn't help being embarrassed. The words that scolded the Chen family just now were incidental to Cao Yong.

Although Fu Xiangong came to his senses, he didn't know what to do for a moment.If he apologized, he felt that he did not say anything wrong, and he felt a little bit embarrassed. Besides, if he really wanted to apologize, it would seem that he really scolded Cao Yong as that kind of person, but it was obviously inappropriate to continue this topic.How could he pass by quietly and quietly? He was in trouble.

Cha De was quite clever. Seeing this, he hurriedly took the one-page account that had just been prepared, and presented it to Cao Yong for review.

Cao Yongyuan was not embarrassed because Fu Xiangong alluded to himself. He didn't feel that he was a son of a powerful man, and he didn't pay attention to it when he was doing errands. It was just because he was a relative of the Chen family. After hearing Fu Xiangong's reprimand The Chen family, he is not so comfortable either.

Cao Yong also saw Fu Xiangong's embarrassing expression afterwards, but he couldn't say anything, and naturally he was happy to make things right for Chade, so he looked at the account and discussed those issues.

Seeing Cao Yong's normal expression, Fu Xiangong felt relieved. It wasn't the first day he knew Cao Yong, and he knew a thing or two about Cao Yong's temper. He didn't expect him to blame him, so he laughed and said Solved those account problems.

Several people were discussing, Peng Zhu came in from the outside, and asked Fu Xiangong with a smile: "Is the account settled? Over there, we have to wait for the account to come out and distribute food for disaster relief!"

Because he was in charge of some of the grain relief work in the five cities, so asking this question meant that the distribution of grain to Fujian must be accurate.

Fu Xiangong frowned and said: "Where is the match so quickly? Why, there is an imperial decree to allocate food?"

Peng Zhu was familiar with everyone, and he was not polite, he pulled a stool over and sat down, and said: "The imperial decree has not been issued, but it has been prepared, but it is to be drafted according to the accounts that you have finally checked for losses. Food appropriation."

"I'm already in a hurry to do it." Cao Yong said strangely: "Isn't it all the first to allocate food, right in November last year? Besides, this time the pirates robbed food also happened years ago. What will happen now?" If the son is still waiting for the account to come out before appropriating the grain, how can the people bear it?"

Peng Zhu said: "Your Excellency, I don't know. It's not that the Jiangnan Division has started to check the accounts again. It probably doesn't plan to transfer grain from Jiangnan! It may be Huguang. I heard that the rain in Huguang was not good last year. I don't know if there is not much food. You have to look at the account first before distributing the food."

Cao Yong nodded, and asked again: "Master Fu still said that Jiangnan inspectors paid soldiers, and also inspected grain and grass?"

Peng Zhu smiled mysteriously, leaned his head closer, and said in a low voice: "It's not just food and grass, it's still under the supervision of the Governor of Water Transport."

Cao Yong's face remained calm, but he couldn't help shaking his head in his heart.This Kari is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, what exactly does he want to do?It stirred up muddy waters in the officialdom in the south of the Yangtze River.

Shi Dejin, who was the most open-mouthed among them, interjected: "It's just an investigation, but it's just a matter on the account. If the real thing is to be faked, it has already been done. How much fuss can we make with this disaster relief? Why bother?" It is so troublesome to adjust grain from Huguang!"

Peng Zhu snorted: "Who says it's not, it's so troublesome. But the higher-ups don't believe this. Look, the higher-ups want to investigate thoroughly? Who knows!"

Fu Xiangong smiled and said to Peng Zhu: "Your boy is not afraid of the trouble of food adjustment, but because he thinks Tu Ming'an of Huguang Division is not easy to get along with!"

Peng Zhu also smiled, shook his head and said: "He is a big trouble. But don't say him, which one is easy to get along with Huguang Division? They are all picky."

(End of this chapter)