Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 350 Visiting the Kinmen Winter Cold

Outside Xihua Gate, Jueluo Mansion.

Although Xi Tara's face was restrained, the hands twisting the beads couldn't help trembling slightly.The same is true of Cao Yi in the veil, thinking of what her sister-in-law joked when she returned to her mother's house the day before yesterday, her heart hangs high.

She stretched out her wrist, and the old doctor sat on the chair outside the curtain, put her hand on Cao Yi's pulse, pondered for a while, then moved her hand away, and asked a few more questions.It's nothing more than words like "upset and happy to vomit".

After Cao Yi answered one by one, the old imperial doctor nodded and said to Xi Tara: "Congratulations, old lady, although the time is short and the pulse is a little weak, but your daughter-in-law is indeed 'smooth pulse', and your daughter-in-law is happy." Already!"

No matter how calm Xi Tara was, he couldn't help but look happy, and said "Amitabha Buddha" straight from his mouth.While asking the old doctor to go to the outhouse to prescribe a prescription, she ordered people to prepare the consultation fee.

When he arrived at the main room, Xi Tara's heart sank when he saw the old doctor frowning as if he had something embarrassing to say.Afraid of asking something unpleasant and making Cao Yi in the back room sad, she asked the old doctor to serve tea in the front yard.

Mrs. Xi Tara thought well. After the old lady doctor arrived at the front yard, she thought about it and said to Mrs. Xi Tara: "Madam, your daughter-in-law has been injured in the past, and it is not easy to conceive. In the past few months, you must carefully , Don’t be sad, don’t be happy, don’t cry, don’t laugh, when the first month comes, the placenta is firm, and it’s all right! Here’s a prescription for warming and nourishing, so that your daughter-in-law can take care of it first.”

After hearing what the old doctor said, Xi Tara couldn't help sighing when he remembered the old things.If the son hadn't committed a crime the year before last, and the daughter-in-law's first child had been saved, the grandson could already be called a grandmother.

He had to ask a few more questions about dietary taboos, and then Xi Tara asked someone to pay the consultation fee, and drove the old doctor back.

But Cao Yi was lying on the bed, and after listening to the old doctor's words, he couldn't hold back his tears.After three years of marriage, except for the first pregnancy, her stomach has never moved.Although the mother-in-law and husband didn't say anything, when the elder sisters went back to visit their relatives, they all showed a bit of anxiety on their faces.

To be taken in by her elder brother and raised by her parents, she is not a lucky person.But the same biological parents, and her first child, she is so unfavorable.

In her heart, there was also a faint fear, fearing that she would not be able to conceive a child and disappoint her mother-in-law.

The mother-in-law treats her like a daughter, and she respects her mother-in-law like a mother, and she can also sympathize with the old man's concern for his grandson and granddaughter as he grows older.

In her heart, she also cared very little about children, no matter who's child she saw, she couldn't turn her eyes away.

Chun Ya and Xia Fu, who were waiting in the house, are also full of joy now.When the imperial doctor went out with the old lady, the two of them came forward to raise the curtains to congratulate Cao Yi.

Seeing the tears on Cao Yi's face, the two of them jumped. Xia Fu fastened the tent with a hook, and Chunya took out the handkerchief and presented it: "Girl, this... this is great joy..."

Cao Yi sat up, nodded with tears in his eyes.She gently touched her stomach, only to feel warm in her heart, as if something was different.She is going to be a mother.

When Sitara turned back to the backyard, he saw his daughter-in-law sitting on the edge of the kang like this, her eyes were a little sore.

When Cao Yi saw her mother-in-law coming in, she quickly got up and said in a low voice, "Er Niang!"

Xi Tara took her hand and sat down on the edge of the kang, and said with a smile: "This is a great joy, Er Niang has sent someone to send a message to Tu'er. If you want to eat anything, tell Er Niang!"

Cao Yi shook his head lightly, and said, "Emiang, my daughter-in-law is fine...the days are short...it doesn't show..."

Sitara clapped her hands and said, "It's a big deal for this woman to have a baby, and she should be careful from now on. The kitchen is smoky, so you can't go there anymore. The window sill and the grinding table are also very important." You can't touch it, you can't sit with your body twisted, and you have to be upright when you walk; the same is true when you speak, no matter whether it is in your mouth or in your heart, there must be no bad words, or it will be harmful to childbirth."

