Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 252
Although the thirteenth elder brother was smiling, there was an indescribable and unexplainable sadness covering his body.Cao Yong frowned slightly, even if the physical disease can be cured, what about the psychological depression?If he continues to be depressed like this, can he avoid the fate of dying of illness in his prime?

The thirteenth elder brother was a little surprised when he saw his expression of embarrassment, and asked, "What? The people at the household department tripped you up and didn't send you a receipt? No, if someone else let it out, maybe someone would take tea and cool it down." Heavens, you still have Prince Chunping's mansion here?"

Where is this and where is it, but since Brother Thirteen knows these things, he doesn't seem to be a dead-headed person, so why can't he figure it out.But I can't blame him for being discouraged. The affairs of the royal family are still different from those outside. Father and son may not be father and son, and brothers may not be brothers, so it is not easy to count on others.

Besides, as a prince, he also has his own pride. If he is allowed to attach himself to any elder brother casually, it would be a kind of humiliation to him, right?As for the cold-faced fourth elder brother, the relationship between the two brothers... Cao Yong is just a bystander, and he really can't guess whether it is true love or something else.

It doesn't matter how the truth is, as long as everyone is safe in the end.Thinking of this, Cao Yong felt that he was a bit ridiculous. It was really boring for the brothers who were famous in history to worry about this.

However, he doesn't want to say more about the capital city right now, otherwise who knows which sentence is inappropriate, and if someone listens to it, he will be "resentful" or something.

Therefore, after listening to Elder Thirteen's question, he shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "It has nothing to do with the errand, it's just thinking about the rules of being an official that Thirteenth Lord said just now, and it's just a little touching! My uncle died of illness, and my father is old , Brothers are still young, so I don’t feel at ease! They all say 'loyalty and filial piety are hard to have both', hey, now I understand what it feels like!"

The thirteenth elder brother still nodded his head and listened at the beginning, but when he reached the last sentence, his expression changed.He thought it was because of offending the crown prince and angering the emperor's father that he had been negligent in the past few years, so he didn't complain in his heart.The same is the prince, no matter how noble the crown prince is, it will not be like this.

After listening to Cao Yong's nagging, the thirteenth elder brother woke up like a dream, and finally knew where he was wrong.Doing private things, being unfaithful to the crown prince chosen by the emperor's father, is "disloyal"; the eighteenth elder brother died early, and the emperor's father was sad and sick, but he...is "unfilial".

I only thought about the emperor's pampering and cold treatment, but never thought about what I should do.

The prince who has always been the most beloved has become a "disloyal and unfilial" generation, and the disappointment in the emperor's father's heart can be imagined.

Cao Yong still said to himself: "Long live God is the most generous, as long as he keeps a 'loyalty', let alone in Shandong, even if he is sent to Guangdong, Guangxi or Yunnan, I am not afraid of villains. In fact, think about it, now It's also a peace of mind, although Shandong is a bit remote, but it's clean!" Having said this, he stopped talking.There is no need to say too clearly about some things, whether you can think clearly or not depends on Brother Thirteen himself.

The thirteenth elder brother was stunned, speechless for a while, and when he woke up, he looked at Cao Yong with a little surprise.Seeing that he seemed to be complaining, and was drinking tea from a teacup, he smiled and said, "Xiao Cao, are you saying these words for your grandfather?"

Cao Yong showed a puzzled look on his face, and asked, "'These words'? What words does Thirteen Lord refer to?"

Elder Brother Thirteen looked at him carefully, but he didn't know whether it was intentional or not.In any case, after all, I brought a little gratitude.

"Teng Teng Teng Teng", following the sound of slightly hurried footsteps, the steward Zhang Fuyuan came forward to report with a little anxiety, the father-in-law came to the palace, please prepare to receive the order.

Brother Thirteen heard this, and stood up from his seat with a bang, his body was already trembling with excitement, and he said to himself repeatedly: "Someone is coming from the palace! Someone is coming from the palace!"

Cao Yong looked at the silver threads in his braids, and the flash of water in the corners of his eyes, and felt that his nose was also sore.

"Hurry up and get Master's boa robe! Hurry up and set up the incense table!" Brother Thirteen raised his voice, with an unbelievable ecstasy still on his face.

