Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 349 Visiting the Golden Gate Small Banquet
On October [-]th, the day Cao Yong rested and bathed, he specially prepared gifts and visited Zhengbai Banner.In a few days or a hundred days after Hang Seng, this household registration should be obtained.

For those who live in the banner, anyone who raises a civilian child as an heir or a citizen who enters the banner due to relatives needs to record another file.Although the status of these people is higher than that of the account holders (slaves released from the master's house), they are lower than the status of the main household and the other households (separated households).

In Cao Yong's heart, since he treats the child of Hang Seng as an adopted son, he is close to him and will not separate him from his family members.But the current household registration is like this, and he has no choice but to settle the Hang Seng household registration according to this.

Chong Guli is over seventy years old, but the old man is still very tough, and he came out to treat guests in person.Knowing Cao Yong's intentions, he agreed happily, but after a few days, he sent someone to the earl's mansion to complete the formalities.

Cao Yong heard that the old man loved tea, so he sent two packs of good tea that he kept at home to entertain guests.The old man is like a treasure, and his face is full of joy when he smiles.

Cao Yong was very funny when he saw it, but he also felt a little embarrassed.After all, this love of tea is an elegant hobby, and it does not hurt the body. It is better than opium raging more than a hundred years later.

October 24, the [-]th day of Hang Seng.Because he is an adopted son, Cao's mansion didn't make much arrangements, but the mansion also set up a few tables of banquets and invited some relatives and friends over.

Among the female relatives, in addition to the wives of Zhaojia Mansion and the two sisters Cao Ying and Cao Yi, there are also Nalan Fusen's wife and De Tehei's wife.

Both Chunjun Wangfu and Pingjun Wangfu sent people to send gifts, and Pingjun Wang Naersu came to the mansion to have a banquet in person.The male guests in the front yard, besides Naersu, are the elder brothers from Prince Chun's residence, the young masters from Zhaojia residence, Sun Jue, Seishtu, Yongqing, Nalan Fusen and Detehei.

The sixteenth elder brother shouted a few days ago that 24 would come this day, but was persuaded by Cao Yong.Hearing that the old concubine in the palace is already showing signs of exhaustion, it is better for Brother Sixteen to stay in the palace obediently.

The sixteenth elder brother knew that Cao Yong was serious, so he had to stay in the palace honestly, and only asked people to send gifts.

According to Cao Yong's original intention, he is unwilling to toss about these excitement.However, Chu Yu had another intention in saying this, that is to find a reason to take the two aunts back to the house, so that the family can be reunited.

Sun Jue was an old-fashioned nerd. Zhao Jia's family had been in Beijing for half a year, but Cao Ying only returned once during his father's anniversary celebration, and never came back again.Even though Cao Yi had been there twice, it was always on the pretext that the old lady was ill and got up within a quarter of an hour.

Among the female guests, several wives from Zhaojia Mansion went to Shaoyuan with Cao Ying; the rest of them, Chu Yu, should go to Wutongyuan.

Although Hang Seng is only [-] days old, he is chubby and looks bigger than other people's half-year-old children.The little guy has a round face and a straight nose. Although he has single eyelids, his eyes are bright, which is very rare.

Because of the three spins on Hang Seng's head, several grandmas took their children to watch it.According to folklore, such a child will be ordered by the general in the future.

Cao Yi sat on the kang, took Hang Seng from the nurse's hand, carefully looked at the top of his head, his face was also full of liking.Although he lost his biological parents, he was lucky to be adopted by kind people like his elder brother and sister-in-law.

Not to mention the Hang Seng in front of him, Jiangnan's parents, and his nephew Tianyou.Cao Song and his brothers are also getting older, and after they leave their filial piety, they will also be of the age to marry a wife and have children.However, on my own side, after three years of marriage, it is...

Thinking of what was on his mind, Cao Yi couldn't help feeling a little sad, and then Chu Yu was surprised.She only felt that her thighs were slightly hot and wet, but it was Hang Seng who peed.

Chu Yu was very embarrassed, and asked Cao Yi to change clothes in the east room.

When the two aunts and sisters-in-law arrived in the east room, Chu Yu remembered that when Tianyou was around in the spring, she also had such an incident, and her heart moved, and she whispered: "Third sister, is this a good sign?"

