Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 319
This is the second time Cao Yong went to Rehe with his retinue, but his feeling is different from the last time.

Looking up, looking at the plaque with gold characters on the blue background, the four traditional Chinese characters of "Summer Resort" are written from right to left, Cao Yong can't help but have an illusion, as if he has returned to hundreds of years later.

I heard the sixteenth elder brother next to me say: "This is written by Huang Ama in the summer of the previous year. At the beginning, 36 scenes were delineated. It seems that they have been built this year. Let's go shopping!"

Shengjia left Beijing on the [-]th day of the fifth lunar month and arrived in Rehe today. The princes who accompanied him included three princes, eight princes, nine princes, fifteen princes, sixteen princes and seventeen princes.

Cao Yong, as the minister of Taipusi, traveled with the emperor, and together with Luan Yiwei, was responsible for such chores as Kangxi changing sedan chairs.

After entering the garden, Cao Yong and the sixteenth elder brother walked, and stopped for a while when they saw the beautiful scenery.Although the brand of the Summer Resort and the names of the 36 scenic spots were drawn up just the year before last, some buildings were built successively in earlier years.

After seeing a few places, the two talked by the lake.

Seeing no one around, Elder Sixteen said to Cao Yong: "Furuo, why did you offend Brother Fourteen? I saw that he was very dissatisfied with you."

Cao Yong listened and remembered the complicated look on his face when he asked about Ning Chun at Yongqing's house that day.Brother Fourteen, is that really you?He recalled the past three years ago, and asked, "Master Sixteen, do you still remember Prince Wuliji?"

"Sir Uliji?" Elder Sixteen thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Well, I remembered, he is the son of Zhu Muqin and Shuo Chechen Prince Seden Dundob, who lived in Kara two years ago... the year before last. The one whose head was cut off in the Qinxing Camp! Why do you think of him..." At this point, he couldn't help but open his eyes and asked, "Why do you think of him... Could it be... Brother Fourteen..."

Cao Yong shook his head and replied: "There is no evidence, I just suddenly thought of Brother Fourteen. Perhaps, his influence is greater than we imagined, and those two elder brothers are not the only ones who want to seek a big position."

"Both are Huang Ama's sons, even if he has that kind of thought, it's normal, but he usually follows behind myna's buttocks, but he doesn't look like a mountain." Elder Sixteen replied: "Brother Thirteen these years It was quiet, but it gave him an advantage. The concubine De concubine was able to talk in the palace, and there were quite a few people who curry favor with him outside.

"The matter of Uliji's son being killed that time, both the second elder brother and the eighth elder brother were left behind. If the third elder brother had such a talent for strategy, he would not..." Cao Yong stopped here. Living.Thinking of one person, the fifteenth elder brother who is usually the most unobtrusive and unobtrusive among the princes.According to the information he found, the fifteenth elder brother is somewhat close to the third elder brother, and has a good relationship with the fourteenth elder brother.

Brother Sixteen smiled and said: "I also thought it wasn't him, don't look at his age, just look at the things he did. The fourth brother was raised in Tong Niangniang's palace since he was a child, and he believed in Buddhism under the influence of his empress. This is a well-known thing. The third brother jumped up and down a few years ago, no one knows what his ambition is, but now he pretends to be interested in landscape learning, but he is just deceiving himself and others." Speaking of this, touched Rubbing his chin: "Brother Fourteen...has always been running to the army frequently, it's him if he can't keep up..." Speaking of this, he frowned and said, "If that's the case, then everyone really underestimated him!"

Cao Yong vaguely remembered that the eighth elder brother lost Kangxi's favor and was completely depressed. The fourteenth elder brother took over the "Eight Lord Party".It seems to be a "killing eagle" or some eagle incident.The eighth elder brother paid tribute to Kangxi with a sea dongqing, but he didn't know whether it was dead or dying. Anyway, he violated Kangxi's taboo, so he reprimanded the eighth elder brother more.

The fourteenth brother thinks that he is not pleasing to the eye, but because he helped Yongqing hurt his face through his relationship, or because he is the person behind the "killing of the grassland prince" and the "Qianmen bombing", that's why he treats him. Cao Yong dissatisfied?

