Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 238
Now, after the Double Ninth Festival, it is midnight in late autumn, with a bright moon in the sky, everything should be quiet, but the inner house of Daotai Mansion is brightly lit and full of people.

Cao Yong stood in the yard, frowning, walking up and down.When the night wind hit, the leaves of the crabapple tree in the yard rustled, and a dead leaf swirled and fell to the ground with the wind.

After returning from Jiangning, he was in a hurry to go to the Yamen of Shandong Chief Secretary of Jinan Prefecture to sell his holidays, so he didn't stop much.After taking Tian's family back to the mansion, he went north to Jinan mansion.

Being able to take care of Ningchun's widow and wait for his posthumous son to be born, Cao Yong is very grateful to God for such an arrangement, which gave him the opportunity to do something for his best friend.

However, according to what Wei Hei said, Lin Ding is different from ordinary people's cautiousness, and then contacted Ning Chun's first wife Niu Hulu's puzzling arrangement, Cao Yong and Mr. Zhuang faintly noticed something.Niu Hulu is so jealous, is it because he knows the murderer who murdered her husband and father-in-law, or knows that the other party is not a person with good means, and is worried that the other party will wipe out the grass?The answer, no one knows.

If the identity of the Ningchun family cannot be revealed, then the Tian family must have other identities, and can't they just have an extra pregnant female family member in for no reason?The child in the belly must always have a decent identity?
Cao Yong originally wanted to arrange that he was a relative of the Cao family, but considering that the Cao family was in the banner before entering the customs, the family members were all registered under the banner where they were located, so it is not easy to pretend to be a relative of the Cao family; side, too.

Mr. Zhuang not only thought of this, but also took into account Cao Yong's reputation. If he vaguely accepted a pregnant female family member into the mansion, Chu Yu could explain it clearly; .Therefore, he was very resolutely opposed to using Cao Yong's name. Next, he mentioned that he recognized himself as a niece, and the right was to be a widow and then defected to his uncle.

With this arrangement, Tian's status will not be high or low, nor will it be conspicuous.Cao Yong thinks about it too. Although most of the people in this Taifu house are brought from the capital and Jiangning, after all, there are too many people and there are one or two rice dumplings. If something goes wrong, If Tian's life is endangered, it will be too late to regret.

After all, he wanted to stay for a long time, not three or two months. Cao Yong did not hide it from Chuyu and Zijing.After all, Chuyu is a housewife in the inner house, so being honest with her is also a respect for his wife; Zijing's side is out of habit, she has always kept everything secret, and she also intends to ask her to treat Tian Shi differently, after all, Tian Shi Her life needs to be arranged by her.

Ning Chun died suddenly, Chu Yu also knew about Niu Hulu's death in red, and she once sighed deeply for the couple; she also respected Niu Hulu's fierceness from the bottom of her heart.Unexpectedly, after a few months, another posthumous Tuogu was added.Chu Yu was kind-hearted, and knew that her husband and Ning Chun had always been close, so naturally she had nothing to say; even Zijing said "poor".

In this way, in the name of Mr. Zhuang's niece, Tian was taken into Daotai Mansion.Chuyu and Zijing ordered someone to tidy up a separate courtyard, and besides Mrs. Yang's mother and daughter who accompanied Tian, ​​they also chose two proper nuns and two maidservants to come and take care of them.

Tian's original name was Yuzhi, and she was sold into Ningchun's family as a girl since she was a child.After Yuzhi was older, she was just a third-class maid who worked in the pastry house.

Seeing the beginning of the year, Ning Chun had no intention of seeing it, and it caught her eye, so she was transferred to serve by her side, and changed her name to "Ru Qiu".

Ru Qiu has been a rough envoy for over ten years, how can Qiu Niang be as affectionate and gentle?Ning Chun just regarded it as a thought, as a decoration, and did not accept her.

Coincidentally, the night before Ningchun's accident happened to be Qiuniang's birthday sacrifice, so she drank so much wine that she harvested Ruqiu.

Hearing the name and seeing Ruqiu's appearance again, Cao Yong and Zijing could guess the reason even if they didn't know what happened, so they couldn't help sighing again.

On the [-]th day of September, Cao Quan died of illness for three months, and Cao Yong wanted to move back to the main house in the "chalk room".Due to the approaching delivery date, Chu Yu returned to the main room to resettle under Cao Yong's strong arrangement as early as after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Although Cao Yong's filial piety period is still nine months away, the rules that need to be followed are not as rigid and cumbersome as the previous three months, and there are fewer dietary taboos.I don't want to, before I moved back to live, I caught up with Chu Yu's labor pains.

