Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 210 Jing Hui
Jing'er, no, it should be Dong E Jinghui, sitting in the hall a little cautiously, with her head lowered and tears streaming down, her hands tightly clutching the handkerchief in her hand.

Cao Yong and Chu Yu looked at each other and didn't speak for a while.The matter couldn't be simpler, Dong E Jinghui is the niece of Gali of Liangjiang General Mansion, the fiancée of Li Ding's divorce.

Dong E Jinghui is two years younger than Chu Yu. She is just fifteen years old this year. She lost her parents when she was young and lives with her grandmother, Jue Luo, in the house of the eldest uncle.Of the three Karli brothers, there is only one girl, Jinghui.Although she didn't pay attention when she was a child, when Jinghui was a little older, just in time for Gali to go to the south of the Yangtze River to be the governor, somehow she begged for the grace of exemption from election, and was promised to the second son of the Li family.

When the Li family resigned due to "illness" and Jue Luo was so angry that he reprimanded his children and grandchildren in the hall, Dong E Jinghui hid behind the screen.Seeing Jue Luoshi fainted, she blamed herself and felt terrified.

Although she is the daughter of Dong E's family, but because she has no parents, and her grandmother eats vegetarian food and recites Buddhism, she doesn't care about common things, so Dong E Jinghui's life is not easy.Long before she was betrothed to the Li family, Mrs. Gali had the heart to marry this niece to the clan of her son-in-law.Gali's daughter is the Duke's wife, the mother of brothers Yuan Wei and Yuan Zhi.Since there is only this one biological girl, Mrs. Garli wanted to help her son-in-law's family.Dong E's family is a big family, and being able to marry a young lady from his family will strengthen the relationship between the two families, and will also support the future career of the son-in-law and brother.

For this reason, Mrs. Ga Li had two quarrels with Ga Li, but in the end they still failed, so the evil fire was cast on Dong E Jinghui.He didn't dare to do anything in front of Jue Luoshi, but he was very disrespectful behind his back.

Dong E Jinghui lived under the fence since she was a child, and she only had fear of this eldest aunt, and because her grandmother was old and didn't want to make her angry, she kept swallowing her anger.

The little father-in-law Yuanwei somehow heard the wind and knew that his grandmother wanted to give Dong E's "bean sprouts" to his uncle.When he knew that the "bean sprouts" was not his turn in the end, not only did he not look happy, but he became even more unwilling.He didn't dare to accuse grandpa of lowering his figure to win over the Li family, but was annoyed that Dong E Jinghui obeyed orders obediently, and would rather be married to a coated slave, Yangzi, than see his uncle's kindness.

Although Dong E Jinghui has always been hiding, she has been blocked by Yuan Wei several times over the past year.Although men and women are different, and there are elders and younger generations, he did not act indecently, but his words were extremely vicious.

When the Li family resigned, the old lady Jueluo fell ill, and Dong E's mansion was in a mess.Yuan Wei approached Dong E Jinghui again, and told her very proudly: "Bean sprouts, you understand now, don't dream of climbing the prince Fujin, it's just grandpa's words to comfort the old lady! You have been divorced like this!" , Who else would marry a decent family? Grandpa’s uncle has already married the main wife, and I will return to my grandpa and grandma tomorrow, so I will let you be my uncle’s second wife!"

Not to mention vulgar, Yuan Wei is extremely lecherous, even though he lives in the governor's mansion, not only all the maids in the room are taken away, but there are also three or two fans who came back from outside.From him, one can also see the family tradition of the Duke's Mansion.

Although Dong E Jinghui said that her seniority was a generation older than her young father-in-law Yuanwei, she was terribly afraid of him in her heart, and it was too late to hide, let alone be his little aunt.

Knowing that her aunt also had this thought in her heart, Dong E Jinghui was very anxious, fearing that they would take advantage of the old lady's illness and promise herself to Yuan Wei's uncle, so she thought of going back to Beijing to avoid the limelight at her aunt's house.After all, she was young and didn't think carefully. After she left a letter to her grandmother, she begged the girl next to her to get a servant's service and get out of the house.

When they arrived at the car dealership, Dong E Jinghui wanted to hire a horse-drawn carriage to go north, but seeing people from the Governor's Mansion coming out to look for people, she thought about going out of the city first, and fell to the bottom of the roadside slope in order to avoid the fast horses coming.When he woke up again, he was already in Cao's mansion, and he didn't know who had picked up his baggage.Originally, she was frightened and wanted to go back to the Governor's Mansion, but after going out with Chu Yu and the others for a pilgrimage, she accidentally learned that her grandmother felt that Luo Shi had gone north and returned to Beijing, so she stopped thinking about going back.

