Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 353 Calling on the Golden Gate Regulations

The next day, Cao Yong came out from the yamen of Taipusi, and accompanied Li Nai to Lu Bohe's mansion in the North Street inside Chaoyangmen.

The wedding date was originally set on October 28. If Li Ding hadn't disappeared, today would be the time for the woman to give her makeup.

Encountering such unlucky things, everyone would be annoyed, but there is really no way, Li Ding's disappearance has been reported to the Shuntian Prefecture Yamen and the Infantry Dutong Yamen.Judging from the current posture, Li Ding might have been plotted against.

The Li family is already in dire straits, and they can't push too much.In Lu Bohe's heart, he even really hoped that Li Ding would just die like this, so that his granddaughter would be able to talk to others in the future.It's better than "running away from marriage" or "retiring marriage" and so on.

Thinking that if that was the case, those with long tongues would say that their granddaughter was hard-pressed by Kefu.After thinking about it, the old man didn't know whether he should hope for Li Dingsheng or Li Ding's death.

Although the granddaughter has not yet married into the Li family, but the big and small decisions have already passed, if Li Dingzhen's death is reported, the granddaughter will have to observe filial piety for three years for the sake of morality.

Ruberhe gritted his teeth, and finally said the words of resigning.Now that things have happened, they can't blame the Fucha family for their treachery.After all, the granddaughter hasn't eaten the tea from his Li family, so why should she keep a filial piety for his family?
Li Nai was very sad when he heard this, so he couldn't help pleading softly.The way is to allow the Fucha family to give them some time, if after a while, the younger brother's whereabouts have not been found, they will withdraw from the marriage as Ruberhe said.

Lu Bohe is a military officer, and he speaks straightforwardly. Although he didn't intend to curse Li Ding, he still cherishes his granddaughter more, so he expressed his concerns.

Li Nai didn't dare to be self-confident, and said: "In a few days, my father will go north, sir, look..."

Lu Bohe said cruelly: "When your father arrives in the capital, the old man will apologize to him personally. Eldest son, my granddaughter is a person of poor fortune, and I really can't climb up to your mansion!"

Having said that, what else can Li Nai say?However, he also knew that Ruberhe's concerns were justified, now that etiquette is the most important thing, and he is especially harsh on women.

If something happened to my younger brother, even though Miss Fucha didn't marry into the Li family, she still had to keep her filial piety; no matter what she said, she would be treated differently from ordinary daughters.If she divorced her, it would not delay her flowery years, and she would save her from talking about it in the future.

Cao Yong was by the side, and he didn't talk too much. After all, it was a marriage between two surnames, so it was hard for him to say anything.In his heart, he still quite agrees with Ruberhe's proposal of retiring.

The lady Fu Cha's family betrothed to Li Ding is an innocent person, and it is a great good to avoid the harm to the minimum.

After leaving the gate of Fucha's house, Li Nai sighed, looking very depressed.

Although he knew that it was all useless work, Cao Yong still accompanied him to run through the Yamen of the Infantry Capital, the Yamen of the House of Internal Affairs, and the Yamen of Shuntianfu.Until sunset, the two were still at a loss.

Cao Yong originally wanted to arrange to invite Li Nai to have a drink, which was regarded as a welcome for him.But Li Nai was really not in that mood, and he was exhausted from tossing for half a day, so he declined Cao Yong's kindness.

The two parted ways outside Shuntian Mansion and went to their respective homes.

After returning to the mansion, Cao Yong said a few words with Mr. Zhuang, and then went back to Wutong Garden.

After entering the room, Cao Yong saw Chuyu sitting on the edge of the kang, pushing a rocking cart, with a strange look on his face.Seeing Cao Yong coming back, Chu Yu hurriedly got up and waited for him to change clothes.

Because Cao Yi is pregnant, she sent a letter to Cao's mansion, and today Chuyu went to Jueluo mansion to visit her sister-in-law.Because Cao Yong wants to accompany Li Nai in recent days, he is not free, so he said that he will go to see him in a few days.

Cao Yong ran a lot of places in the afternoon, and felt his body was stiff.After changing his clothes, he stretched out his arms and stretched vigorously.

Seeing that he was tired, Chu Yu said, "Sit on the side of the forehead kang, Chu Yu will help you pinch your cheeks!"

Cao Yong smiled and shook his head and said: "What's the use of your hand strength? It's useless for lunch now, call someone to bring food up!"

