Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 320 Paying a Blessing to the Golden Gate
Mrs. Zhao Jia sat on the kang in the east room, looked at the furnishings on the ground, and felt satisfied.

The Shaoyuan on the west side of Lanyuan is the main house of the inner courtyard on the West Road.It got its name because there is a rhombus-shaped flower pond in the southwest of the yard, and peonies are planted all over it.Now it is the flowering period of peonies, and on the green branches, pink and purple peony flowers are blooming brightly.

There are three main rooms here, and one suite (ear room) on the left and right.There is a kang in the east room, and the suite inside is Zhao Jia’s bedroom; the suite in the west room houses Zhao Jia’s daughter Sijie.

Because Chuyu took someone to set up the banquet, only Madam Zhang and a few big maids were in the room to put the things brought by Mrs. Zhao Jia.

Nanny Zhang touched the pineapple wood ball on the floor, then looked at the Duobaoge next to the Wanzi fence, said "tsk tsk", then turned her head and said to Zhao Jia: "Madam, this is a piece of water." Su-style furniture. I didn’t realize it when I was in the south, but I knew about it when I was in Beijing two years ago, and these things are not cheap at all. Even the big wife’s house is nothing more than that.”

Zhao Jia nodded and said, "It's hard for her, she treats me as a widow and aunt respectfully!"

Nanny Zhang said with a smile: "What is the madam talking about? The eldest wife is not in front of her, and the wife is a serious uncle! No matter how noble the eldest grandma is, can she still be short of etiquette?"

Zhao Jiashi sighed, but did not speak.

I really didn't expect Cao Yong to be transferred back to Beijing, and he wanted to live with his nephew and daughter-in-law's face.Although she is an elder, this is the Earl's Mansion after all, and Chu Yu is the eldest daughter-in-law, so it's not her turn to say anything about family matters.

But she thought about it again, her husband was right when he was alive, and the sons will have to rely more on Cao Yong, the elder brother, so it would be good to live together so close.As for whether she can be the head of the family, it doesn't matter, who can short her food and drink?
After seeing the furniture arrangement, Madam Zhang remembered something, waved her hand to send the maids out, and said to Zhao Jia: "Ma'am, Grandma's other arrangements are pretty good, but there is one thing that is hard to say."

Zhao Jia asked, "Where?"

Nanny Zhang replied: "Ma'am, the fourth sister still lives in the same room with the wife, but the fifth girl has her own yard!"

Mrs. Zhao Jia was startled when she heard the words, thinking of Wu'er who kowtowed to her in a proper manner just now, she couldn't tell what it was like, and said: "She is not raised by my side, and it is not good to share the same yard with my elder brother and sister-in-law. It’s not uncommon to have a place to live.”

Nanny Zhang hesitated for a moment and said: "The fifth girl lives in the old man's previous yard. It is the most elegant place, and it is a good place to study and learn. Even if you don't keep it for the fifth master, living in the third master's yard is better than the current yard. It’s better, it’s really a pity.”

Mrs. Zhao Jia frowned slightly, and said: "Since the courtyard where the uncle lived, there is no reason for the younger brothers to occupy it. Even the fifth girl, she is only young now, and there is no reason for the older ones to live with the elder brother. Don't say these words in the future, Mammy, let me listen, and think that my aunt is too busy."

Nanny Zhang blushed and said, "It's the old servant who wants to go left!"

Mrs. Zhao Jia thought for a while, and said: "The servants brought from the south, the nanny also warned them, and they were safe and sound. If someone catches a monster and loses face, even if the grandma wants to forgive, I will not obey. .Being on the job in a law-abiding manner is to make me and the young men look good, so I don’t have to make people laugh at the big guys for not knowing the rules.”

When Nanny Zhang lived in the capital two years ago, she held her breath.After finally going to Beijing with my wife this time, I thought I would be able to talk, but seeing that my wife seemed to be a shopkeeper, she felt a little uncomfortable, and said with a shy old face: "My wife always has to show some airs, sir. Grandma is Princess Gege, if the wife is easy-going, it seems to respect her."