As for the identity issue, it was not deceitful before, but Dong E Jinghui knew that the Cao family was the in-laws of the Li family, and felt that she was really ashamed and unable to deal with herself, so she did not tell the truth.

Seeing Dong E Jinghui's weak and pitiful appearance, Chu Yu couldn't bear it, got up and went to her side, wiped her tears, and said, "Don't cry, you hurt your eyes carefully. I won't talk about the previous ones, and your grandmother must be too." I rushed to Beijing because I couldn't find you. How can the old man endure without hearing from you for several months?"

Cao Yong secretly scolded himself for being "confused", complaining that Dong E Jinghui's figure looked familiar, but he couldn't remember that he had seen it before. It was not a coincidence that he met him in "Zhenbao Zhai" that day.

After knowing the truth of the matter, Cao Yong was not in a hurry to send Dong E Jinghui away.After all, she has such a relationship with the Li family, and the Cao family and the Li family are one in the eyes of outsiders. If she is sent to Beijing so rashly, if something goes wrong, the Cao family is not a person inside and outside.

Although Gali is a corrupt official, the old lady Jueluo seems to be a sensible person. Cao Yong has a good impression of this "real" old man.

After thinking about it for a while, Cao Yong said: "As far as Fucha's family is concerned, we are also cousins. Since you don't want to go back to Beijing for the time being, you can stay in Yizhou first, which can be regarded as helping us! It's just the old lady Over there, I still have to write a letter to explain, so that she won't worry about you!"

Chu Yu originally wanted to persuade Dong E Jinghui to go back to Beijing with the people from Prince Chun's Mansion, but now Cao Yong meant to keep her in Yizhou. Although she didn't know what his intention was, she still smiled and said: "Earlier I just thought you were dear, but I didn’t expect it to be a cousin, so I’ll change my words in the future! Don’t be cautious, just be more casual!”

Dong E Jinghui's eyes were red, she stood up, first she called to Cao Yong in a low voice: "Cousin!" Then she called to Chu Yu: "Cousin!"

Cao Yong nodded, let Chuyu talk with her, and went to the front yard to find Mr. Zhuang.

Xiyun, Xicai and the others all came over to give Dong E Jinghui a gift, and changed their dialect to "Miss Biao".Dong E Jinghui has always been taken care of by them, how can she accept their gifts?He wanted to avoid it, but was held back by Xiyun and the others, so he received a half-respect.

When Zijing heard the letter, Dong E Jinghui refused to accept it no matter what.After a bit of tugging, in the end everyone thought it was ridiculous to go back and forth like this, so let it go.

Chu Yu heard that Cao Yong mentioned the matter of the Li family retiring, and just now saw that Cao Yong did not mention Dong E and the Li family. To the people in the mansion, they were relatives from the Fucha family, and only to Zi Jing told Dong E Jinghui's true identity.

Zijing was also very surprised, if the Li family didn't have such a thing of divorce, she would be his wife, nephew and daughter-in-law.Even the Cao family can fall into trouble, how can this look like it has no fate with the Li family?It's just that I don't know how the condition of Young Master Li's Biao is. If he can recover by luck, then this young lady has not suffered this crime in vain?

Not only Zijing thought this way, but also Chu Yu, after thinking about Cao Yong's intention to keep someone, also thought that he wanted to re-promote the marriage, so he was more polite to Dong E Jinghui.On the same day, someone changed the yard for her, and the maid and mother-in-law specially chose a few safe ones to serve her.

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Mr. Zhuang agrees with Cao Yong's safe handling.This Miss Dong E is very troublesome. In order to preserve the reputation of the Governor's Mansion, the news of the Li family's resignation has not been reported.The Li family is now quiet, and will not publicize this matter to the outside world.

The relationship between the Cao family and the Li family is not awkward, but Miss Dong E is in the Cao family. If she is not handled properly and Dong E's or Li family bite back, then the Cao family will really be wronged.

"Otherwise, write to my father and ask him to find out from the Li family again. If there is some relaxation, it is always good!" Cao Yong still did not agree with the divorce in his heart, so he said to Mr. Zhuang.

Although he was a bit confused about Li Ding's cousin, it was better than ruining Dong E Jinghui's reputation.The little girl has no father or mother, and can only live with her grandmother.If the marriage is really not going well, it is really pitiful to wait until the grandmother passes away and let the relatives dictate.

