Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 155
Zhao Jia almost vomited to death. Could it be that she was really that vicious woman who murdered her husband and heirs?As for such precautions, even Dafang intervened.

For many days, Cao Quan either rested in Baodie's room or at Feicui's side, and took better care of his concubine Cao Xiang than in the past, but he didn't like to see Zhao Jia's.

Zhao Jia wants to teach Bao Die and Fei Cui a lesson like in the past, but she can't.Except for the servants who came over as a dowry, not only no one dared to do anything, some even stopped her.Mrs. Zhao Jia was so wronged, she really didn't know that she was waiting for confinement, but in just three or two months, how could there be such changes in this mansion.

Until one night, Cao Quan didn't go to any women's room, but got drunk in the study by himself.Mrs. Zhao Jia was saving her stomach to vent her anger, so she rushed over angrily, and lost her temper vigorously.

Cao Quan didn't care, until Zhao Jia robbed her of the jug, Fang raised his head and said, "You are not worthy to be a aunt, I am not worthy to be a biological father, but I am not qualified to speak of you. It's just that you are also a mother, but How could you be so cruel!"

Zhao Jia was confused when he heard that, Cao Quan said again: "Now that I have lost a daughter, I don't want to lose another son. The fourth child will be taken care of by Bao Die from now on, I dare not bother you anymore!"

Zhaojia raised his eyebrows and raised his eyebrows, wanting to argue, but remembering that today is November 22, the day when Cao Yi left the cabinet, he felt a little guilty, so he didn't say anything more.She originally thought that after her husband sobered up, she would whisper comforting words so as to resolve the rift.Unexpectedly, until the Chinese New Year, Cao Quan still had a cold face.

She also felt a little remorse in her heart. Not only did she treat Cao Xiang better than before, but even on Lu Mei's side, she also thought about getting along well after the child was born, so as to win back her husband's heart.She has three sons and two daughters, and her natal family is not an ordinary family. Who can go beyond her?
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In Lu Mei's room, there were still miserable cries.

Cao Quan stood in the yard, sighed, feeling unspeakably entangled in his heart.He not only hoped that the child would be born safely, but also hoped that he would not suffer in the world; he wanted to let Lu Mei live, but he was unwilling to keep any hidden dangers related to the safety of the family.

Cao Quan was still sighing, but the screams inside became weaker and weaker. Under the flickering lights, people could be seen shaking in the room.Following the sound of footsteps, a woman lifted the curtain and came out, panicking: "Second Master, my aunt is dangerous, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep her!"

Cao Quan felt a "thump" in his heart, stretched out his hand to back away from the woman, and entered the room.Several women in the room came in and urged him to go out, saying that the delivery room was filthy.

Lu Mei's face was pale, lying on the bed without moving, because of the previous sweating, the hair on her forehead was sticking to her face, she no longer had the beauty and charm of the past.The arm exposed outside the quilt was also so thin that only a handful of bones remained, looking terrifying like a skeleton.

After all, they have been a couple for two months, and the love in the past is still vivid in his memory. Cao Quan's heart is also sour, and the resentment towards her has been reduced by most.

A woman fetched ginseng slices, stuffed them into Lu Mei's mouth, and kept calling.After a while, Lu Meifang woke up quietly, seeing Cao Quan, he blinked in disbelief.

Cao Quan sighed, and finally comforted him: "Don't worry, don't think about it, give birth to the child first, and then move back to the South Courtyard!"

Lu Mei closed her eyes and nodded, but she burst into tears, as if she wanted to shed all the sadness and grievances of the past six months.The woman next to him persuaded Cao Quan to go out again, and Fang said: "Auntie, grandma, if you try harder, the child will come out!"

Lu Mei opened her eyes, looked at the roof, and wanted to shout, but she really had no strength, so she only moved her lips slightly.

"Oh, aunt, grandma, this is not going to work! You have to try harder, harder!" The midwife was still chattering and persuading.

Lu Mei's tears slid down the corner of her eyes, and she reached out to touch her stomach, it was her own flesh and blood, and this was what she would rely on in the future.What is a man's favor? It's not about turning his face when he turns his face. From now on, he will take care of his children in an orderly manner, and then he will be a decent wife...