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Hearing Chuyu's shout suddenly came from the room, Cao Yong couldn't bear it anymore, and rushed to the corridor in three steps.Xixia and Xiyan were bringing hot water inside, when they saw Cao Yong about to go in, they were surprised for a moment and called out: "Forehead son-in-law!"

Cao Yong didn't want to say anything, just turned sideways and hit the two of them.

In the room on the west side, Zijing took Xiyun and Xicai to prepare all kinds of objects needed for the midwife, and there were two burning charcoal and copper stoves on the ground. jumped.

Because of the fear of wind during production, thick felt curtains are hung not only on the door from the middle hall to the west side room, but also on the door from the side room to the middle of the bed.

"Ah..." Chu Yu's voice was extremely sad, how could Cao Yong hold back?Nodding slightly to Zijing and the others, they rushed into the bedroom.

"Forehead?" Nanny Ye and Zhou, who followed the midwife to take care of Chuyu's delivery, came when they saw Cao Yong, and rushed over to stop him, trying to push him out: "Forehead, this is not a place where men can enter. Son, please get out!"

Cao Yong seemed to have never heard of it, and regretted it in his heart, why he didn't stick to his point of view earlier, and was easily persuaded by Chu Yu to stay outside the delivery room.He was really anxious, impatient to deal with the two nuns, and rushed to the bed.

Chu Yu's face was pale, her whole body was soaked in sweat, she looked at her husband, weak and speechless.

The other mothers and midwives in the room were all talking and tried to persuade Cao Yong to go out.Cao Yonghun didn't care, walked to the head of the bed, and said to Chuyu, "Don't be afraid, I'm here!" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and held her little hand that was holding the bed sheet in his palm.

"Forehead son..." Chu Yu murmured, his voice was like weeping, but his expression gradually calmed down.

It is not only Chuyu who is afraid, but also Cao Yong.If it wasn't in front of Chu Yu, he couldn't help but slap himself in the face, feeling very annoyed in his heart: "She is only this young, so she has to bear the pain of childbirth, and it's not all because of her lack of restraint in sex!"

Several mothers wanted to persuade them again, but Cao Yong glanced at him with a black face, and said fiercely: "I want to accompany you!" This appearance was just to cover up his fear.

For some reason, at this moment, Cao Yong's mind was filled with the scene of seeing Chu Yu for the first time on the wedding night.The mischievousness when she first lifted the hijab, the voice of "Don't you like Chuyu" at the wedding night, and the joy when the wedding candles were extinguished in the early morning of the next day.

Thinking about it, he unconsciously clenched Chuyu's little hand...

"Ah..." Although in front of her husband, Chu Yu didn't want him to worry and wanted to be strong, but the pain from below that was about to tear her apart made her unable to help but still shout.

"Big Gege, work harder, work harder..." The two midwives are both from Prince Chun's residence, so they are called according to the palace's name.

After all this tossing, Cao Yong's onlookers only felt that the days were like years, and they were covered in cold sweat; not to mention Chu Yu, who had already exhausted his strength, his eyes seemed to be closed, his mouth was breathing heavily, and his chest heaved No end, still not even the head came out.

Cao Yong only felt uncomfortable in his heart, and said to the two mothers: "This... this..."

The two nuns are skilled at delivering babies, and they said to Cao Yong with a smile: "Don't be impatient, forehead, it's less than an hour, the first labor pain, seeing that Gege's body is all good, take a breath, and try harder , the little master will come out!"

Ye Momo had already taken a piece of ginseng, came over and put it in Chu Yu's mouth, and said, "Ge Ge tried his best to give me two bites, borrowing my strength!"

Within a quarter of an hour, there was another shrill cry from the delivery room: "Ah..."

Xiyun, Xicai and others in the side room, seeing this formation for the first time, were trembling with fright. Xiyun, who had the deepest relationship with Chuyu, couldn't help but shed tears.

Zijing's heart was also beating non-stop. Touching the rosary on her wrist, she couldn't help lowering her eyes slightly, chanting scriptures silently, praying to the Buddha for the safe and smooth delivery of the mistress.

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In the main courtyard of the East Road, Mr. Zhuang was wearing a middle coat and looking out from the porch.Looking at the brightly lit lights in the main courtyard, and the occasional crying of a woman, he was also very worried.

Lianqiu has coaxed Niuniu to settle down, Xiqiu waited on Mr. Zhuang in the room, thinking he came out to wake up at night.After waiting for a long time without him coming back, Xiqiu was a little worried, afraid that he would fall or trip, after all, he was still in his 50s.

After putting on a piece of clothing on his arm and coming out holding the lamp, he found Mr. Zhuang standing on the porch. He was a little surprised and annoyed, and said, "Sir, why are you standing here? The night wind is tight!" Put on the clothes on Mr. Zhuang's body.