Although not a pedantic person, Cao Yong knew the persecution of feudal ethics on women.What the little father-in-law Yuan Wei said to Dong E Jinghui was not all threatening words. It is really difficult for this retired woman to find a matching marriage.Even if someone wants to climb up the Dong E family's family name, she has no parents and brothers to support her, how she will be in the past after marriage, it is still a matter of opinion.Regardless of Li Xu and Li Ding's father and son in the Li family, at least Wen Taijun and Gao Taijun are benevolent elders, and Li Xu's wife is also an extremely kind person.

Because the relationship between Cao and Li was involved, it was inconvenient for Mr. Zhuang to say more, so he nodded after listening to Cao Yong's words.

After talking about private affairs, Cao Yong mentioned official affairs and talked about the strangeness of the chief envoy Hou Juguang.Mr. Zhuang couldn't think of any reason, but thinking about Hou Juguang's background, he didn't take him seriously.

Since it is in the banner, because of the family relationship, this official is not as casual as a Han official. He is not full of the so-called Confucian ideas of "loyalty to the emperor and patriotism" and the idea of ​​"keeping his name in history". He will think more.Even if Hou Juguang really wanted to use the prestige of the chief official to give Cao Yong little shoes to wear, he had to think about the consequences.

Cao Yong thinks about it carefully, the officials in the banner that he has contacted are indeed like this, even including himself, not all think about the rise and fall of the family.Involuntarily, he felt a little ashamed, touched his bald forehead, and then pulled the braid behind him to the front to take a look.

Seeing his strange behavior, Mr. Zhuang couldn't help but take a second look: "What is Fu Ruo thinking about?" He paused and said, "Could it be that he remembered the 'hair shaving order'?" While speaking, his eyes became deep.

Although this old man treats himself as a kiss, the boss above him is Kangxi. Even if Cao Yong really thought of this in his heart, he would never admit it, and waved his hands without changing his face: "Mr. I mentioned something about 'leaving a name in history', and suddenly my heart was full of vicissitudes, thinking about the hard work in Beijing in the past few years, I don't know if my hair has turned gray!"

Zhuang Xi couldn't help smiling when he heard this, he pointed at Cao Yong and said, "Look at you, you look naughty and young, but now that you are the chief officer, it's a bit inappropriate!"

Cao Yong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he obviously told a lie that was not in tune, how could he become "naughty", but he still responded positively.

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Suzhou, Weaving House.

February 27 is the birthday of Mrs. Wen Shitai, Li Xu's mother.At this time in previous years, the Li family was full of congratulatory guests, and it was very lively; this year, although many relatives from the clan also came, the official contacts were much less.Although due to affection, those officials who received invitations also sent people to present birthday gifts, but compared with previous years, they were quite negligent.

Not only brothers Li Nai and Li Ding were upset, but even Li Xu's complexion was not good.Fortunately, the Wen family always eats vegetarian food and recites Buddhism, and rarely pays attention to these external relationships. Even if there are officials and family members, they are often entertained by daughters-in-law.She herself and Gao Taijun are two, and only gossip and listen to plays with the elders of the clan and a few relatives.

In the study of the Li family, Li Xu was sitting behind the desk, his face was a little dark, and he didn't know what he was thinking.Brothers Li Nai and Li Ding stood opposite him with their hands down, each with their own thoughts.

Li Nai is a loyal and honest man, seeing his father's face is a bit difficult, although he is also dissatisfied with the warmth and warmth of the officialdom, but he still comforts him: "Father, don't worry, it seems to be because of the "Nanshan Collection" incident in the first month. It's a little deserted. In addition, at the beginning of the month, the governor and governor will resign at the same time, so everyone thinks more and has less communication at this time, which is also true!"

Li Xu glanced at the eldest son who was already over the age, and then thought about Cao Yong of the Cao family, sighed in his heart, nodded and said: "Well, Nai'er is right, and I think the same way as a father. But today I'm a little tired and impatient to socialize, those guests outside, you can socialize for my father!" As he said, he waved his hand, gesturing for him to step back.

Seeing that his father looked better, Li Nai was overjoyed and went out to entertain the guests.

Only Li Ding, who claimed to be sick to the outside world, was left. Seeing his father's tired face, he called his servant to make a cup of new tea and brought it to Li Xu himself.

Li Xu looked at the second son, and pointed to the chair in front of the book desk: "Sit down and talk, the gifts everywhere have been counted, Jiang Ning..." Speaking of this, he pondered for a while: "Compared with previous years , is it more, or less?"
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