Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 336 Farewell to the Golden Gate (willing to ask for a monthly ticket)
On the first day of October, the Great Court Meeting.

The east is getting whiter, and hundreds of officials have gathered outside the gate of Taihe.Today is the day when the 53rd year of Kangxi's constitutional calendar is promulgated, and full guards of honor are placed on both sides of the Gate of Supreme Harmony.

If it were left in the past, Cao Yong could stand forward wearing the official uniform of He Shuo's forehead, but now he is the chief official of the Yamen, but it is a bit inappropriate.Therefore, he was wearing a fifth-grade supplementary suit, and stood on the side of the officials of the Taipu Temple very peacefully.

Both Tang Zhiyu and Yi Duli were a little embarrassed and didn't want to stand in front of Cao Yong.Cao Yong smiled and pointed to the make-up clothes on his body, and stood back in a hurry.In his heart, he was thinking about one thing.

Among the bodyguards of the second elder brother when he was the crown prince, there was a man named De Lin who had served the second elder brother for many years and had always been the most important to the second elder brother.After the prince was abolished for the second time, this Delin was also locked up at home by Kangxi because of his "arrogance".

Because Delin's father, Aha Zhanbu, gave Fuling Guanfang, and after requesting Kangxi's will, he brought his son to Fengtian.Soon, Delin's uncle, Fobao, made a memorial, saying that his nephew "has never let his evil go away", and he asked General Fengtian to rectify the law.

After Kangxi received the booklet, he ordered Ahazhan to execute Delin.Ahazhan falsely claimed that his son had hanged himself to death, and privately asked his grandson Baitong to take his son and flee.

Someone secretly reported the matter to the imperial court, and Kangxi sent officials from the Ministry of Punishments to arrest Delin, who was finally captured in Jiaozhou, Shandong.Delin's father had hanged himself in fear of crime.

The Ministry of Punishments went through a survey and convicted Delin and his son for treason, and Delin was executed Lingchi. Although Delin's father died, he could not be exempted from responsibility, so he should open the coffin and kill the corpse; Delin's son, Bai Tong, planned to hang Waiting; the local civil and military officials in Jiaozhou committed the crime of negligence, and the governor of Shandong inspected and participated in the benefits.

Jiaozhou is adjacent to Yizhou, and Cao Yong has seen most of its civil and military officials.However, now he is not lamenting for those unlucky guys, but secretly lamenting Kangxi's imperial methods.

It's just killing chickens and scaring monkeys, Delin is just an old member of the East Palace, if he has committed any heinous crimes, he will not be allowed to be confined at home, and he will be dealt with directly.

The reason for such a big fanfare is that Kangxi is also expressing his position to the court and local officials.In the year since the crown prince was abolished, it was inevitable that some officials would speculate on the emperor's mind because the reserve position had not been determined.

Although Eighth Prince was very popular among the officials, but Kangxi never had any intention of favoring any prince, and everyone was a little uncertain.

Thinking of the deep affection between Kangxi and the Empress Yuan, and the fact that the second elder brother who was to be abolished was very handsome since he was a child, some people wondered whether Kangxi would restore the second elder brother as the crown prince again.

After the Longevity Festival, undercurrents surged in Beijing.In history, how many long-lived emperors can there be?Kangxi has been on the throne for 52 years and has reached the end of his sixtieth year.

Dealing with Delin's family is Kangxi's answer to the court, and the second elder brother has completely lost power.Even if someone wants to wave the flag for the second elder brother again, Delin's family is a lesson from the past.

The family of the Xun family pays attention to the rise and fall of the family, even if there are children who want to cling to the second elder brother and want to be their elder brother, they will not allow the family to have such a disobedient son.

However, the consequences of doing so would probably make those princes who peeped at the reserve even more itchy.Except for the second elder brother who is the first son of the Empress Yuan, the other princes are all concubines. Although the identities of the mothers are different, knowing the relatives is not the key.

After the crony dispute between Suo'etu and Mingzhu, Kangxi is far less dependent on his relatives than in the past, and even somewhat wary.

Today, the 52nd year of Kangxi is about to pass, and the fourth elder brother did not show up before Kangxi's death. Although the eighth elder brother is looking at the scenery now, he is just walking on thin ice.In two years, there will be chaos in Tibet, and then the fourteenth elder brother will lead the army, and his strength will increase greatly due to this.

Cao Yong thought about the history he knew, but it was a general trend, but he didn't know much about the specifics.

According to what Hong Shu said, Elder Fourteen was especially resentful towards him.Except for the matter of Yongqing, Cao Yong didn't know what went wrong and provoked the prince elder brother.