Although the following days are only more than forty miles a day, because he is always on the horse, the sixteenth elder brother is also tired.He rubbed his neck, and said: "I've been on the horse for a few days, my body is stiff, I'll ask Yuehua to rub it when I go back later!"

Yuehua is the court lady that Cao Yong saw in Changchun Garden two months ago, and she is somewhat similar in appearance to Brother Sixteen's side Fujin Li.The house has been taken over by the sixteenth elder brother and has become the sixteenth elder brother's concubine.This time the sixteenth elder brother was accompanying him, and the Li family was pregnant and was waiting to give birth in Beijing. The female family members who came with them were the Sixteenth Fujin Guo Luoluo family and the newly-acquired Liao family Yuehua.

Cao Yong stood by the lake, only to feel that the summer heat disappeared completely.After hearing Elder Sixteen's words, he couldn't help feeling envious.He is a courtier, and he is on a business trip with a retinue, not to mention a daughter-in-law, even a maid who combs her hair can't take her with her, she can only take a few accompanying servants.

However, even if he was allowed to bring his family, Chu Yu couldn't get away for the time being.At the beginning of May, Cao Yong received a letter from Cao Yin and his wife, knowing that Zhao Jia and Cao Song set off from Jiangning on April 25 and had already gone north.At the same time, Mr. Zhuang's reply letter also arrived, saying that he packed up and left for Beijing in the near future.

The second-bedroom aunt and several cousins, as well as Mr. Zhuang's Tian's mother and son, must be properly settled in the mansion.All these matters depended on Chuyu and Zijing's discussion.

Mrs. Zhao Jia is the elder, but because the main courtyard Lanyuan is the residence of Mrs. Li, he can only clean up another yard.Then, according to the furniture and contents of Lan Yuan, tidy up the house.

Not to mention Cao Song, even Cao Shuo and Cao Xiang are both half-aged and not young.How the brothers settled, the yard and the house had to be repainted and tidied up.

Tian's status is special, and he is a widow. The house should not be too fancy or too deserted. This needs to be done properly.

There are also the servants who came with the second bedroom, these people who came back from Shandong, after careful calculation of the population, this mansion is not spacious.Now I live in the house left by my great-grandfather and grandfather. Even Cao Yong can't just change the house if he changes the house.

For a while, no one wants to sell the house, and there is no land for expansion.In the end, it was Zijing's suggestion to build a row of rear-covered rooms in the back garden. If the servants in the mansion lived there, it would be considered appropriate to live there.

Brother Sixteen finished talking about Yuehua, remembered Cao Yong, squeezed his eyes, and said with a wicked smile: "You are no different from back then, you have a daughter-in-law. It takes several months outside the Great Wall, what are you going to do? "

"What to do, cold salad!" Cao Yong only felt that he was full of righteousness, so he couldn't help but look at Brother Sixteen contemptuously, and said: "Some people can't straighten their waists, it seems that 'Hot Mix' has become a big hit !"

"Okay, you're hurting me!" Brother Sixteen touched his chin with a smile, squinted his eyes and asked, "It's said that there are no concubines in your house, only a daughter-in-law, she is not a womanizer. Tell me honestly, is it because you are afraid of hurting Brother Qi's face, or is that not enough?"

Cao Yong got angry for a while, and stretched out his hand to punch Brother Sixteen: "What's wrong with learning, I'm so talkative, I still worry about this!"

The sixteenth elder brother laughed twice and said, "Since it's alright, let's compete, and when we get to Naadam, we'll see who's the first to 'cook meat'. The loser will be treated to wine..."

Cao Yong hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Okay, my sixteenth master! You have all the wives and maids there, why do you still care about outsiders? I will be a monk for a few months here! Don't mention these things in front of me. , doesn't this cause people to get angry?"

Brother Sixteen just wanted to tease him again, when he saw Brother Eight and Brother Nine walking not far away, as if they were also browsing the scenery.He closed his voice, and whispered to Cao Yong: "Big Brother, Ninth Brother is here. If Ninth Brother picks on you to sting you, bear with it, let him live his mouthful, so as not to hate you in his heart."

Cao Yong nodded in agreement, and retreated sideways behind Brother Sixteen.

The eighth elder brother and the ninth elder brother also saw the sixteenth elder brother and Cao Yong. They looked at each other and came here with a smile.