Cao Yi blushed, and said with a smile: "My sister just hugged Heng Sheng once, and she got soaked; my sister-in-law has been watching all day, but she doesn't know what to do! Why do you only laugh at me?"

Chu Yu thought about the recent days when her husband was about to "sweat" a lot, and his face was a little hot, so he smiled and didn't say much.

After Cao Yi changed her clothes, Chu Yu thought about it for a while, and then asked: "Third sister, the eldest sister is at the second wife's side, why don't we go over and have a look?"

Cao Yi hesitated for a moment, shook his head, and said to Chu Yu in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, my sister really doesn't know how to treat her, she is still so far away, she feels at ease. If you get together and think about the old things, She is not at ease, and the girl is not feeling well either. After a while, I will greet you at the banquet, and the etiquette is not bad, that's it!"

Chu Yu felt sorry for Cao Yi's rough life, and wanted to help her out, but seeing that she had made up her own mind, she couldn't say anything more, so she didn't try to persuade her.

She took Cao Yi's hand and said, "It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you are happy in your heart. Your brother misses you, but he is a man, so he won't talk about these words of caring about girls. Brother, you usually look carefree, but when it comes to your elder sister, you always look like an adult and want to be your younger sister's support."

Cao Yi's eyes turned red, and he said in a low voice: "My brother and sister-in-law hurt me, I don't mind. It's not good for my sister, at this age, I should make my brother and sister-in-law worry about me!"

Chu Yu was afraid that she would feel sorry for her, so she said with a smile: "There are guests here, let's go over quickly, so as not to make them laugh at our sister-in-law for talking about herself!"

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In the front yard, a table has been set up.

Neersu, Sun Jue, Seishtu, Yongqing, Nalan Fusen, and Detehei were seated, accompanied by Mr. Zhuang and Cao Yong.

The remaining elder brothers from Prince Chun's Mansion and young masters from Zhaojia Mansion were accompanied by brothers Cao Song, Cao Shuo and Cao Xiang.Because the three brothers hadn't given their filial piety yet, no wine was served at this table.According to Cao Yong's meaning, there are children here, so he asked the kitchen to prepare pear juice for them.

Although brothers Fengde and Fengche still muttered that they wanted two jugs of wine alone, they would have a good drink with Brother Hongshu.But Cao Song held a chicken feather as an arrow, and said in a slightly playful way: "Wine, what kind of wine do you want?! Didn't I hear my brother say, we are young, shouldn't we drink?"

Feng Che is about the same age as Cao Song, so it's okay to hear this; Feng De couldn't help but roll his eyes, speaking of age, he is two years older than Cao Yong.

Cao Song was just playing around. After he finished speaking, he also laughed, and said to everyone: "You don't know, in the eyes of my brother, anyone who has not reached eighteen is a child. That is, this year, my birthday has passed, and he can control me just now. Take it easy!"

Feng De glanced at Cao Song, and said: "Look at you showing off, who doesn't know that you have a good brother? Don't be complacent, you don't have to be a joke!"

Cao Song raised his hand, touched the door of his brain, said "hey" twice, and stopped talking.

Hong Zhuo was listening, a little disapproving, lowered the volume, and said to everyone: "Although my brother-in-law has a good temper, he is also a bit of a mother-in-law! Every time we meet, he asks us how our homework and errands are. Which one is good, which one has a disagreement, the whole is like a little old lady. It only makes people's head 'buzzing', and I don't know if my sister is tired of listening to her brother-in-law every day..."

Hong Shu heard his younger brother's words getting worse and worse, Cao Song had already lowered his face, Cao Shuo and Cao Xiang brothers were also embarrassing, and shouted in a low voice: "Second brother, what are you talking about? My brother-in-law is concerned about us, and Ama also confessed. Okay, let's listen to brother-in-law more."

Hong Xin also nodded in agreement and said: "Yes, yes, brother-in-law treats us the best, and thinks about us for all fun and delicious food!"

Hongzhuo just complained casually, and had no other meaning. Seeing his elder brother and younger brother say this, he couldn't get it off his face, and muttered: "I didn't say anything bad about my brother-in-law..."

Because everyone has a close relationship on weekdays, they are all acquainted, and they get along with friends, and they don't flatter them just because they are the grandsons of the emperor.So Cao Song was not polite to him, rolled up the sleeves of his clothes and said: "After dinner, let's fall, the second master wants to be 'close' and 'close' with me! Hehe, when the time comes Get down, don't wait to cry and say that I bully children!"