The fourteenth elder brother wants to go to Yongzheng to come to power, if he really wants to make a move, then he can't just be passive and beaten.

Cao Yong made up his mind in his heart that if he wanted to talk to Mr. Zhuang about this matter in the past two days, if it could reach Kangxi's ears, it would be bad.

Hearing the sound of drums and music, Kangxi went to court.

First, the 53rd year of Kangxi's constitutional calendar was promulgated, followed by two documents from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials, and the dynasty dispersed.

If it was in previous years, why not spend more than half an hour, but this year it only took a quarter of an hour to finish.The princes and officials were puzzled, and they all tested each other in twos and threes, to see if they could find out the reason why the emperor left the court so early.

The answers were varied. Some said that the old concubine in the palace was seriously ill, and the emperor was filial to ask about her illness; , Thinking of the second elder brother, I feel sad.

In short, everyone used cryptic language to express their inner guesses.

Cao Yong had been listening in, and he only thought it was funny, the emperor is also a human being, tired and tired, and impatient with the tedious court meeting.Everyone here is trying to figure out the Sacred Heart, so what if they really guessed it?In the eyes of the emperor, dull courtiers are always more reliable than smart courtiers.

Cao Yong didn't think about that much, he is still busy today.First of all, he had to go to the yamen to make an appointment, then he had to go back to the mansion of Duke Fu Efei to visit his illness, and finally he had to go to the mansion of the thirteenth elder brother to pay his respects to his birthday.

Fortunately, there were not many affairs in the yamen, and after an hour, Cao Yong finished the errand at hand.After greeting Tang Zhiyu and Yi Duli, he left the Yamen of Taipu Temple.

Just after passing the Xidan archway, Cao Yong rode over to meet him alone.Seeing Cao Yong, the man looked carefully at him, then he got off his horse and asked, "Excuse me, is this Mr. Cao from Taipusi?"

Cao Yong reined in his horse and saw it, but it looked familiar.

Just listen to the man say: "The younger one is in the mansion of Duke Fu, the old master is dying, and he wants to see the lord. The master ordered the younger one to come to the yamen and invite Master Cao to come to the house."

Only then did Cao Yong remember that he had seen this man in March, and he was the long follower of E Qi, the heir of E Fei.

Cao Yong was taken aback, and only then did he get the news that E Fei was lying ill. How could he be dying?Now, but there is no time to think about that much, Cao Yong hurriedly urged the horse to go up to Fuguogong's mansion with the long attendant.

Efei's mansion is in Fangjia Hutong, not far from Xidan.Because it was early in the morning, there were few pedestrians on the street, and everyone hurried on their horses, and they arrived in less than two quarters of an hour.

When the epidemic ravaged the capital the year before last, Cao Yong had been to the mansion here.At that time, I just thought it was a lifeless mansion, so desolate and frighteningly deserted.

Today, the gate has been repainted, and there are more servants coming and going inside than in the past.Perhaps it is because of the addition of his heir E Qi and his family to Fuguo's mansion, the house here looks a little less bleak.

Cao Yong didn't care about these things. Although he had only met E Fei a few times, his contacts were not close.But perhaps because of that conversation, he knew that the reason for E Fei's half-life loneliness was his parents, so he felt somewhat guilty.

In addition, E Fei's loneliness that can't be said to others made Cao Yong feel touched.In his own heart, isn't he also hiding a big secret, and he can't tell his parents, wife and children.

Eqi got the news and knew that Cao Yong had arrived, so he greeted him personally: "Master Cao, it's really presumptuous to bother Mr. Cao this time, please don't blame me. I don't know why Ama. Since last night, I have been so presumptuous." Shouting to see Mr. Cao."

In fact, he was puzzled in his heart, he had never heard of the relationship between the old man and the Cao family, so why did he think of looking for Cao Yong?

Cao Yong saw that his clothes were wrinkled, and he was a bit tired, but his expression was full of worry.It seems that he is by E Fei's side.Thinking that the old man who was lonely for half his life finally had a family to take care of him, Cao Yong only felt sore in his heart.

"Edu Tong doesn't need to be too polite. The Duke is Cao's boss. He has a lot of support for Cao. He was going to visit him today." Cao Yong said to E Qi.

E Qi suddenly got it right, and said in his heart: "That's why, I can't blame the old man for this!"

E Qi knew that Cao Yong was the old man's old relative, so he stopped being polite to him, and said: "A few days ago, the old man suffered from wind. Although he invited the imperial doctor to see him, he said it was irrelevant. The day before yesterday, he suddenly became seriously ill. Now I can only ask Mr. Cao to move to the bedroom in the inner courtyard."

