Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 362 Visiting the Golden Gate Newcomer

Even if Cao Yong was unwilling in every possible way, but at this time the banner people pay attention to three relatives, that is, father-in-law, uncle, and brother-in-law.According to patriarchal rules, people with the same surname belong to family members or clan members, not relatives, and the mother clan is the most serious and noble relatives.Therefore, after leaving Taipu Temple, he still went to Li's house at Dongzhimen.

Li Xu had already returned from the Changchun Garden, changed into a homely gown, and leaned on the kang.His complexion was a bit gloomy, seeing Kangxi today, he could already sense the impatience of the emperor's master.It's the son's little cleverness that made those little tricks fail to hide the slightest bit from the emperor.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help regretting why he sent his second child to Beijing like a ghost.If the eldest son is sent to Beijing according to the rules of the Sun family and the Cao family, there will be no right and wrong behind.

It has been nearly two and a half months since his son disappeared, and Li Xu himself knows that the second son may be in danger.He sighed, and told Xiangtong to bring Miaoyun over.

After a while, Miaoyun came in after Xiangtong.

With a fair face and a well-proportioned figure, she is still dressed as a girl now, with a raven braid hanging down her head.

At the end of November, when Li Xu first arrived in the capital, he met Miao Yun once.At that time, Li Xu was in a hurry, and Li Xu was not in the mood to look carefully, so he only asked a few questions about Li Ding before the accident.

Miao Yun only waited on Li Ding for one night, apart from a few soft words to coax her on the bed, how could Li Ding talk to her?
After Li Xu looked Miao Yun up and down, his eyes fell on her stomach.Now, the child in this belly should be more than two months old, and it is not yet pregnant.

Although Miao Yun didn't know what the master told her, she still bowed down respectfully and said, "Master!"

This voice is somewhat soft, coupled with this appearance and figure, it has been buried in the mansion for several years.Li Xu sighed inwardly, asked Xiang Tong to carry the chair for Miao Yun, and said, "Sit down, your body is important, you're tired!"

Although no one said anything to Miao Yunduo these days, she knew something vaguely.The second master was afraid that he might be gone, so the uncle and the master went to Beijing one after another.I heard that in the house here, many servants were tortured, just because they were afraid of family thieves.

As a servant born in the family, although she didn't have the intention of flying up to the branches to become a phoenix, she also knew the truth that women should stick to one end.Although Li Ding is missing now, since she has this piece of meat in her belly, she also has hope for the rest of her life.

After Miaoyun sat down, Li Xu sighed and said, "Tomorrow I will send someone to the yamen of the infantry commander to open an account for your parents and brothers!"

To open an account is to become a slave. Although the identity is not as good as that of the main household and other households of the Eight Banners, it is also very different from the household servants.Miao Yun was so surprised that she couldn't speak.

Li Xu said: "You are a young woman, it is inconvenient to stay in the capital, so I will go back to Suzhou with me in the next year. It is better to take care of the old lady and the wife than you are in the capital now!"

There was one sentence that Li Xu didn't say.That is to think that if Miaoyun really has a man, he will promote Miaoyun as his daughter-in-law.This is the reason for opening an account for Miaoyun's parents before going south.

That son, since he was sensible, has been most concerned about his status as a concubine.Anyway, his... hope of living is very slim, there must be someone to go to his grave to burn incense.

Li Xu was thinking like this, and seeing Miao Yun getting closer, he said kindly: "You have to take good care of it, no matter what you want to eat or use, just tell Xiangtong to do it." Said: "Serve well, and go back to the south with the master in the next year!"

Although Li Xu and Li Ding's father and son usually have a place where they don't care about meat and vegetables, but now that Li Dingsheng doesn't see the fate of people dying or corpses, Li Xu doesn't have the mood to mess around in the house.

Xiangtong knows that without Li Ding's care, the only thing she can rely on is the child in Miaoyun's womb.Therefore, she responded very respectfully.At the same time, she couldn't help but curse a few words in her heart.

If the master pretends to be serious, he will be completely serious.Piansheng took on the appearance of a loving father in the mansion, but he remained the same outside the mansion.The vixen at Shichahai is so rare?
Li Xu gave Miao Yun a few more instructions, and then heard footsteps outside the house, and Li Nai came back.