Perhaps because of thinking about the stable life in the future, Lu Mei suddenly felt that she had gained a lot of strength. She grabbed the quilt fiercely and shouted with all her strength. There was only one thought in her mind, which was to let the child in her belly Came into this world peacefully...

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the Cao family had another young lady, but she was born with a poor fortune and lost her mother.

Hearing the letter, Mrs. Zhaojia breathed a sigh of relief, and wanted to raise the concubine daughter to show her virtuousness, but she failed.

In the inner courtyard of the weaving mansion, in Gao Taijun's room, looking at the baby girl who was as weak as a cat in the cradle, Gao Taijun chanted "Buddha's blessing", thinking of the child's biological mother, his eyes turned red.

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The capital, the government office of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

After finishing the errand of the Fujian pirates losing accounts, Cao Yong helped Peng Zhu to transfer food from Huguang for a few days. What happened to the so-called "Huguang Division is the most troublesome".

The people in the Huguang Division are very different from those in the Fujian Division. Not many officials were sold out in September last year, and most of them were officials who had been in the Ministry for many years.Most of these people are veterans. There are almost no real people like Fu Xiangong and Peng Zhu.In addition, the internal factions are very complicated, and there is constant friction between them, so it is conceivable that the work is procrastinated.

And Tu Ming'an, the chief officer, is the big trouble among this group of troubles.On the one hand, because some backstage people have higher eyes than the top, he looks down on those who are lower than his official position and the style of writing. On the other hand, he is an extremely demanding person. When the account arrives at him, he always picks and chooses. He has to pick two mistakes for you and send you back to work again. There are very few times when something is passed happily.

Peng Zhu is 120 people who are not willing to deal with Tu Ming'an. He was patient in the first few days, but later he didn't have a good face. Although he didn't dare to confront the official directly, he would come back and close the door every time he got angry. To vent some curses.Until Cao Yong came, he was freed.

Cao Yong doesn't talk much, but he thinks quickly, and he often gets to the point in one sentence. People from Huguang Division want to chat with him, but they are often abducted to the point after two or three sentences.Want to do something?But there is no way!

And because Cao Yong's stacks of identities are there, no one dares to offend him, even Tu Ming'an is very polite to him, and there is no embarrassment in the accounts.

After Peng Zhu found out about this, he recited a few words of Buddha, and then pleaded with Cao Yong that he would send money to Tu Ming'an.

Naturally, Cao Yong knew his little ones, but it was true that his own horses were more efficient than others' horses, so he took advantage of the situation.Peng Zhu thanked him without a word, and promised several more banquets.

On this day, when Cao Yong was making accounts with Peng Zhu, a small official came to invite Cao Yong, saying that Shi Shilang had an invitation.

Cao Yong is a little strange, this servant Shi is Shi Wengui, the uncle of the princess, who was reprimanded by Kangxi as "weak and incompetent" in November last year, and changed official positions with Shi Shilun, becoming the right servant of the household department.Shi Wengui took office quietly, and since then has been very low-key, without any action, as if depressed.Cao Yong almost forgot that there is such a person in the household department, and now he really doesn't know why he is looking for him.

When Cao Yong walked towards Shi Wengui's courtyard, he saw Li Qichang coming out of it, his face was livid, his brows were tightly locked, and his expression was displeased.Seeing Cao Yong, he was obviously taken aback, and then seemed to be lost in thought.Cao Yong bowed his head in the past to salute, Li Qichang politely helped him up, and then left quickly.

Cao Yong frowned slightly, could something have gone wrong, this is the level of accountability from top to bottom?He was confident that the accounts he had recently handled were all fine, and he couldn't figure out what was wrong for a while.

Shi Wengui was scolded by Kangxi as "weak", but this body image is not weak at all.He has a slightly fat body and a square face. Because of his old age, the flesh on his cheeks is slightly swollen, which makes his whole face look very stern.Even though he was all smiles, it wasn't a good look to watch.