Cao Yong thought of what he had heard when the court was just over, and it seemed that E Fei was the minister of the guards who everyone said was seriously ill.He was worried in his heart, and asked E Qi: "Master E, the Duke, he..."

E Qi sighed, with a slightly heavy expression, and said, "Master Cao, let me go, the old man doesn't look very good."

Cao Yong nodded and followed Eqi into the inner courtyard.

E Fei's face was pale, his eyes were sunken, and he was lying on the bed with his teeth closed.

The room was filled with the smell of medicine, mixed with an indescribable stale smell, coupled with the dim light due to the drawn curtains, it made people feel depressed and unstoppable.

Both E Qi and Cao Yong unconsciously lowered their footsteps, E Qi walked to the edge of the kang, leaned down, and called in a low voice: "Ama, Mr. Cao is here!"

With the sound of "cuckoo" in E Fei's throat, he slowly opened his eyes and asked hoarsely, "But Cao Yong...Cao Yong is here?"

Cao Yong took two quick steps forward, went to the bed and bowed as a junior, saying: "My lord, the boy is here to see you!"

E Fei turned his head, his eyes were a little distracted, and he muttered: "Cao Yong...it's Cao Yong..."

"En!" Cao Yong nodded heavily, and replied, "It's the boy who came to see you!"

E Fei looked straight at Cao Yong, with a complex look on his face, and coughed involuntarily, his face was smeared with blood, but he looked more energetic than before.

He supported the edge of the Kang, trying to turn over and sit up, but he was a little powerless.Cao Yong and E Qi rushed forward to help, E Qi took the pillow and put it behind E Fei.

E Fei leaned there, panting heavily, looked at Cao Yong, waved his hand to E Qi and said: "I want to have a word with Cao Yong...you go down and make a pot of good tea..."

Although E Qi was worried, he also knew that the old man wanted to talk to Cao Yong alone, so he said to Cao Yong: "Master Cao, please take care of me here first, I'll go down and make tea!"

Cao Yong nodded: "Edu Tong, please!"

After seeing E Qi leave the room, E Fei waved to Cao Yong and said, "Come...you sit beside me..."

According to Cao Yong's words, he sat sideways by the Kang.

E Fei took out a dagger from under the mattress and stroked it, his face full of nostalgia.

After a long while, E Feifang said: "I know... I'm going to die... I'm going to fuck my Ama Erniang..."

Cao Yong listened with sourness in his heart and persuaded: "My lord, don't make such a sad sound, you need to have a good rest and recuperation. My lord is not yet at the age of knowing his destiny, and his life is still long, so it shouldn't be like this."

Hearing this, E Fei said softly, "I was born in the year of Jiyou...I am 45 this year...I have achieved nothing in my life...It is really embarrassing to my father and ancestors..."

Cao Yong didn't know how to comfort him, so he heard E Fei say again: "Now...I'm going to see Ama and Erniang, but I'm a little scared..."

"My lord, don't think about this any more. It's better to have a good rest! Illness comes like a mountain, and it goes like a cocoon. I still want to wait for the weather to be better, and go hunting with my lord." Cao Yong said earnestly.

E Fei looked at Cao Yong, with a smile on his face, and said: "We two want to go together... A few days ago, I also tried my best to wait for you to go horse racing and hunting, and test your riding skills. Shooting Kung Fu..."

Cao Yong couldn't help agreeing: "Well, let's talk about it, we will go to Xiaotangshan in the past days. The hot springs over there are the most pleasant to recuperate. The adults will take care of them for a while, and go there for recuperation. You won't be afraid of any diseases. When the time comes, the boy will show off his skills to the adults, cook some delicious dishes, and come to accompany the adults to have a drink."

After hearing this, E Fei couldn't help showing yearning.He lowered his head and looked at the dagger in his hand, and sent it to Cao Yong: "This...you keep this for a second thought..."

Seeing him as a relic, Cao Yong felt very uncomfortable: "My lord..."

E Fei showed a bit of kindness on his face: "If there is no good luck...if... maybe I would have a son like you... E Qi has inherited my blood, but I will still think of the old things... ...You, are you willing to be my adopted son..." After speaking, the voice has faded away.

Cao Yong thought that he was lonely for half his life, and his eyes were sore. Hearing this, he got up from the kang, knelt down on one knee, and said solemnly: "Cao Yong has seen the adoptive father..."

E Fei slowly closed his eyes, and the joy from his heart was permanently condensed on his face...
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(End of this chapter)