Because Cao Yong came back to eat yesterday, so today Chu Yu has ordered the kitchen to prepare the food and keep it warm.

After a while, Xicai brought someone over with a food box, and Xiyun brought a little maid to set up the kang table and spread the food on it.

Cao Yong sat cross-legged in front of the table, saw two sets of bowls and chopsticks, and asked: "Did you eat tonight?"

Chu Yu laughed and said, "I wasn't hungry back then, I just ate two mouthfuls of egg custard, but now I'm a bit hungry!"

Because she was in the mansion all day, Chu Yu didn't move much, her appetite was not good, and each meal was only half a small bowl.

Four side dishes, two meat dishes and two vegetarian dishes, one of the two meat dishes is pot chicken, the other is braised catfish; two vegetarian dishes, one is toon beans, and the other is shredded seaweed.

Cao Yong took a bite of food for Chuyu and said: "Regardless of your appetite, you have to eat a few bites when it's time. From now on, when the meal is time, I will try my best to come back. If I have something to delay outside and I can't come back, If you don’t enjoy eating alone, please invite Tian Shi or Zijing over.”

Chu Yu nodded with a smile. Seeing that he still didn't move his chopsticks on the meat and vegetables very much, she was also a little worried, and said with a bit of concern: "My son-in-law works so hard, and he is busy with this and that all day long. How can a vegetarian body survive?"

Cao Yong ate a bowl of red bean rice with shredded kelp and toon beans, and asked someone to fill another bowl.

Seeing that Chuyu was worried about this, Cao Yong said with a smile: "I'm fine, I'm just impatient to eat these. Speaking of which, it's going to be winter moon, and I'm still thinking about the roe deer meat in the Northeast!" Speaking of this, he saw the catfish, and couldn't help frowning slightly: "Other things are fine, I will omit this fish for my regular dishes from now on!"

He doesn't eat meat these days, and now he doesn't even eat fish.Although Chu Yu complied, she felt a little uneasy in her heart.

Although she had heard that the forehead lived in the temple for three years, she didn't take it to heart at first.Because he looks at it on weekdays, and doesn't want to worship the appearance of gods and Buddhas.I just went to the temple a few times, just to accompany her and Amethyst.

Cao Yong was eating deliciously, looked up and saw Chu Yu was looking at him eagerly, couldn't help laughing, said: "Why, I haven't seen you for a day, miss me?"

Chu Yu took a look at Xiyun and Xicai who were waiting on the ground, and said angrily to Cao Yong, "My son-in-law..."

Cao Yong knew that she had a tender face and was in front of Xiyun and the others, so he stopped laughing at her.

After persuading Chu Yu to take a few more mouthfuls, Cao Yong finished eating by himself and put down his chopsticks.

Xiyun and Xicai served tea, Cao Yong and Chuyu rinsed their mouths, sat sideways, and asked them to remove the table.

Thinking of his wife going to Jueluo Mansion during the day, Cao Yong asked: "How does Ping'er look, is her complexion okay?"

Chu Yu nodded, and said: "Third sisters are all good, my wife chose a nanny who can take care of pregnant women to take care of them carefully. Because of the tight schedule in the past few months, my wife is so precious, not even a cup. Let my sister carry it!"

Jueluo's family has only one son, and Seshitu is in his twenties. Cao Yong can understand the old lady's anxiety to hold her grandson.

Cao Yong heard this, smiled and said to Chu Yu: "In two days, I will take a rest and take my second brother and the others to see her again!" At this point, he thought for a while and said, "You are in the mansion It's okay, it's better to spend more time with the third sister. If you want to go to the palace, you can go back there. Even though it's winter, it's not good to be bored in the house all day, seeing that you are struggling to eat now!"

When Chu Yu heard this, she was a little surprised, and said, "My son-in-law, in other people's houses, they are afraid that their female relatives will come to visit them, so why did my son-in-law persuade Chuyu to go for a walk instead?"

"It's not because you're afraid that you'll get sick. Our house has less housework, and you don't have a job all day long!" Cao Yong said with a bit of distress: "It's really impossible, you invited the second aunt and Qiu aunt to play dominoes." That's fine too, so you don't have to be bored in the room alone!"

Chu Yu shook her head and said, "I know that my son-in-law really loves me, but he works like a servant. Originally, the nights are long in winter, and there are people who want to gamble, but our house has strict rules and we don't allow you to start games in the house. I can't control it anymore!"