When Cao Yong came in, Shi Wengui put on such an expression that he felt very amiable, but in Cao Yong's eyes, it was a sinister appearance with a superficial smile.

Putting aside his expression, Shi Wengui's words were quite gentle. He first asked a few words about how the errands were doing, and then praised him for assisting the Fujian pirates in losing their accounts. Unlimited".The substantive words were sent Cao Yong back without saying a word.

Cao Yong was baffled and thought for a long time but couldn't figure out why.He inquired insinuatingly that Shi Wengui only saw him and Li Qichang that day, and never saw anyone else. After Li Qichang returned from Shi Wengui's side, there was no other abnormality except for his solemn expression, and he did not re-examine any old accounts that had gone wrong. , Still continue to do the errands of Tianjin Customs at hand.

Cao Yong didn't bother to think so much. If Shi Wengui had a plan, he would eventually reveal his clues.Although he is the uncle of the crown prince, Cao Yong has nothing to fear. The life of the prince is not easy now, and even these dignitaries who have a relationship with the prince are all honest and tight.Even if Shi Wengui wanted to plot something, he still had to weigh the weight, and he probably wouldn't take him lightly.Therefore, Cao Yong returned to Peng Zhu's office and still dealt with the allocation of food for disaster relief.

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The new courtyard cannot remain without a name. After discussing with Chuyu, Cao Yong and Chuyu compared the name of the original courtyard, and finally named "Wutong Garden".Thinking of waiting for the weather to be warmer, planting two sycamore trees would be a good idea.

Due to the incident of "connecting the house" a few days ago, Cao Yong was a little worried about Madam Ye, so he entrusted Chuyu to Zijing and asked her to take care of her more every day.

Zijing also liked Chuyu at first, and she became closer to her, but she was afraid that she would be bored, so she came to Tongyuan more frequently every day.But some people are happy and some are worried.Zhu'er and Tweety have many mistresses, and there are seven or eight maids who are not inferior to them, so they have no confidence at all. Amethyst's frequent visits can make them feel like "multiple backbones" .

The ones frowning worriedly were naturally Nanny Ye and Xi Yu.Because of Xiyu's good looks, King Chun Fujin didn't want her to accompany her as a dowry at first, but he was still persuaded by Aunt Guerjia and Aunt Esuli, originally to guard against Amethyst here.

According to what the two of them said, although there is no maid on the forehead, it may be because they don't understand the situation.After getting married and knowing the love in bed, which man can resist the temptation of beauty?Although Zijing is a few years older, she is young, good-looking, and has the affection of serving her for many years, and she is gentle, courteous, and considerate.If such a woman is allowed to be a concubine, I am afraid that even Ge Ge will have three points of scruples.

Xi Yu is better-looking, but she is a servant of Prince Chun's mansion, and her father, mother, brother and sister-in-law are all working in the mansion there, so can she still fly to the sky?Besides, she is smart, so she naturally knows the stakes, so she dares not overstep.It's better to use the dowry maids from the Wang's mansion as the housekeeper than the few from the Cao's mansion, and save some ignorant ones, making Ge Ge sad when they make trouble.

Chun Wang Fujin listened to these persuasions, and then followed the two of them, and handed Xi Yu and other four maids to Ye Nanny, and explained again.

Grandma Ye treats this grandma like her own daughter in her heart, and the pain is tight.These days when Gege got married, because her forehead loves to be quiet, no one stays in the house overnight, and she doesn't know how the two masters' sex is going.She asked Princess in private, but the bride was shy and refused to answer.

When it was Gege Xiaoyue, according to the rules, couples were required to sleep in separate beds, so Mother Ye wanted to arrange for Xiyu to wait on her son-in-law, so that she could set the room as a roommate early, so as to avoid complications.I didn't expect not only to annoy the forehead, but even Ge Ge complained to her a little bit, I was already very annoyed, and seeing Ge Ge and Zi Jing getting very close these days, I was worried and anxious, but I couldn't say it out, Only [-]% of the spirit is on guard, for fear that Ge Ge will suffer a little loss.

