Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 240
Capital City, Dongjiang Rice Lane, Chunjun Prince's Mansion.

Chunwang Fujin and Chuanfujin Nala's family are preparing the gift list, because they received the good news that Cao's family came back from Yizhou, knowing that Chuyu had added a male on September [-]th, Chunwang's mansion is really happy.

The king of Chunjun specially confessed that he would buy a generous full moon gift and a hundred-day gift for his little grandson.The Hundred Days Ceremony is okay, it will be in the twelfth lunar month, there is still time to prepare slowly, but the Full Moon Ceremony has to be done quickly, even if it is a quick trip from the capital to Yizhou, it will take half a month.

It has been a long time since the mansion was established, and there has been a long-established rule that all princes and princes in the capital will go to the residences to pay ceremonies, just like the fourth elder brother's first birthday in Prince Yong's mansion in August. .A few days ago, the gift of the sixth elder brother from the Tang Jia family of the Fujin on the side of the Yuqing Palace for a hundred days was a bit thicker than that of the Prince's Mansion.

Chuyu's side was different, it was Gege from her own family, so the congratulatory gift should be heavy and practical.

Just as Er Gege and Wu Gege came together, one was fourteen and the other was twelve. Although they were not tall enough, they still looked like big girls.Especially Er Gege, although she looks somewhat similar to her elder sister and has a gentle appearance, her speech is very sharp.

After greeting Fujin and Fujin, Er Gege smiled and said: "I heard that Er Niang prepared a gift list for the eldest sister, but the daughter and younger sister can't sit still, and have already prepared things for the little nephew!"

Although Er Gege and Da Gege have the same mother and were born of the Nala clan of the side Fujin, but when King Chun Fujin and the Nala clan were both present, the "Emiang" was called the aunt.

Chun Wang Fujin put down the list in his hand, and said with a smile: "Look, little Tianyou is really lucky. The gift from the two aunts here is naturally not an ordinary thing. Tell me, what did the two of you little sisters buy? Baba to offer treasures?"

Both Ergege and Wugege were a little embarrassed, you look at me, I look at you, in the end Ergege took a foot-long pear wooden box from the maid who accompanied him, and put it on the kang table,
King Chun Fujin opened the box, saw the items inside, couldn't help laughing, and said to Nalashi: "Come and have a look, these two little sisters have prepared a lot!"

Nalashi leaned over to look, and there were several kinds of colorful things inside.A palm-sized cloth tiger, with black blue muslin as the base, with patterns embroidered with silk thread in crimson purple, pomegranate red, autumn fragrance, green onion, pine flower, crab shell green, and ivory white.

A pair of fist-sized hydrangea, one is red, various pieces of silk cloth cut into triangular pieces are sewn together according to the transition of color shades, pink, pink, begonia red, silver red, scarlet, bay red, carmine, etc. Then at the joints of the three pieces of cloth, there are nets of willow yellow, tender green, bamboo green, green onion and other colors, and a silver bell the size of a thumb is strung in the middle of the net, which rings crisply when you move it lightly; The hydrangea is green, and the style is the same as the red one, except that the netting on the top is red.

There is also a pair of auspicious knots made of crimson wool, with inch-long silver longevity locks hanging from them, which look delicate and lovely.

The things are good things, and it's okay to give these to the children, but just looking at the color of the fabric, and the embroidery thread on it, they all look familiar.Chunwang Fujin thought he had noticed it too, covered his mouth with a handkerchief, and smiled lightly at the two little princesses.

The two Gege were so ashamed, they got up and said goodbye to the two Fujins in a low voice, and then flew down.

Only then did King Chun Fujin and Nalashi laugh aloud, Nalashi was okay, while chuckling lightly, he picked up those small things and carefully looked at the female red embroidery on them.

Chun Wang Fujin laughed until tears came out, wiped the corners of his eyes gently with a handkerchief, and said to Nalashi: "I thought they were grown-up girls, and they have also learned a little about female red needlework in the past few months. Come on, but they are still children! I can't blame the two sisters who are the most impatient female celebrities, and they can still learn to be honest these days. They are all buying these little gadgets for the nephew!" Speaking of this, he paused, his expression frowning. There was a wry smile on the face: "That year, I was going to marry the Cao family. I was wronged for Da Gege, thinking that Da Gege was the eldest daughter of the master after all. The number is too low. Looking at it now, I still have a higher level of knowledge, so I should envy you for your good fortune!"

