Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 246
The capital, inside the Anding Gate, Prince Yong's Mansion.

It was nearly dusk when the fourth elder brother came back from duty in the household department.Di Fujin Ulanara ordered the servant girl to prepare food, and at the same time helped her husband change into the outer clothes.

The fourth elder brother washed his face and sat down on the kang, with a tired look on his face.Today is 25, Kangxi is watching the imperial court in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. As an elder brother with ministerial affairs, he leaves the mansion before dawn in the morning.

Seeing a plate of tangerines and a plate of bergamot on the kang table, which are seasonal tributes from the south, the fourth elder brother asked: "Sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs? Can the thirteenth brother send someone to send some?"

Ulanara said with a smile: "Master, why do you worry about this? Someone gave it away, not only the tribute from the south, but also the tribute from the north. I remember that the thirteenth brother loves roe deer meat the most, and specially asked people to share an extra portion." give him."

The fourth elder brother remembered the current situation of the thirteenth elder brother, frowned slightly, and said: "The thirteenth brother has no title, and he is not on an errand. This money may not be rich. When are you going to visit the thirteenth brother and sister? They are short of money, so send some over!"

Ulanara agreed, and the maids came in to set the meal.The fourth elder brother is not a luxurious person, and his daily diet rarely exceeds ten dishes, and it is the same today.And because he believes in Buddhism, although he doesn't taboo, he uses less meat dishes, so half of them are vegetarian dishes, and several dishes are made with bergamot.

After a busy day outside, the fourth elder brother was really hungry. He ate two bowls of porridge and half a plate of siu mai before putting down his chopsticks.

After the maids cleared the tables and served tea, Ulanara remembered something, took a gift slip from the Baibaoge, smiled and said to the fourth elder brother: "Today is another birthday gift!"

The fourth elder brother raised his eyebrows and didn't say a word. In a few days, it would be his 35th birthday, which would be considered a whole birthday, but he didn't have the intention to make arrangements.

At the Great Court Meeting in early October, Long Live decreed that the crown prince "still be deposed and imprisoned", and on the same day he was the acting general manager of Ma Qi, the former scholar of the university.So far, everyone thought that the famous Eighth Prince would be the heir apparent.Although Ma Qi is the father-in-law of the twelfth elder brother, he is the disciple of the eighth elder brother, and he can also be regarded as the backbone of the "Eight Lord Party". When he was dismissed, his brothers and clansmen were also affected and dismissed from office. In 47, Russia came to Mutual Market. Because Ma Qi was practicing border affairs, Kangxi ordered him to be prime minister, and his younger brothers Ma Wu and Li Rongbao also followed suit.

With Ma Qi being promoted to the head of the House of Internal Affairs, for a while, it seemed that the dust had settled, and the courtiers who originally planned to wait and see, ran to the Liambeile Mansion more frequently.

Unexpectedly, on the sixth day of October, the limelight suddenly changed. Kangxi issued a decree: "Ma Qi and others are in charge of the assistant leader, but I used to have the assistant leader in the yellow flag. I used to allocate it to the eighth son of the emperor, Baylor Yinhu, but now I am here, and Ma Qi and others are still in charge. Jurisdiction. All members of the clan are included in this banner. Ma Qi was originally a bachelor, and I have another order. Ma Wu, Li Rongbao, and Fu Erdun will stay in their posts and do not need to be reinstated. The remaining 37 clan members, including Zhuang Tufasheng, are all reinstated. job."

"Turning hands into clouds, turning hands into rain" is just a seemingly ordinary decree, but Ma Qi and his family, the most prominent and highest-ranking member of the family under Eighth Prince's sect, were stripped of Zhenglan Banner and taken back to the border. Yellow flag.

Those who speculated that the eighth elder brother was expected to reserve a position couldn't help being dumbfounded, even the ninth elder brother, the tenth elder brother, and the fourteenth elder brother were puzzled.And the third elder brother who has been looking forward to "Li Chang" looks calm, who knows how to make a fuss in private.

Those courtiers who were once attached to the crown prince or the eighth elder brother began to feel uncertain, for fear that they would feel that they would sin against the future prince, and they would cast a net, so they should be more diligent when walking around the favors of various palaces.

On Prince Yong's Mansion, it happened that the end of October was Prince Yong's 35th birthday. From the beginning of the first ten days of this year, gift givers began to visit the door one after another.

The fourth elder brother has always acted in a low-key manner, why would he make such a scene at this conspicuous time?He had already explained to Fujin that apart from relatives and close friends, officials with other surnames would not accept any gifts.