Elder brother Sixteen went up to meet him. Although Cao Yong didn't like these two, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow.

"Mynah, Ninth Brother, are you two enjoying the scenery?" Sixteenth Brother asked with a smile.

The eighth elder brother smiled and nodded: "There is nothing to do after dinner, I went out for a walk, and now the garden is completed." Speaking of this, he glanced at Cao Yong and said: "You haven't been here for several years? You are at the top level, but you have become a close minister, and the holy family is still there, so you must not underestimate yourself, and you still need to be cautious when you are on the job."

No wonder everyone praises him as "Brother Xian", just listening to these words, they are so "sincere".After hearing this, Cao Yong leaned over and replied, "Thank you for your teaching, Master Ba. I will definitely keep it in mind, work diligently, and dare not forget it for a moment!"

Seeing Brother Jiu snorted coldly, curled his lips, and wanted to say something.However, he glanced at Cao Yong, turned his head, and said to Elder Sixteen: "This time, my elder brother lives next to the rest of you, if you have nothing to do, you can go to my elder brother's side to play!"

Among the princes who came here, the third elder brother and the eighth elder brother have their own gardens outside the villa, and do not live in the villa.The fifteenth elder brother, the sixteenth elder brother, and the seventeenth elder brother have not opened a mansion yet, let alone a garden.

Although Brother Jiu has already opened a mansion, he loves to run it the most, and doesn't like to repair gardens like other princes.Therefore, I also live in the villa.

Brother Sixteen laughed and said, "Ninth Brother, you are the God of Wealth, why are you so reluctant to spend a few pennies to build a garden or something?"

Brother Jiu shook his head with some complacency and said, "Brother, I only love real gold and silver, and I really don't care about those virtual scenes!" At this point, his eyes just caught Cao Yong, and he immediately seemed to eat a fly Disgusting, and no interest in showing off to Elder Sixteen.

If Brother Ba hadn't told him just now, don't talk about Cao Yong in person.Even if Lao Qi's side is nothing, there is still Brother Sixteen, which somewhat hurts his face.Brother Jiu finally endured it, but thinking of those lands in Cao Yong's Xiaotangshan, it really hurts.Because Cao's family belonged to the old man, no matter how itchy he felt, he didn't dare to stretch his claws.

The eighth elder brother saw that the ninth elder brother was wrong, and was afraid that he would not be able to bear to talk about Cao Yong, so he smiled and said to the sixteenth elder brother and Cao Yong: "You go shopping first, let's go for a stroll ahead!" Greet Brother Nine to leave.

Cao Yong and Brother Sixteen breathed a sigh of relief when the two of them gradually moved away.Elder Sixteen smiled and said: "Last year I said that the land price in Xiaotangshan had doubled. You didn't pay attention to it at the time. Let's see what happens now! Who doesn't want to occupy a place for the first repair of the Ministry of Internal Affairs? You The manager also talked about it, and the price is also released, so as not to get too stuck and offend people for nothing!"

Cao Yong smiled and nodded, and replied: "I know, a lot has been released at the end of last month. Now that the money has arrived, it really made me a small fortune. If Master Sixteen has money, don't tell me polite."

Elder Sixteen waved his hand: "I don't have any other thoughts, I only accept filial piety inside, and don't spend money outside, so I have a lot of money. But you, didn't you say that your uncle's family is going to Beijing? I heard that the brothers over there Quite a lot, is your money from Kilometers, or is it in your own name? Don’t have money, and then you will hurt your feelings by calculating!"

Cao Yong replied: "Although it is under my name, I can't look at them nervously. My family originally had two villages and several real estate properties in Beijing. They were all disposed of because they were short-lived a few years ago. My uncle passed away again. The younger brothers are still young. I am thinking about buying a Zhuangzi outside Beijing, so that my aunt can have some future."

Elder Sixteen nodded and said: "You are the elder brother, there is nothing you can do about it! It's just a matter of buying land, and if someone comes to find you to buy the land in Xiaotangshan, you can change the village and it's over. To save the need to re-purchase Xiaozhuang , Looking for tenants and so on, is trivial and troublesome."