Seeing that Miaoyun and Xiangtong were both there, Li Nai hesitated at the door, but was still able to enter the room.

Because Li Xu had something to say to his son, he asked Xiang Tong to wait on Miao Yun and go back to her room to rest.

Miao Yun got up, and blessed Li Xu and Li Nai, and then went down with Xiang Tong.

Li Xu looked at Miao Yun's back, and said to Li Nai: "This child has good looks and character, it's not for nothing that your brother has a crush on her!"

Li Nai's expression was a little stiff, he hesitated for a moment, not knowing what to say.

Seeing his hesitant and ink-smeared appearance, Li Xu frowned and said, "Tell me, I heard something. Didn't you go to Sun's house?"

Li Nai replied: "My lord, Sun Jue has a concubine who is pregnant?"

"En!" Li Xu nodded and said, "This is such a big deal, it's worth your embarrassment..." At this point, his eyes widened and he was speechless.

Xiangtong said that Li Ding hosted a banquet for Cao Yong and Sun Jue on the day of Li Ding's appointment. Cao Yong was called back by the emissary of the princess at home and did not stay overnight, but Sun Jue was drunk and rested here.

That night, the two servant girls who served Sun Jue in his room were a bunch of sisters that Li Ding had used.

Li Xu immediately got off the kang, walked two steps on the ground with his hands behind his back, and asked Li Nai, "Then the pregnant concubine is going out from our house?"

Li Nai nodded and said: "My lord father, what should I do, I don't know if the child over there is the flesh and blood of my second brother!"

Li Xu coughed, and said: "It's really strange! There have been many people in your second younger brother's room these years, but none of them has a body. The two maidservants are different from Miao Yun, after all, they were touched by Sun Jue, they are It’s hard to say if it’s not the second child. When the child is born, find an old man in the mansion to have a look!”

Li Nai knew that this was the only way to go, so he didn't see anything new again.

Although there is Li Ding's matter, after all, it is the New Year's Eve now, and there are many social contacts, gifts and entertainments, but none of them can be neglected.

Li Xu discussed with his son, pulled out a list of distances, and then thought about having someone call the housekeeper over to prepare gifts according to the list.

When the housekeeper came, there was still a person behind him, it was Cao Yong.

Because the two families are close relatives, they don't want to play those fake things, so Cao Yong followed the housekeeper directly into the hall.

A smile appeared on Li Xu's face, he nodded and said, "It's Fu Ruo who is here!"

Cao Yong took a step forward, bowed to Li Xu, and said in his mouth: "My nephew has seen my uncle, please greet my uncle!"

"Ann!" Li Xu said, "Fu Ruo is alright too! Don't lower your head, sit down!"

Cao Yong responded, and randomly found one of the chairs lined up on the ground with wild goose wings.

Li Xu looked at Cao Yong wearing a third-grade peacock mending suit, and couldn't help feeling a little dazed.Counting these few families together with the older generation, who was so respectable when they were weak?Cao Yong, Cao Yong, your luck is really good.

Seeing Li Xu looking at him uncertainly, Cao Yong couldn't help feeling guilty.Could it be that Wei Hei's actions are not confidential, is there any clue that the Li family can find out?
The room was silent, and Li Nai was afraid that Cao Yong would be uncomfortable, so he hurriedly asked someone to make a pot of good tea.He brought the tea to Cao Yong and asked, "Furuo came out of the Yamen?"

Cao Yong nodded and said: "Although it's not a big deal, there are a lot of trivial matters. I've been delayed for a while. If I don't want to come to pay my respects to my uncle after the court is over."

Li Xu smiled and said, "I also went to the garden in the morning, if you come in the morning, maybe you won't be able to see it!"

Cao Yong laughed twice, and asked a few more about the situation in the south, whether the old lady Wen and the old lady Gao are in good health.

After saying a few gossips, it was inevitable that everyone would mention Li Ding again, and they all sighed.

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Cao Mansion, Shao Garden, Shang Fang.

Zhao Jia combed her hair twice and wore a plain cheongsam, looking carefully at the mirror again and again.Although she looked fine in the mirror, she was still a little worried, and asked Mammy Zhang beside her, "Is Mammy looking at me well?"

"Tsk tsk" Zhang Nai said, "It's important to be careful, the wife looks young, so she can clean up neatly no matter what.