Although Ulanara is only 33 years old, but he and the fourth elder brother are a young couple. They have been married for more than [-] years, and they have always acted according to their wishes.I think there are some reasons for receiving the gift today, so the fourth elder brother didn't say much.

Ulanara presented the list of gifts with a smile, and said with a smile: "It's the gift from Cao Yong, the daughter-in-law of the princess, who ordered people to send it back from Shandong. It was sent together with the return gift of the full moon gift we gave earlier. Although He's not the son-in-law of our mansion, but thinking about all these years, there are all kinds of human relations! And seeing that this gift is not expensive, I decided to accept it! Looking at the list, it can be seen that he has a heart!"

The fourth elder brother took the gift list and saw that it was nothing more than four gifts such as Buddha statues and incense burners, so he nodded and said, "There is still a long way to go from Shandong to Beijing!" , it will not be so fast, it seems that it is carefully prepared.

Thinking about how Cao Yong behaved when he was in the capital, the fourth elder brother shook his head, and couldn't help laughing at himself.Looking at Cao Yong's character, it doesn't look like he wants to climb high; besides, even if he really has this thought, he should go to the house of the third elder brother and the eighth elder brother now. , bother to prepare these.

Seeing the loneliness on her husband's face, Ulanara poured him a cup of tea and said with a smile: "A few months ago, I found out that there are tea trees in the north, and I was surprised. Now drinking the tea produced here is no better than drinking tea from here." The tribute from the south! Nowadays, those who love tea in the capital are looking for someone to go through the door of a few palaces. In our mansion, because the Lord has always been strict in his actions, not many dare to fight the autumn wind. , was talked about by several old princes. Fortunately, the place is not too big, and it is controlled by these families. Otherwise, there must be someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs who wants to make this idea. Although it is only a few hectares of land, it is not worth a few Money, but also favors! It seems that Cao Erfu and the thirteenth brother are very close, but we are all in the thirteenth brother's favor!"

Cao Yong, when the fourth elder brother thinks of him, he can't help but have a slight illusion, as if the time has returned to 11 years ago, when he was a high-spirited young Baylor, surrounded by the fifteen-year-old thirteen who was talking happily.That year, his son Honghui was only five years old, and although he hadn't gone to study in the study room, he had already begun to enlighten himself.If Honghui hadn't died young, he would have been sixteen this year, and the age to marry a wife and have children.

Although the Ulanala clan didn't know the reason why Cao Yong was close to the thirteenth elder brother, the fourth elder brother knew about it, and also knew that Cao Yong's relationship with this side over the years was not based on the thirteenth side, but rather " Repay" means.

It's just that he is not a talkative person, and he doesn't expect that kindness to take back anything.Besides, when they came back from fighting Jiangnan, the emperor had rewarded their brothers with many good things.

Thinking of this, the fourth elder brother couldn't help being startled, the emperor's father treated the Cao family really extraordinary, the emperor's father is a person who loves the past and cherishes love.

*
Xicheng, Cao Mansion, Wutong Garden.

With loose hair, Cao Yong sneezed several times in a row, rubbed his nose, and said to himself: "Where is this muttering? Why is it endless!"

He set off from Jinan Prefecture on October [-]th, and arrived in the capital this afternoon.When I first started on the road, I originally wanted to rush to Seshitu's house immediately after entering Beijing, beat up the kid first, and then talk about other things; on the road these few days, I thought more.First of all, we need to verify the authenticity of the matter, and we can't just clean up Seshitu for no reason; the other thing is to know what my sister is thinking and how she is doing at Jueluo's house.

Thinking of this, he regretted it very much.Just like the parents, they are afraid that their children will be worried when they are sick, so they only report that they are okay in the family letter; on Pinger's side, they are afraid that they will report the good news but not the bad ones. In the past two years of marriage, I don't know how many grievances I have suffered?
Someone has been sent to Jueluo Mansion to find the two companions of Cao's family to find out what happened.He himself went back to Wutong Garden, took a shower, and changed his dirty clothes.

In the main room of Wutong Garden, the furnishings have already been put away and put into storage, and because it has not been occupied for a long time, it looks a bit gloomy and cold.Although there were several charcoal basins in the room, Cao Yong still felt a little too warm.

Here only the two big maids, Xi Yu and Xi Xue, and the two young maids were left to watch the yard. They were very surprised by Cao Yong's sudden return to Beijing, and they were a little confused inside and out.The water delivery was slow, the comb in the upper room could not be found, and so on.