Mr. Zhuang laughed twice and said, "Aren't I in a hurry? This is Fu Ruo's firstborn son, and he will call me Grandpa from now on!"

After hearing this, Xiqiu didn't respond, but it touched her heart.She and her sister have been taken over by Mr. Zhuang for nearly two years, but her stomach has never moved.Right now, although the elder sister has given birth to a daughter, both sisters know the regret of the husband's childlessness.

How could Mr. Zhuang think about his concubine's worries, looked up at the crescent moon that was fading away, and the bright galaxy, and said with a smile: "Look at the sky, tomorrow will be a good day, it's good that the child was born in the second half of the night! How long will it take to see the sun, he must be a lively boy, he will definitely not be as bored as his father! After two years, when he is a little older, I will enlighten him, and I will definitely teach him a Jinshi and get out of it!" Said, said Walking and dancing, it must have been planned for a long time.

Xiqiu listened, what he said inside and outside, was what Boy Pan said, and he didn't say a word to the girl.Although I felt a little uncomfortable, but seeing that he was in high spirits, I didn't want to be disappointed, and said with a smile: "Look at what you said, the princess has golden branches and jade leaves. When the young master is born, he will be the grandson of the royal family. You still need to learn how to study hard." Ten years and 20 years, to obtain fame? Not to mention anything else, the title of master and uncle, doesn't it fall to the young master!"

"A woman's opinion!" Mr. Zhuang shook his head, and said in a rather regretful tone: "Although it is not difficult to become an official with the lingering family background, it is not as easy as that of a serious professional background! Let alone In addition, after entering the Hanlin Academy, spend ten or eight years leisurely, find an opportunity, and work in the Six Departments, and then go up to be a cabinet minister! Even if you don’t enter the pavilion, go to the local government to be a scholar , It’s easier than other officials to recruit some students! I didn’t think it at first, but now it seems that that road may be more suitable for Furuo!” Speaking of this, he sighed.

Xiqiu was confused and didn't know how to answer the words, thinking that Cao's mansion has also had Jinshi masters coming and going in and out over the years.It was in June, Cheng Mengxing, who came from the capital, was not a Jinshi, but at that time, I remember my sister asked, and the husband said that he has not been officially awarded an official, but just entered the library to study. After three years, he may be the Imperial Academy, or he may be the head of the Sixth Ministry. , but it sounds like the grade is not high.

Mr. Zhuang really expressed his feelings. It turned out that a few days ago, he had a disagreement with Cao Yong on the treatment of the "cowpox" vaccination method.

What Cao Yong meant was to find a few "pox" gentlemen, find some pox-prone cows, and then test it on livestock and livestock to see what the results are.If it can really induce pox in other livestock, then it seems to be applicable. You can directly mention this matter in the Kangxi letter, and then use the prisoners in the death row to test it. If it succeeds, the people in the world will be very lucky.

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The main courtyard of the inner house, the main house.

It's really not easy to have a baby, I don't know how others are, Chu Yu's side is not going well, it's not like what the two midwifery nuns said, just take a rest and get enough strength.

Back and forth, Chu Yu tossed and tossed for nearly two hours, stopped for a few breaths in the middle, used a small portion of ginseng, and in the end, her throat was already hoarse.

Cao Yong was beside him, so anxious that he was pulling his hair, sweating all over his body, and gradually lost his mind.

Fortunately, God was merciful, and couldn't bear to torment the young couple any longer. When the east outside the window gradually turned white, the rooster sang dawn, and finally there was a loud baby crowing in the room.

"Congratulations to Gege and the forehead, you are a young master!" The midwife held the blood-stained baby in both hands, with a smile on her face, her mouth full of congratulations.

Cao Yong didn't listen to it, and focused all his attention on Chu Yu, whose eyes were closed tightly. Seeing her motionless, he was terrified, and stretched out his hand to check her breath.It turned out that she just fell asleep, but it seemed that she was really exhausted after tossing around for most of the night.

****Dividing line****
(Jiuzhen has tried his best with regard to the birth details, but I am really not familiar with this, so please forgive me, forgive me ^_^)

In the inner house of Daotai Mansion, Cao Yong looked at Chu Yu and the little Cao in her arms, feeling inexplicably relaxed in his heart. "Master, this month's monthly ticket and recommendation ticket have been collected. Looking at the situation, it is much better than last month." Amethyst came to Cao Yong's side at some point and handed over this month's ticket. .Little Cao stretched out her hand in her swaddling baby: "Auntie, Auntie, what kind of labor is this?" Zijing hugged Xiaocao, her eyes full of doting: "My little ancestor, this one is called a monthly ticket, and that one is called a monthly ticket." Recommendation tickets are very useful, although they are not a panacea, but they are not absolutely impossible."

(Thanks to the creative breath of the wind and freedom)
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