Mrs. Zhao Jia picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said, "I respect her. From now on, my sons and daughters will still count on the big brother's sister-in-law to take care of me. Why should I be unhappy with her? After all, she is an uncle and mother-in-law. She's not a serious mother-in-law. Even if I put up a score and she doesn't accept it, it's because I'm ashamed! I'll have a daughter-in-law in the future, and it won't be too late to show up as a mother-in-law."

Nanny Zhang curled her lips, but finally said nothing.

After a while, Xiyun, the eldest maid of Wutong Garden, was ordered to come over to ask Mrs. Zhaojia for instructions, and put the noodles on the side of Shaoyuan or the other side of Wutongyuan.

After sitting on the boat for more than half a month, Zhao Jia felt a little tired and impatient to move, so he said, "Let's put it in the room over here!"

Although according to the rules and etiquette, men and women should be separated, but Cao Yong is not at home, and Cao Song and the others are younger uncles, so Chu Yu, the elder sister-in-law, does not need to shy away from it.Chuyu set up a round table in the Shaoyuan, and invited Zhao Jia to sit on it. He took his fourth sister and fifth son to sit on her right side, and Cao Song took Cao Shuo and Cao Xiang to his right side.

Because Yu Yu followed Cao Yong back to the south at the beginning of the new year, he also knew Cao Shuo and Cao Xiang.Only the fourth sister, who didn't remember anything at that time, looked at Chu Yu now, and looked a little stiff when she sat there.

Wu'er remembered his sister-in-law's previous teaching, took a piece of candied dried fruit from the purse tied around his wrist, and whispered to the fourth sister: "Sister, eat!"

The fourth sister smelled the sweetness of the candied fruit, she pursed her lips, and turned her head to look at Zhao Jiashi.

Zhao Jia glanced at Wuer, nodded to the fourth sister and said, "Since my sister gave it to you, you can eat it!"

Cao Song was beside him, looked at Wu'er and said with a smile: "Does Wu'er still remember my brother? I am your second brother..." He pointed to Cao Shuo and Cao Xiang who were next to him: "This is the third brother , and fourth brother!"

Because just now, Wu'er has only seen her aunt and sister, and her brothers haven't seen each other yet.Hearing what Cao Song said, she thought of her sister-in-law's teaching and wanted to get up from her chair to salute her brothers.Due to her small stature, she couldn't get off without anyone holding her, so she was a little anxious.

Cao Xiang was next to her, thinking that this younger sister was born as a concubine like him, but even more pitiful than himself, so he felt a little pity in his heart.

Looking at Wu'er, Zhao Jia felt that her husband and Lu Mei were walking around in front of her eyes, and now the two of them are able to guard in the underworld, leaving only herself to suffer like this.Because she looked dull, everyone didn't want to delay much, but the meal was not very enjoyable.

Although it is in the filial piety period, some relatives still have to come and go.In the next few days, Zhao Jia took her sons to Zhao Jia's mansion and her brother's house.

Cao Ying, the eldest daughter of the second room, knew that her mother and brothers had come to Beijing, so she brought the children there as well.On the other side of Prince Ping's mansion, Prince Ping Fujin also sent a lot of food and clothing.Because she is pregnant, it is not convenient to come here, so I ask my aunt to go to the palace when she is free.Only Cao Yi, although someone sent a letter here, but there has been no movement.

Zhao Jia tried to ask him several times, but couldn't bear it.

Only Cao Song knows that the third sister may have a heart knot with her mother, so it is not easy to come back.But he didn't care about that much, he went to Jueluo Mansion when he had time.

Sai Shitu went to Rehe with his followers, but he was not in Beijing. Cao Yi came to see his younger brother in the front yard in person.

Cao Song was relieved to see that her sister looked better than half a year ago, and she didn't look as thin as before.

Cao Yi also hesitated these days, not knowing how to face Zhao Jia.However, Cao Song treated her kindly since she was a child, and she also has a deep affection for this younger brother.

Cao Song presented it with a small pear wood box the size of a palm, and said as if offering a treasure, "Third Sister, take a look at what this is?"

Cao Yi took it with a smile and opened it. The inside was crystal clear, and it was full of rain flower stones the size of a thumb.