Cao Yong is thinking about how to solve Pinger's affairs, and it is nothing to export his own bad breath. The key is to make Pinger live a happy life.If Jue Luo's life is not happy, it's nothing more than that, at worst, find her a good family.

Cao Yong finally sighed in his heart. In this era, feudal ethics have developed to the extreme, and few men are not machismo.It is not easy to find a suitable family for Ping'er.However, he can't live a lifetime of grievances because of this. At worst, let Ping'er be brought back and let her give birth and recruit a husband.

Even so, Seishtu cannot be taken advantage of. The vacancy of the deputy commander of the Zhenghuangqi Guard Army, if he hadn't been greeted by Naersu, King of Topping County, how could it have fallen on Seishtu?
Xi Yu and Xi Xue, seeing Cao Yong sitting with his hair covered, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know who should come forward to wait for him to comb his hair.

Thinking of the round-faced guard he met in Changchun Garden, who enthusiastically led the way for him, Cao Yong felt restless, stood up immediately, and told Xiyu and Xixue: "Go to the second gate and ask, Cao Zhong's family Did you come back?"

Because he wanted to take Cao Yi's face into consideration, it was not good to make a big publicity, so Cao Yong asked Cao Zhong's family to go to Jueluo Mansion.

Xi Yu and Xi Xue both leaned over and wanted to go down to ask questions.Cao Yong frowned, waved his hands, and said, "Forget it, I'll go directly to the front yard!" As he spoke, he wanted to go out.

"Forehead, hair!" Xi Yu reminded in a low voice.

After hearing this, Cao Yong stretched out his hand to touch the back of his neck, only to realize that his hair had not been combed yet.He had no choice but to stop and let Xixue come forward to braid her hair.

As soon as the braid was finished, a little girl came back to talk, Cao Zhong's family asked to see the uncle, and waited in the yard.

The niece of Cao Zhong's family happened to be Cao Yi's wife.This time I went to ask her specifically to ask questions, but at first he hesitated and faltered, and then I realized that it was the girl who sent the message early, and they were not allowed to spread nonsense to her mother's house as servants.

It is true that Saishitu accepted a housemate, and it is also true that Cao Yi had a miscarriage in the twelfth lunar month last year. There is also news that Jueluo Mansion has been looking for a second house for Saishitu in the past half a month.

The more Cao Yong listened, the colder his heart became, his face became more and more ugly, and he felt remorseful.Even though Jueluo's family took the initiative in this marriage, they would not have agreed to it without his help.But he admitted the wrong person, blinded his eyes, and let his sister suffer such grievances.

Seeing that Cao Yong was annoyed by Cao Zhong's family, he wanted to persuade him, but he didn't say much after thinking about it.Although the Jueluo family is a red belt, but they dared to neglect the aunts and grandmothers who went out of the Cao family in this way, even if they were servants, they would not be angry.

In addition to Wei Hei and Xiao Man, there were Zhang Yi and Zhao Tong who followed Cao Yong to Beijing this time.Zhang Yi and Zhao Tong didn't know the inside story of Cao Yong's entry to Beijing, and they only thought that the uncle was returning to Beijing for business.

Wei Hei had faintly heard the rumors when he was in Daotai Mansion. Because it was related to Cao Yi, he knew that Cao Yong was most concerned, so he asked Xiang Cao to ask carefully, so he knew the whole story.Xiaoman has always been by Cao Yong's side, so he also knows some reasons, and scolded the third uncle several times in his heart.

When Cao Yong held back his anger and went to the front yard, both Zhang Yi and Zhao Tong went home to see their parents and family members.The two of them are the sons of the family here, and their parents are the elderly of the Cao family.

Hearing that Cao Yong was going to Jueluo Mansion, Wei Hei and Xiao Man knew it well, and Xiao Man said: "Master, it's time to go! It's just that the master is in the south, and the uncle is not in the capital. There is no one on the mother's side Girls are the masters, they dare to bully people like this! Little ones, go greet people, and pull people from our house to let them have a look, so as not to really think that our house is a persimmon!" Then he went to shout people.

After all, Wei Hei took a long-term perspective and knew that Cao Yi's side would find it hard to be a man if the matter got serious, so he grabbed Xiao Man and said, "What are you talking about? Listen to your master!"

Cao Yong was so angry that he didn't listen to Xiao Man's words at all, and had already strode towards the stable.

*
Outside Xihua Gate, Jueluo Mansion.

After dinner, Seshitu went to the front yard to have a conversation with his mother, and then he heard the report from the porter that it was someone from the Prince's Palace of Pingjun who had come to invite him.
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