Cao Yong wondered in his heart, brother sixteen, a deep palace prince, how did he know these things?
Brother Sixteen saw his surprise and said with a smile: "I helped Yuehua's family buy a place last month. Although her family is also a bannerman, it is very poor. There is an older brother who is not very promising. I thought I want to buy them a Zhuangzi, which can be considered as a living for her family, so that I don’t have to keep looking for someone to pass the message to the palace and ask for money from the girl. I originally wanted to entrust you, but I caught up with you and went out of the mouth, so I made a lot of money by myself. Days, it can be regarded as a great insight.”

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Capital City, Cao Mansion, Wutong Garden.

Chuyu combed her hair a little, wore a snow-blue flag dress, stepped on the bottom of a flowerpot, sat on the edge of the kang, and said to Wu'er, "Sister-in-law taught Wu'er these few days, Wu'er remember?"

Wu'er was wearing an ivory white silk gown, sitting there very obediently, and the grandma said milkingly: "Wu'er remembers to call mother and kowtow to mother, and second brother, third brother, fourth brother... er ...and four sisters..."

Chu Yu touched Wu'er's little face, took out a moon-white purse from her sleeve and tied it around her wrist, which contained some candied fruit to eat, and said with a smile: "This is Wu'er's favorite food, wait for sister Here you go, don’t forget to feed your sister. My sister-in-law has a lot left for you, so don’t be reluctant.”

This trick was taught by precept and deed, when Chu Yu grew up beside Di Fujin, she listened to her nurse and used this trick to get along with her younger sister.

Wu'er's father and biological mother both passed away, and he will live with his aunt in the future.Although Chuyu is sister-in-law, with Zhaojia's presence, it's not good to talk about Wu'er's affairs.Therefore, Chu Yu prepared these, thinking that Wu'er and Fourth Sister could get along well.In that case, Zhao Jia looked at the faces of the children and couldn't neglect the concubine too much.

Thinking of her own childhood, Chu Yu turned her head and said to Madam Ye who was sitting on the chair: "At that time I thought Madam was nagging, but now I don't need good words."

Ye Momo knew that she was worried about Wu'er, sighed, and said, "Who would have thought that such a little girl who was carved in powder and jade, and who looked like a porcelain doll, would have such a hard life. She is better now when she is young, but when she grows up To be a relative, this identity, and this appearance, but it is not easy for people to worry about."

"With my master here, can you still watch her suffer?" Chu Yu said.

"The fate of a woman is hard to say, let's just say that the third girl, my father and Ping Wang Fujin are also like my own sisters, and I specially found a family with a simple family. My mother-in-law is still good-tempered, no, I still have to suffer from grievances!" Ye Momo Shaking his head.

"Mommy!" Chu Yu reproached in a low voice, "What are you talking about in front of Wu'er? The child is not in a hurry, so I will learn it someday. Not many people know about the third girl, so why bother to make a fuss and let the third The girl has no face?"

Ye Momo said coyly: "Look at this servant, I'm so confused, why did I think of talking about this. In the future, there will be a lot of people in the mansion, and there will be people who make trouble. In the future, the servant will lock the door on his mouth, and he will never dare to mess around again." explain."

While talking, he heard footsteps outside, and then Xiyun came in and replied: "Ge Ge, I just received a letter from the front yard. The second wife's carriage has entered the city, and it is about to arrive at this mansion!"

Chu Yu hurriedly stood up, asked her to hug her five sons, and went out of the Wutong Garden together, taking Cao Fang's family, Zhao An's family, and Qian Kang's family to meet outside the Yimen.Zijing and Cao Zhong's family went to the pier to pick up Mrs. Zhao Jia.

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Cao Song and his two brothers rode on horseback. Mrs. Zhao Jia was wearing plain clothes and sitting in a carriage with her little daughter in her arms. A group of people came to Cao's mansion.

Cao Song was very happy to know that his brother was officially the Minister of Taipusi.Originally, he was worried that his elder brother was only a temporary substitute and would return to Shandong later, so he panicked.It's just that it's not beautiful to be born and follow the retinue.

Cao Shuo and Cao Xiang were both in Beijing for the first time, and they felt that their eyesight was not good enough.Afraid that Lu Qi would make the servants laugh at them, the two of them sat upright on the horse, with stern faces, looking at them with a bit of the dignity of a noble family.

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Next update, tomorrow, I wish you all a happy new year in advance. .

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