Zhao Jia licked her temples and stroked her front, feeling very satisfied.However, when she saw the pipe and pot in her hand, she hesitated for a moment, then extinguished it and put it on the kang table.

She straightened her back and said to Zhang Nanny and the other maidservants: "Go, go to Grandma's garden to see foreigners!"

Although it was Chuyu who sent someone to invite Mrs. Zhao Jia to Wutong Garden, she was not invited to meet the guests, but a newcomer entered the mansion.

The newcomers are the two big maids who were only released from the palace, both of whom are over [-] years old.It is said that she used to work as a servant in Chuxiu Palace, teaching the rules to the young masters who are new to the palace.They belong to the Three Banners of the House of Internal Affairs, and their parents and brothers are servants of Prince Chun's House, and they are all attached to the Palace of Prince Chun.

After Chu Yu became pregnant, Chun Wang Fujin mentioned this matter.Nowadays, all the mansions in the capital and families with daughters are vying for the aunts or nanny released from the foster palace to make offerings and teach their daughters.

Although Chu Yu didn't have a daughter yet, these two court ladies had seen the world, and helping the housekeeper was not a piece of cake.

There is Amethyst in Cao's mansion, and Cao Yong himself is not the kind of man who likes to talk about rules, so Chu Yu declined Fujin's kindness at first.

Because of Zhao Jia's noisy reason, Cao Yong and Chu Yu discussed last night that one would sing a bad face and the other would sing a bad face.However, if you think about it carefully, it is not appropriate.

No matter which one Cao Yong and Chu Yu treated Zhao Jia's bad face, it was Cao Song and Cao Xiang who hurt the hearts of their brothers.Just when he couldn't think of a good way, Chu Yu remembered what Fujin had mentioned about the maid's worship, so he told Cao Yong.

If you want to beat Zhaojia's family, it's better for outsiders, so Cao Yong complied.However, he didn't want those court ladies to really act like aunts and aunts when they came over, messing up the inner house.

Therefore, he asked Chuyu to make an agreement with the visitor in advance.The annual salary is easy to talk about, and the cost of food and clothing is negotiable, but they are not allowed to intervene in the inner house affairs at will.The fourth sister and the fifth son are still young, so they don't have to follow the school rules yet.If these two are literate, you can take the time to give this little sister two enlightenments.

Chu Yu knew that her husband's instructions were because she was afraid that Amethyst would be difficult to do, so she was naturally very concerned.In private, she had already explained carefully to the two court ladies that although she usually had to show her aunt's upbringing, she had to divide them up.In front of Cao Yong and Amethyst, it is not good to behave like that.

These two court ladies, one surnamed Luo and the other surnamed Chang, were both in their thirties.The two of them were released in mid-October. Because the old concubine was seriously ill at the time, the queen mother released a group of court ladies to pray for her sister.

According to the rules, the maids in the Forbidden City are all "selected" by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Three Banners, who serve in the palace until they are 30 years old.If the family has connections and can make money, there are also two years earlier.

Aunt Luo and Aunt Chang are both deacons in the palace, which is considered decent.The two of them also knew that when a big girl like them came out, there would be no good family to marry, and most of them would find a widower as a successor, or an old man to fill in the house.Therefore, the two of them discussed, walked around and stayed in the palace, but unexpectedly caught up with "Grace".

They are servants of the Prince's Mansion in Chunjun, so they can only rely on the Prince's Mansion.The princesses in the palace are growing up, and they already have their own foster mothers, how can they squeeze in?
Now, Aunt Luo and Aunt Chang are very satisfied with being transferred to Cao's house as offerings.

Not to mention the high salary here, the master and wife are in the south, Da Gege and the big forehead are notoriously good-tempered, even though there is a second wife, she is just a widow and aunt who is attached to the nephew of the eldest house, no matter how troublesome Where can the noise go.

Coming here is to enshrine in the inner house, but it is much better than in the palace.

After hearing Chu Yu's instructions, Aunt Luo and Aunt Chang understood that Da Gege was just afraid that she would give birth, and the servants in the house had lost the rules, so they came over to watch over her.

The two of them are in the palace and are used to treating people. As for the dozens of maids and women in the inner house, they really don't pay attention to them.

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The second watch is delivered, Jiuao begs for a ticket. . .

(End of this chapter)