Knowing that Chunwang Fujin was worried that the five-compartment she produced would be the fate of marrying Mongolia, she advised: "Don't worry too much about Fujin, after all, she is the granddaughter of the emperor, and not all of them will be sent to Mongolia. Ergege, don’t point it out to Jingli!”

Chun Wang Fujin smiled lightly and said: "Isn't it? Besides, she is still young. Although the daughters-in-law of various palaces come in early, not many Ge Ge go out early. Like our big Ge Ge, who gets married on the [-]th, or It's too early! Amitabha, I was worried about unfavorable births, but now it's so smooth!"

Nalashi smiled, but his mind was thousands of miles away, not knowing what was going on with his daughter and grandson.

When mentioning the marriages of the royal residences, King Chun Fujin said: "There will be a draft within two months. Eldest brother is 16 years old. I wonder if he will be pointed out this time? Should we also pay attention to it first? Forget it, there's nothing to choose; if it's the main room, it's better to have a good family and appearance! It's not convenient for me to ask here, after all, you are the elder brother's mother, chat with him and see if you see A girl with good eyes, who knows everything, is better than someone who has never seen it before."

This remark was nothing at first, but I couldn't help thinking about it, it seemed to mean that Hong Shu had behaved improperly and was suspected of secretly forming an affair.Nalashi was upset, but he still smiled and said: "Fu Jin is really joking, he likes to wield swords and guns all day long, how could he think about these things? As the eldest son and elder brother, if Hongshu makes any disagreements The matter of status, not to mention how the palace is, even our lord can't spare him. There is a lord in this mansion, and these little ones, they can't learn to be rich!"

Hearing the words "eldest son and elder brother", King Chun's expression became a little stiff.In July, the fourth elder brother Hongxin "had acne", which was very dangerous.Apart from Lord Chun and Nala's family who look after him day and night, even Hongshu looks like the eldest son and elder brother.Not only took shifts with his parents to take care of his younger brother, but also assisted his father in taking care of some housework, which was rewarded by King Chunjun.Hong Shu didn't care about it, he still told his brother some stories about "generals" and "knights" by his bedside every day, encouraging him to get better soon.

Originally, I thought that the fourth elder brother was in danger, but under the general care of the whole family, he gradually recovered.The elder brothers became more and more brotherly, and even King Chunjun paid more and more attention to Hongshu.Chunwang Fujin felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and it was the same with the talent show at the end of the year. He was afraid that the palace would point out a daughter-in-law with the highest family status, and then the sixth elder brother would have no chance to compete with the elder brother for the position of the son.

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For the full moon ceremony, a long life lock made of silver or jade is usually given.Although thinking that other mansions also have these things, Cao Yi still prepared meticulously.

For the silver piece, the steward was sent to the silver building to make two pairs according to the most fashionable exquisite style in the capital.For this piece of jade, I picked a piece of good seed material from the dowry and made a pair.Xi Tara added another pair.

With these four pairs of longevity locks, plus two jackets and two padded jackets sewn by Cao Yi himself, the full moon ceremony is complete.In addition, I also prepared some supplements, medicinal materials and Beijing-style food for my brother and sister-in-law.

Although compared with Chunping Prince's Mansion, their etiquette seems to be thin, but Cao Yi knows that brothers and sisters-in-law don't care about these things.She just acted according to her heart, and the affection inside was genuine, and she was no less than others.

Because Yizhou is thousands of miles away from the capital, it is inconvenient to go back and forth, so most of the gifts sent there are sent to the Prince's Mansion in Pingjun, and then the stewards there make a special trip to Shandong.

Although I hadn't seen Ping Wang Fujin for more than half a year, and I missed him very much, but because it was the mourning period, it was difficult to go out casually, so Cao Yi wrote a greeting letter to his sister, and sent the steward to send them along with these gifts.He also thought of Cao Ying, the elder sister who married into the Sun family. Although the two sisters have been together for many years, perhaps because of the seven-year age difference, they are very unfamiliar with each other.

It was after Cao Ying came to Beijing that she learned that Cao Yi was her half-sister from the Cao Jia family in Fujin when she accompanied her husband to pay a visit to the Prince of Ping County.She wanted to talk to her husband, Sun Jue, but she knew that he was the most rigid, and had always been a little bit slanderous towards her father-in-law for "not being a good husband". If she knew about Cao Yi, she might look down on her natal family even more.Therefore, I didn't talk too much, I thought about finding a suitable opportunity, and then told him.