Both of them love to wield knives and clubs, and they often "discuss" together on weekdays, and they are often used to beating.Although Hong Zhuo suffers because he is young and his stature is not as good as Cao Song's, and he will lose eight out of ten times, but he becomes more courageous as he gets frustrated.

Because the coaches and guards of the palace respect Hong Zhuo's status as the young master, even though they compete with him on weekdays, there are a few who dare to try their best to greet him.

Cao Song was different, because he was a relative, so he had less scruples; second, seeing that Hong Zhuo was a bit thorny in normal times, he sincerely wanted to teach him a lesson.Although there are no internal or external injuries, it is painful.

Not to mention a few little ones bickering here, at Cao Yong's table, he had already held the pot and filled it up for everyone in the table.At this table, all his close relatives and friends.

Most of the people have met each other on weekdays, and they are not formal.Only Sun Jue, who came and went to Cao's mansion less often, people like Yongqing, Nalan Fusen, Detehei and others were meeting him for the first time, so they had to meet him again.

Cao Yongyuan was still a little worried, afraid that his brother-in-law would put on a sour air like in the past, which would disappoint everyone.However, watching from the sidelines, although he doesn't talk much, he is also very sophisticated in his speech.Compared with the previous year, although it is not like a different person, it is already a world of difference.

The capital city is really a test for people!Cao Yong just wanted to praise him for being more promising than before, but when he thought of his ugly appearance in Li's house at the beginning of the month, he felt like he swallowed a fly.

Fortunately, according to the rules in my house, the male guests eat in the front yard, and the waiters are all servants.Otherwise, Cao Yong felt really uncomfortable if there was someone like Sun Jue during the banquet.

For men, lust is understandable, but there must be a limit.If regardless of the occasion, no matter what smells good or what smells good, they all make money in their bosoms, then their character can be seen as mediocre.

After everyone had a sip of wine, Na Ersu put the wine cup down and asked Cao Yong, "By the way, Fu Ruo, is there any news from the Li family? Has Li Ding returned to Suzhou?"

Cao Yong shook his head and replied: "On the thirteenth day, I sent someone to send a letter to Suzhou, but there is no reply yet. Count the days, about two days, there should be a letter coming!"

Detehei is a rough man, and he has no scruples in speaking. When he heard about Li Ding, he put down his chopsticks and said, "Little Cao, it's not Lao Hei, let's bury him. That kid from the Li family is really dishonest. If nothing else, just The little girl of Dong E's family, her Ama was also a servant in front of the imperial court before her death, and she still has some friendship with Lao Hei. Even now, your sister-in-law still goes there every year to pay her respects to the old lady. For this marriage, your sister-in-law and I repeated it several times. It was obviously the old Li's family who had fawned on Kari back then and came to ask for a marriage. Later, seeing that Kari was no longer able to do so, they found a reason to withdraw from the marriage. How come the marriage of the Fucha family turned out to be a betrayal of Dong E's family? He was wronged by Li Ding when he retired? Now that the wedding is approaching and he is gone, won't he be planning to climb high again in his heart, and feel that Fucha's family is not as good as it used to be?"

Cao Yong just smiled, really too lazy to defend Li Ding.Now, it has been more than ten days since the messenger went south to deliver the letter. The Li family has already received the news, so I don't know what Li Xu will think.

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Jiangning, Weaving Mansion, Study Room.

Cao Yin sat on a chair, looking at the letter that Li Xu sent someone here today.Li Ding disappeared in the capital, no one was alive or dead, it has been half a month now.

The Li family got the news that Li Xu had sent his eldest son, Li Nai, to go north.Although the Li family is also a prominent eunuch, after all they have been away from Beijing for many years, Li Xu wrote to Cao Yin with the intention of borrowing the power of the Cao family.

On the fifteenth day, Cao Yin stood up and walked two steps with his hands behind his back.Although Li Ding was a little arrogant, he still acted a bit cleverly. Who did he offend?
He remembered the news that Xia Ri had received, that Li Xu had bought some women in Suzhou and sent them to the north.Could it be that Li Ding meddled in something that shouldn't be meddled and caused his death?

He frowned and pondered, thinking about his son Cao Yong a little more...
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