After the people below responded, the thirteenth elder brother who was at a loss noticed Cao Yong who had also stood up at some point, with a slightly embarrassed smile on his face, and said: "This... this is really too unexpected. ...for a while, Xiao Cao was a bit neglected..."

Immediately, the incense table will be placed in the hall here, and the eunuchs of the court will also go here to receive it.Cao Yong knew that he should avoid it, and said with a smile: "Master Thirteen, you are welcome. Since the angel is here, you should be busy first. Cao Yong will leave first!"

Brother Thirteen heard that he was leaving, he quickly waved his hands, and said: "It's just a matter of dealing with it, it'll be fine in a while, why is Xiao Cao in a hurry to leave? I still have something to chat with you here, if it's not too short , you go to the side hall to have a cup of tea first. Let's talk after the master finishes dealing with this side!"

Cao Yong saw that the thirteenth elder brother was sincere and didn't want to dampen his interest, so he agreed with a smile, and followed the steward to the side hall to serve tea.I was also thinking about it in my heart, and I couldn't guess what kind of decree Kangxi would have.

Since the prince was abolished, the thirteenth elder brother has also been "refrigerated" for more than four years. Even if it is the punishment for his meddling in the matter of seizing the heirloom, it should be almost the same.

Let's talk about the murder at the city gate during the epidemic last year. Even if it is not a great contribution, it is also a contribution to the country and the court.Although it is a year and a half late, it is justified to give some rewards.

Is it a title, or money?No matter what happened to the thirteenth elder brother, even Cao Yong, thinking that his situation might turn around, I was also happy for him.

At that time, the princes of the dynasty were knighted, and the lowest one was a Gushan beizi, with an annual salary of 300 taels of silver and [-] hu of Lumi.Cao Yong also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Although he has a title, the money is not much.But as long as the thirteenth elder brother gets out of the current situation, there will be more people donating money and sending money to Zhuangzi.

It turned out that Cao Yong was also worried that after the "debt" on Brother Thirteen's side was paid off in two years, Brother Thirteen might not believe the "bonus" statement. Now if the situation here improves, it will save him from making up again. lie.

It's just that there is a faint feeling that something is wrong.Over the years in Kangxi, the princes were divided into batches, and there was no time when an elder brother was singled out.Is it the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth princes who will be knighted together?But did not hear any movement before?
After about a quarter of an hour, Zhang Fuyuan, the steward, came to the side hall, but his face was not very happy, and he said with a wry smile: "Master Cao, the master feels a little unwell, and went back to the inner courtyard to rest. Send the servants to see Master Cao , please don’t blame Master Cao!”

Cao Yong was very surprised, knowing that Zhang Fuyuan was a confidant old man in Shisanfu, so he didn't want to be courteous with him, and directly asked the confusion in his heart: "But the will..."

Zhang Fuyuan nodded, and replied: "It's the Queen Mother's order to point out the two concubines to our master!"

Finger marriage!This is really beyond Cao Yong's expectation, but it should be regarded as a good thing, why the thirteenth elder brother is impatient to see the guests?It couldn't be because he was too happy, or because he was afraid that Fujin would be jealous, so he hurried to the inner house to coax him, right?
Zhang Fuyuan is not a talkative person, but he knew that Cao Yong had always treated his master with respect and kindness. Eunuch decree, is it true that there is also a decree in Dingjiajing's elder brother's house. It turns out that there is also a decree over there, and it refers to the two beautiful women who left the badge. The master's face is a little ugly. Then go back to the inner courtyard!"

Dingjiajing Daage's Mansion was the former Zhijun Prince's Mansion, and it was the mansion of Yinti, the eldest son of the emperor.In the 47th year of Kangxi, after the crown prince was abolished, the elder brother murdered the crown prince because he was fighting for the throne, and was deposed by the prince and imprisoned in the original mansion.

The once-prominent eldest son of the emperor gradually faded out of the sight of the rich and powerful in the capital. When he mentioned it occasionally, he just joked about his "dragon-tiger spirit". Not young or old.

If it were another prince's mansion, it would be a good thing to have these grandsons, but if you were born in the deposed prince's mansion that was heavily guarded by soldiers, even if you lived to adulthood, you would be nothing but an idle clan.

Piansheng Kangxi was kind to the eldest son, no matter it was the three-yearly election of the best girls, or the annual female election of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he would send a few people over there.

The thirteenth elder brother seems to be treated the same as the eldest elder brother. I don't know how disappointed and angry he must be at this moment.