"I wanted to bring some sweet-scented osmanthus ducks for my third sister, but I was afraid that Daoyuan's things would break. These are high-quality stones. I found someone to look at them. They are agate and chalcedony. They can be ground into beads or played with. "Cao Song said with a smile: "My sister liked this when she was a child, and my brother brought some to Beijing. I don't know when I can go back to the south."

Cao Yi could hear the nostalgia in his words, and asked, "Why did you just enter Beijing and miss the south? When I saw you last year, didn't you still say that you were thinking of this side of Beijing?"

Cao Song scratched his head and said with a silly smile, "That's right, that's how it is. I used to miss my brothers and sisters in the south; now that I'm in Beijing, I miss my uncle, aunt and Xiao Wu."

Cao Yi didn't know that Cao Fu was staying in the south, but now he heard about it from Cao Song.She frowned slightly, and asked Cao Song, "Whose idea was it to keep Xiao Wu at Uncle's house?"

Cao Song was a little puzzled, and said blankly: "Whose idea could it be? Of course it's his own!"

Cao Yi made up his mind, Cao Fu was thirteen, and his wisdom had been exposed since childhood, so it was reasonable to make up his own mind.It's just that the eldest family has a son, and he is so attached to his parents, although it is commendable for his filial piety, but after a long time, he can't help but have other thoughts.

Cao Song saw that she was silent, and said: "What is the third sister thinking, but you are worried about Uncle and the others? According to my opinion, I don't want Xiao Wu to stay. At his age, how can he take care of others! It should be me Maybe it's right for the third child to keep it, but I didn't think of it for a while, and I was negligent."

Cao Yi knew that he was sincere and would not think about other things, so he didn't say this to him, and asked a few other words.This year is a leap in May, and the next day will be Cao Quan's anniversary, and some things may be ready right now.

Cao Yi originally wanted to keep his brother here for dinner, but Cao Song was satisfied when he saw his sister, thinking that he still had an appointment with his cousins, he said goodbye to his sister and went out.

Cao Yi took the box of Yuhua stones back to his room, and took out a box from the kang cabinet with a soft seal inside.Cao Yi picked up the soft seal, was stunned for a long time, and put the soft seal together with this box of rain flower stones.

She sighed, called Chun Ya to come in, and added or subtracted a few things from the gift list she had prepared; at the same time, she sent someone to deliver a letter to Cao's mansion, and she would return to her natal home tomorrow.

*
When Mrs. Zhao Jia came back from her natal brother's house, she heard Madam Zhang tell her that the maids for Cao Shuo and Cao Xiang had already been selected, so she had a look at them herself.

They are all girls between thirteen and fifteen, and they all look passable.Mrs. Zhao Jia sat on the kang, glanced from the beginning to the end, remembered something, and said to Madam Zhang: "Where are the two in the second child's room? Get someone to come to their house, the third child, the fourth child Those who were around earlier also called."

Mammy Zhang called a little girl and sent the jade dragon and the jade spider to Huaiyuan.Cao Shuo's Songyuan and Cao Xiang's Baiyuan also made people go.

Both Yulong and Yuzhu were a little trembling, because they saw Zhang Nanny's attitude before, and knew that the second wife was guarding against their son's housemates.No matter what the reason was, the two of them had violated the second wife's taboo, so they felt a little uncertain.

Looking at the row of little maidservants in the room, Yuqin and Yuzhu both knelt down obediently and kowtowed, although they were amazed, and said: "Servant Yuqin (Yuzhu) has seen his wife, please greet her!"

Zhao Jia didn't even glance at Yulong and Yuzhu, and said to the servant girls on the ground: "Who are these two, do you know them?"

The maids looked up, but there were some who knew it, and some who didn't.The family members who were picked up from the mansion knew each other, and knew that they were the second master's housemates; the few brought over there did not know each other, but they just thought that the two people's looks were pretty good. Could it be that they were the ones they wanted to add to their master?
"They are your second master's housemates, and you will have to call them aunts in the future!" Zhao Jia looked at everyone on the ground with a smile on his face.

Yulong and Yuzhu pretended to be Zhao Jia and wanted to teach them a lesson, but unexpectedly they recognized their identities in public. Both of them were ashamed and happy, their heads bowed and they couldn't speak.