After attending the banquet in the Cao Mansion the next day, Sun Jue returned to his home and started arguing.The eldest cousin Cao Yinquan wanted to seduce his heart, the eldest daughter of the big house entered the palace, and the eldest son married the princess. She was just a wild girl picked up, and she was sent to the capital to curry favor with the rich and powerful.Afterwards, the eldest cousin's health was not good, and after gradually losing his sacred heart, he was still reluctant to let go of the power in his hand.The Li family did some errands originally to help him, but the big cousin "measures the belly of a gentleman with a villain's heart". I don't know what tricks they used, so tired that the Li family was reprimanded by the Long Live Lord, and ended up in a bad state. Inside and outside are not people.

Although the ignorant people in Cao's mansion in Jiangning regarded Cao Yi as Li's cousin; but the Sun family knew that Cao Yi was the orphan who saved Cao Yong back then.Sun Jue's eldest sister is the wife of Li Xu's eldest son, Li Nai. As early as in the 40th year of Kangxi, when Li took Cao Yong and Cao Yi, who was still "Ping'er", she had met her through Suzhou, so she knew the inside story.

Perhaps it is precisely because both the Sun and Li families think they "know" Cao Yi's "origin" and know that they are not from the Cao family's blood. This "Third Miss".

After Sun Jue arranged Cao Yinquan's desire to seduce his heart, he said that although the eldest cousin was the head of the family, his behavior was too unfair, and he neglected the second nephew.Cao Song is [-] or [-] years old, and he has no serious fame and marriage.The eldest son's son was sent to the capital when he was fifteen or six, and he was a fifth-rank third-class guard at the beginning.Comparing the two phases, it is really hard to see.

Although Cao Ying's personality is a bit cowardly, but influenced by her father since she was a child, she respects her uncle and aunt the most, so she can't understand her husband's belittling.Not only did he say a lot of good things about his uncle and aunt, but he also said about Cao Yi's life experience, inside and outside the words, and even thanked the two elders for taking care of the concubine sister.

These "good words" caught my ears, and Sun Jue couldn't help snorting twice, saying: "You have long hair and short knowledge, you are a woman, what do you know? I can't blame my uncle for hiding the life experience of the third sister like this It's tight, even close relatives like us don't know it. Thinking about it, I already have the idea of ​​clinging to the powerful! Although Prince Ping's mansion is prominent, it is just a royal mansion, so what can we do? There is Wang Concubine in the house, and only the Cao family, relying on the aunt and grandma to take care of the Lord Long Live. Now that the aunt and grandmother have been gone for these years, what else can the Cao family rely on? Uncle Bao Buqi has this idea and thinks Use the third younger sister to exchange for the rich and powerful! The third younger sister's appearance... is justified! Even if she can't enter the harem, it's okay to be assigned to a prince as a concubine! Belt, the grade is not high!" At the end, it was full of sarcasm.

Cao Ying was dumbfounded when she heard this, although she faintly felt something was wrong, but her husband's words were so convincing that no one could refute them.

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Yizhou, Daotai yamen, inner house, main courtyard.

When Cao Yong returned to the room, Chu Yu was sitting on the kang, holding Tianyou and breastfeeding.Seeing her husband coming back, she was very embarrassed, turned her body slightly, and wanted to fasten the front skirt, but Tianyou was eating well, making it unbearable to stop breastfeeding.She hesitated, glanced at her husband, then at her fleshy son, unable to make up her mind for a moment.

Cao Yongyuan didn't care, seeing Chuyu dodging, he realized that his son was breastfeeding and sitting on the edge of the kang, so he couldn't help but take a second look.There is some fever on the body, this counts as days, the husband and wife have not been intimate for a long time.Looking at Chuyu's body, after all, it is because of childbirth, it feels more and more round and smooth, it really makes people want to hug and kiss.

"Forehead son-in-law!" Seeing him staring at him like this, Chu Yu couldn't help but blushed and blamed.

Cao Yong stretched out his hand, pinched his son's face, couldn't help but pull Chuyu, kissed him twice, then sighed, and said: "When you are out of confinement, I will go to cover up because of business. Yin, when the time comes, the mansion will ask you to take care of it!"

Chu Yu calculated in her mind that her son was full moon on the ninth day of October, and there was still more than half a month left, and it would be cold by then, so she persuaded her, "You don't have to worry about Chu Yu, if you have to go, you can go there while it's not winter yet. , wouldn’t it be cheaper to go there!”

Cao Yong shook his head: "I'm so busy that I can't wait for this half a month. You have suffered a great crime for God's blessing. If I can't even accompany you during confinement, then what kind of husband is I?"
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