Hearing her mentioning housework, Cao Yong recalled the gossip about "illegitimate children" he heard last time, frowned and said to Chu Yu: "There are some gossips in the mansion, I don't know if you have heard of them, except God Bless , and even Tian's side. After all, they are people in the mansion, maybe they just don't want to speculate, but if they spread it to the outside, it will make people feel like they have nose and eyes. It's not good for Tian's and the child's reputation. Well, you'd better find a way to manage it!"

Hearing Cao Yong mention this, Chu Yu was a little surprised.Although she knew some of these gossips, she didn't expect it to reach Cao Yong's ears, and said embarrassingly: "But the second brother told you? Xiyun also heard it yesterday, and told me and Sister Zijing. Because there are two of them It is really not good for my wife to punish someone brought from the south. After discussing with Sister Zijing, I made a charter today. If there is someone who goesssips about the master in private, the first offense will be fined for three months; If it is the case, it will be fined for one year; if it is the third time, the errand will be dismissed, and the monthly case will be completely stopped. If you don’t say it for the third time, the money from the previous two fines will not be kept in the account, and will be rewarded to those who report and expose .Even if it is exposed for the third time, there will be a reward of two taels of silver."

Speaking of this, she looked at Cao Yong cautiously, knowing that he had always been lenient, afraid that he would be annoyed, and said: "There is really no way, these old people in our house can say that they will be punished if they want to be beaten. The ones who came were from the next room after all. If someone beat them, it would seem disrespectful to the second wife. Now, with this new regulation, no matter whether it is an old man in Beijing or a newcomer from the south, they will be treated equally. No one can make a mistake!"

Not to mention others, but Zhao Jia's nanny Zhang is famous for her nagging.Cao Yong thought of her, could not help shaking his head.Even when she saw herself, she still had to rely on the old to sell the old ink a few words; when she treated Cao Song and his brothers, she would just chatter endlessly.

Chu Yu only thought that he said that the matter was not handled properly, and said, "Since my son-in-law thinks it's inappropriate, is there any other way?"

Cao Yong said with a smile: "what's wrong, it's just that it's right! You and Zijing have made a good agreement, and you both live in this mansion. Is it necessary to divide the old and the new? Although the servants around the second aunt , we are not easy to discipline, but we can't easily mess with the rules of the mansion. Since we pay monthly bills from the books, we must abide by the rules of the mansion."

When Chu Yu saw that he said yes, she felt as if she had eaten honey in her heart, and a smile appeared on her face.

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Shaoyuan, go to the room.

Sitting on the kang, Mrs. Zhao Jia looked at the maid standing on the ground with a livid face.Seeing that she was annoyed, Grandma Zhang wanted to persuade her, but she thought she couldn't pick it off cleanly, so she didn't speak embarrassingly.

With a cold face, Zhao Jia said with a sneer: "You guys have really given me face! There are five and no. 60 people in the inner house, why do the servants in other people's yards know the rules, but you have no sense of proportion?" , It’s actually a nonsense of the orchestrator!”

The more she talked, the more annoyed she became, and she directly said to the deacons' wives standing in the front row: "You guys, you used to look like you knew the rules, but why did you mess up when you came to the north! I was shy a few days ago I told Grandma Lian that I want to arrange errands for you guys, and you made such a fuss!" Having said this, he was already trembling with anger.

No one dared to speak, they all gave Zhang Nanny winks with their eyes.

Nanny Zhang laughed a lot, stepped forward and said: "Madam, don't be upset, the big guy has always been used to living in the south, I don't know that there are taboos in his north mansion. The eldest grandma is just making use of it to give the big guy It’s nothing more than a slap in the face. We’ll be more careful in the future, and don’t let her make mistakes!”

"Get off the horse?" Zhao Jia said with a sneer, "It's been more than a year since the master passed away, and I've been impatient with the housekeeper and director, which made you all look good! What kind of things are you that deserve her to show you off? It's just for the sake of it." For my sake, I didn't directly use the board to discipline that's all. At the beginning, Miss Wu's wife went to Shandong, but she didn't work hard, so she got a board and sent her back! Hmph, it's good for you to have a good memory today. This time, you wiped my face like this, and she didn't need to fine me a month's money, I just kicked him out here!"

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Xiaojiu is begging for a monthly ticket
(End of this chapter)