Out of Thirteenth Brother's house, Cao Yong was in a heavy mood. He had said those words on the sidelines, but he also hoped that he would be able to untie the Thirteenth Brother, so that he would like to open up, and don't hurt his mind because of the gloomy.Who would have thought that this would happen again in a good way.

Grandpa Kangxi, how can I put it, after all, he is his own flesh and blood, even if he is annoyed, he can't wait to see him, just keep it cold, why bother to make such a fuss again.

Although the thirteenth elder brother has rarely left the mansion in the past two years, after all, there is no decree of confinement, even if someone dares to neglect, he still has to worry about three points after all.

Now, this refers to Shu Fujin's will, not to mention that the thirteenth elder brother thinks about the elder brother himself; even if there are other people, there must be not a few people who connect the two of them together.In the future, it is hard to say that the situation here will become more and more difficult.

What is unpredictable is the heart of an emperor!

When the cold wind blew, Cao Yong shivered, tightened his clothes, and urged his horse to go to Pingjun Wangfu.Originally, he wanted to stay in the capital to see if he could find a chance to bring Cao Yin back to the capital, but now he didn't think about it.

Kangxi is getting older, moody and suspicious, with a bit of meanness and viciousness, and his behavior is quite different from the past.When someone gets angry, it will directly kill your life; even if you leave a life, it may not necessarily be good.

Whether it is an "old child" or "menopausal", from what he has seen and heard after entering Beijing, Cao Yong can no longer see the rules of Kangxi's actions. He only thinks that he is a hammer in the east and a mallet in the west. Alleviating his own anxiety.

Treating the flesh and blood of relatives is still capricious, Cao Yong does not expect Kangxi to be able to treat his father as usual.If he really persuaded Cao Yin to go to Beijing, who knows that one day he would accidentally touch the old emperor's bad luck.

When they arrived at the Prince Pingjun's mansion, King Pingjun had not yet returned from the ministry, Prince Ping Fujin Cao Jia came out to talk with his brothers, and asked someone to bring the elder brother Fu Peng and the fourth elder brother Fuxiu to his uncle.

Fu Peng is six years old, he already talks and behaves like a royal family, and he is very polite. He will go to school next year. Whether he will go to the study or to study Buddhism depends on the emperor's order.Fuxiu is four years old, maybe because of his youngest son, he is not as well-behaved as his elder brother, with a round face, he can't stop laughing "giggling" when he talks.

Cao Jia's family and King Pingjun have always been in love, except for her two concubines before she entered the mansion, there were no other female relatives in these years.Although there are still two concubines in the mansion, but he already has two sons from the concubine, and his heart is very stable.

After the two young elder brothers greeted their uncle, Cao Jia asked her to lead them down first, and said a few words about Jueluo Mansion to Cao Yong.

She has already sent her confidants to inquire, and Seshtu is fine, and it will be fine after another ten and a half months.Of those two restless girls, one had been executed by Xi Tara's stick a few months ago; the other was beaten and sent to Zhuangzi outside the city, and died of illness last month.It seems that Xi Tara is not a foolish person, and he knows it well.

When Cao Jia talked about the death with a stick, his expression remained unchanged, and he said: "Speaking of which, it's because the elder is no longer in the capital. You and your second younger brother belong to a man's family. Although it is appropriate for Zijing to manage affairs, after all Age is limited, so I don't understand these things. These girls are not born in the family, and their loyalty is limited, so they shouldn't be chosen as dowry!"

Cao Yong is not a person with a lot of sympathy, but he is quite uncomfortable when he hears his sister speak harshly.Unknowingly, my elder sister has grown from the slightly arrogant little talented girl back then to the concubine of the county king who manages the family well.

Seeing that Cao Yong didn't respond, Cao Jia thought he was guilty and blamed himself, and comforted him with a smile: "You are a big man, how do you know that there are so many tricks in the inner house? You can't blame you for this, it's me as a sister I was careless at the time, and forgot to mention this sentence, which made Yi'er suffer all these grievances. Don't worry, my sister will pay attention to it in the future! After all, it is a small family that raises such a bastard as Seshitu; even if it is the palace Baylor Mansion, for our sake, it’s not good to neglect Yi’er like this! His old lady is a sensible person, and she will never let her son mess up again!”

(End of this chapter)