This day Zijing came to Wutong Garden to discuss with Chuyu about celebrating Cao Song's birthday.For Cao Song's birthday on the 25th of the first lunar month, the clothes, shoes and socks were already prepared, and the only thing missing was the birthday wine.Because Cao Song loves to be lively, last year he also invited an opera troupe back, so Zijing told Chuyu, and then discussed whether to invite some relatives and friends, and have a day of drinking.

This was Chu Yu's first time hosting a banquet after her marriage, so it was natural to plan carefully.The two discussed the list of female guests, in addition to the two aunts, there were also Bao Yagege, the wife of Zhaojia Mansion and several other female relatives who often walked around.However, the outsider asked Cao Yong and Cao Song brothers to draw up.

Although Chu Yu is one year younger than Cao Song, she is the eldest in her natal family, and has many younger brothers and sisters, and because of Cao Yong, she regards Cao Song as the same as her younger brothers in her heart. style of pie.Seeing Chuyu's solemn words, Cao Song also accepted his usual casualness, and was very docile in front of this little sister-in-law.But after Chuyu left, he often sighed to Zijing: "It's really 'not a family, don't enter the family', this little sister-in-law speaks sullenly, she really looks like my brother!"

Because after celebrating Cao Song's birthday, it will be the 26th of the first lunar month, and Chu Yu has been married for a full month. According to the rules, she has to go back to the palace to "live in the opposite month".At that time, Cao Yong will also follow the past, the clothes he brings, and the accompanying attendants must take care of them in advance.After discussing Cao Song's birthday wine, Chu Yu and Zijing discussed this matter again.

Xiyun brought tea, just in time to hear Chuyu and Zijing mention who they brought back to the palace to serve on the 26th, they couldn't help whispering: "Gege, don't forget the 'sick' one in the back porch!"

She was Chu Yu's personal maid since she was a child, so she naturally focused on her master's side, and she was quite critical of Ye Momo's arrangement of a room for the forehead.Gege, with golden branches and jade leaves, and such a good-looking appearance, do you still need to rely on the girl to keep your husband in a cage?Besides, the son-in-law really loves Gege, the two of them are in a strong relationship, how can it be the turn of outsiders to be troublesome?

The one who is sick in the back porch naturally means Xiyu.

Now Xi Yu is in a very embarrassing situation, Cao Yong said that night "there are many people who are impatient", who didn't know that she was talking about her?Even the other maids, who couldn't see her carelessness, laughed behind their backs.And because of her, everyone was tabooed by the forehead, and there were a lot of sarcastic remarks.

Although Xiyu was born in Baoyi, she was grown up pampered by her parents. If it wasn't for Aunt Guerjia and Aunt Ersuli who selected someone in the name of Fujin, she would not have come to marry.

Xi Yu is a smart person, through the explanations of several nuns, she knows the mission of her housemaid, but she is also sincerely willing to serve Ge Ge and her son-in-law.Originally, she still felt aggrieved. What woman doesn't want to find a good husband and be a flat-headed wife?After entering the Cao Mansion, seeing the appearance and character of the forehead, and seeing his pity and love for Ge Ge, he resigned to his fate.Unexpectedly, before he got close, he would arouse the disgust of his father-in-law, and he was afraid that he would blame Gege's grievances on her.She is not that shameless person, she hides in the back porch room when she is sick, and rarely comes to the front.

Hearing Xiyun's words, Chuyu felt a bit embarrassed.Although Xiyun persuaded her several times, telling her to send Xiyu away as soon as possible, but after all, she came here as a dowry, so where can she send her away?Xi Yu has grown better, and she hasn't done anything wrong, so it's unfair to treat her that way.

Foreboss loves him so much, but he has to put on such a jealous face, it will tarnish his name, it is really abominable, if he behaves like that, I am afraid that he will look down on himself too.Thinking of this, Chu Yu smiled and shook her head at Xi Yun.

Xiyun knew that Gege was soft-hearted, so she sighed in her heart and looked to Zijing for help.Zijing also knew about Xiyu, but her status is not suitable to say more about the things in this yard.

(End of this chapter)