Cao Yi listened to her mother-in-law talking about these taboos, her eyes were already red, and she answered in a low voice while listening.

After a while, he heard footsteps in the yard, and Seshtu came in through the curtain.After meeting his mother, he looked like Cao Yi, with a bit of hope on his face, he said: "I really have... Are you really pregnant?" He said, looking up at Cao Yi's belly.

Cao Yi blushed, Xi Tara saw his son, smiled and said: "How can it be so fast, it will take a few more months to show pregnancy!"

After listening to his mother's words, Seshtu confirmed the news that his wife was indeed pregnant, and was so happy from ear to ear.He was walking up and down the ground, so excited.After a while, I asked "Do you want to eat sour food?", and after a while, I asked "Do you want to vomit, and does your chest feel uncomfortable?", making a lot of noise.

Sitara really couldn't see his son's hopeless appearance, so he cast a reproachful look at him and said, "Look at you crazy, this child won't be born until eight or nine months away!"

Saishitu smiled and said, "Emiang, my son is happy, you don't know, the people outside say that my son is..." At this point, in order to save himself from talking about it, he laughed twice and changed his words Said: "People outside say that the son is the life of the pomegranate, and the one with the most children and grandchildren!"

Xi Tara and Cao Yi only laughed when they heard this, but they knew the reason for his previous words.The two have been married for three years, and there is no movement, except for relatives who suspect that Cao Yi is infertile, and some people ridicule Seshitu as a "silver rod and wax spear head", which is fancy but not useful.

The two have been married for three years, although Cao Yi said that he blamed him in his heart, but it is not easy to think about him, so he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Sitara looked at his son and daughter-in-law with stiff faces, afraid that they would recall the unhappiness of the past, and said with a smile: "I have to ask someone to go to your in-laws' family to announce the good news to your family, so that everyone will be happy too."

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Xidan Archway, Taipu Temple Yamen.

Cao Yong looked at Detehei and Nalan Fusen who came to the door, and they were wearing bodyguards to serve them, quite surprised: "Brother De, Brother Nalan, why do you have time to come here?"

De Tehei said: "Why else, it's not because of that Li Ding!"

When Cao Yong thought of Li Ding, he felt weird in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.

Nalan Fusen was afraid that Cao Yong would not understand, so he said to him: "Master Li of Suzhou Weaving has sent a letter to Mr. Fu. It is said that Li Ding has not returned to the south. I am afraid that there will be accidents. Please Mr. Fu to help investigate!" Speaking of this, he looked at Cao Yong in surprise and said, "By the way, he is your cousin. Didn't he write to you?"

The Master Fu he mentioned refers to Fu Erdan, the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Guards Department.He is from Zhengbai Banner, and among the guards at the Guard Office, the guards from Zhengbai Banner are under his control.

Cao Yong shook his head and replied: "Uncle has not sent any news yet. If my cousin has not returned to the south, this..."

For a time, the atmosphere was a little dignified.

De Tehei couldn't help it, and said with a sullen face: "Master, who has eaten the heart of a bear and is so daring that he dares to attack our guards?"

I can't blame him, no matter what you think about Li Ding in private, everyone is a colleague of the guard after all.The inner court guards are the emperor's retainers, guarding the palace, and protecting the safety of the Long Live God.

In the most important place in Gyeonggi, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, a dignified third-class guard can't see anyone or dead body. Isn't this a slap in the face of the guard?

Seeing that Dete was black and annoyed, Cao Yong didn't know how to persuade him, so he kept his face sullen and didn't speak.Or Nalan Fusen said: "Now is not the time to be annoyed. Since the superiors have explained the errands, they must first investigate and investigate. The Infantry Commander's Yamen has filed a record, and the Shuntian Mansion Yamen has also been asked. On the eighth day of the eighth day Although a few corpses have been found so far, none of them match."

De Tehei also avoided this reason, raised his head and said to Cao Yong: "Little Cao, are you busy with errands in the yamen, see if you can let it go, and spend two days with the old brothers. Your cousin is on the left and right, and you Do your best!"

Cao Yong nodded, and said: "Brother De is right, the two elder brothers wait a moment, and younger brother Rong will explain to his colleagues first!"

Cao Yong asked someone to serve tea and asked the two to wait a while, while Tang Zhiyu and Yidu left to take over the errands.

Hearing that two guards were looking for Cao Yong, Yi Duli couldn't help being curious, and asked Cao Yong in a low voice: "My lord, this is..."