When the others looked at Yulong and Yuzhu, their eyes were full of envy.

Seeing it, Zhao Jia twitched the corners of his mouth and showed a sneer: "Whether you want to please the men, or want to learn how others wear gold and silver, I will tolerate you. But rules are rules, etiquette is etiquette The men are keeping their filial piety, if anyone wants to count on 'the mother is more valuable than the child' and rely on the belly to make trouble, then I will not obey!" He said, and asked someone to bring the medicine.

No matter how stupid Yulong and Yuzhu were, they knew that the words were aimed at them, their faces turned pale and their bodies trembled.

Zhao Jia asked someone to put the medicine in front of Yulong and Yuzhu, and said softly, "This is my meeting gift for you. After drinking this bowl of medicine, I will recognize you as the second master's housemates!"

Jade Dragon and Jade Spider didn't know what kind of medicine it was, but seeing the chill in Zhao Jia's eyes, who would dare to say "no"?He replied tremblingly: "Thank you, my wife, for the reward!" Then he picked up the medicine bowl and drank it with his teeth.

It wasn't until seeing the two of them putting down the empty bowls that Zhao Jia's face became better. He nodded with a smile and said, "You two are honest children, just be sensible!" Men, if you want to climb into men's bed, you have to be careful. If anyone is greedy for the position of that aunt, I will send a bowl of safflower soup as a gift. If you think you are beautiful, you can tie men's hearts , just give it a try..."

Before Zhao Jia finished speaking, there was a "plop", and the jade spider had already fainted heavily on the ground.Seeing Zhaojia's frowning and unfriendly attitude, Yulong was afraid that she would blame her, so she kowtowed and said: "Madam, Yuspider is a little weak, she didn't do it on purpose, please forgive her for this."

Zhao Jia snorted coldly, and said: "I don't know, but she is still a sick beauty? Is she going to serve the second master, or should the second master serve her?" After finishing speaking, she looked impatiently. The jade spider on the ground said: "Hurry up and drag her down, and stay in the yard peacefully in the future, don't even think about catching monsters!"

Jade dragon responded, got up and helped Jade spider go down.

The row of maids are already dumbfounded, even the younger ones, who have heard the gossip from their parents, know what a safflower is.

Where is the gift from the wife, it is the sterilization drug that cuts off the offspring.These people, as slaves and handmaids, even if they have become housemates, if they have no children, how many days will they be happy?
Zhao Jia looked at the crowd and said: "If you are willing to settle down and serve the men with all your heart, when grandma enters the door in the future, you will have to be flattered and flattered; if you are naughty and careless, you have to weigh your own size."

Everyone knelt down and kowtowed, saying: "Slaves dare not!"

Looking at the two empty bowls on the ground, Zhao Jia suddenly felt a little bored, and waved his hands in a disinterested manner: "Now that you know, go down!"

Outside the Shao courtyard, Chuyu and Zijing were walking this way, when they saw Yulong coming out with tears in her face and holding the jade spider with her eyes closed, they were all taken aback.

"What is this?" Amethyst asked in a low voice.

Yulong turned her head to look at Shaoyuan, her face was full of fear, but she was speechless.

Chuyu saw that she was struggling to support the jade spider alone, so she asked Xiyun and Xicai to help, and sent them to Huaiyuan together.

Before reaching the gate of the courtyard, the jade spider woke up faintly.She first glanced at Chuyu, Zijing and the others in confusion, then pushed away Yuqin and Xiyun who were supporting her, squatted down, clasped her throat, and vomited vigorously...

*
Rehe, the summer resort.

Today, Kangxi dispatched Fojibao, Deputy Commander of Mongolia in Xianghuang Banner, Heda, Deputy Commander of Mongolia in Zhengbai Banner, Ta Jintai, Minister of the Ministry of Hubu, Feng Zhong, Minister of Rites, and Liu Xiang, Minister of General Affairs, to Khalkha and Kara Qin and other places rewarded the old Mongolians, and Cao Yong followed the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother to announce the decree to these adults.

Because of the mention of Harqin, Cao Yong thought of Wenxiu who died tragically on the grassland three years ago.Although he promised to send her home, Cao Yong has not found her family so far, and her ashes are still in the capital without burial.
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