Because it was Li Ding's matter, Cao Yong didn't want to say more, so he said vaguely: "Some private matters, maybe it will take some work these two days!"

Tang Zhiyu followed Cao Yong in the summer, and knew that there were many people close to Cao Yong at the guard's office.Although Cao Yong usually acted magnanimously, it was difficult to keep the attention of caring people, so he couldn't help but persuaded: "My lord, even though my lord has also worked as a guard, after all, time has passed, I hope you can save yourself and think about it!"

Hearing his concern, Cao Yong felt a little grateful in his heart, and thanked him: "Thank you, Mr. Tang, for your reminder, I understand now!"

After explaining the errands, Cao Yong followed De Tehei and Nalan Fusen and rode together to Li's house in Dongzhimen.

Because I was in the Cao Mansion the day before yesterday, and I heard Cao Yong roughly mentioned this matter, De Tehei said: "Old Hei remembered, according to what Ri Furuo said that day, the missing people in the Li family were not three, but four people, right? There was the boy who sent a letter to Li Ding in the middle of the night. Can the four living beings still go to heaven and earth?"

Nalan Fusen also echoed: "People at Xizhimen also asked about it, because there was no court meeting on the ninth day of the lunar new year, although there were some officials who left the city, but the number was not many, there are records to check, and there is no record of Li Ding leaving the city. Come to think of it, he's still in the city..." At the end, he couldn't help feeling a little sad.

It has been more than half a month since Li Ding disappeared on the night of the eighth day of the lunar new year.Even if it was true as rumored by the outside world, Li Ding was dissatisfied with the marriage of Fucha's family, and he would not be ignorant of the seriousness, and delayed his job at the guard's office, which was a crime of "disrespect".

In Cao Yong's heart, he was thinking about the "four people" that Detehei said, but that was four lives.Although it seems hypocritical to think about this now, he really can't be as calm as water.

After half an hour, the three arrived at Li's house in Dongzhimen.

There are only two stewards at the concierge here, and it is said that the uncle has come, and the housekeeper accompanied him to Haizi's private house.The "uncle" in his mouth naturally refers to Li Ding's brother and Li Xu's eldest son, Li Nai.

Cao Yong was a little surprised. Although he thought that someone from the Li family might go north, he didn't expect to be able to arrive in Beijing so early.

Detehei and Nalan Fusen were also relieved to hear that the Li family had come.Although the two of them received errands, they were outsiders after all. It would be really inconvenient for the Li family to have no one in charge.

Cao Yong was thinking about his big cousin. His initial impression was when he was abducted in 40 years of Kangxi and followed his mother when he was a guest in Suzhou on the way back to Jiangning from Hangzhou.

The eldest cousin, Li Nai, is a slightly dull and honest person.At that time, Li Ding, who was ten years old, accompanied Li Nai to pick him up at the pier.Ten-year-old Li Ding is very fond of acting like a baby. He is very close to Li's aunt and very friendly to Cao Yong, his cousin.Take him to the school grounds to see those little bows and arrows.

Why did it come to this point?Cao Yong could not help but feel a little dazed.

Detehei and Nalan Fusen had never met Li Nai before, thinking that Li Ding was smart and tactful, they thought his elder brother was the same.They asked Cao Yong a few words about the current situation of Li's family. Cao Yong's knowledge was limited, and it would be great if he could answer one sentence out of three.

Hearing this, Detehei couldn't help being a little stunned, and said to Cao Yong with a smile: "It seems that what is said outside is really unbelievable. They say that you, Cao and Li, are like a family. That's not the case!"

Nalan Fusen also said: "I thought so in my heart. I thought that your cousins ​​didn't have much contact because you didn't like to be conspicuous in the capital! Judging from the present, it's been a generation, and you are two people. When you grow up, there are some people who are not close!"

Cao Yong nodded without much speech.He also knew about those words of "connecting with relatives", and perhaps it was for this reason that he finally made up his mind.

Everyone beat Taipusi Yamen to Dongzhimen, and then turned Dongzhimen back to Shichahai, all sweating a little.Haizi, because of the water next to it, looks a little colder.

As the cold wind blew, De Tehei tightened the collar of his clothes, looked at Haizi on the side of the road, and said to Cao Yong and Nalan Fusen: "This year's ice freezes earlier than usual..."

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(End of this chapter)