Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 366 Visiting the Golden Gate Annual Ceremony

Xicheng, Cao's Mansion, Shangfang Shaoyuan.

Seeing Xicai next to Chuyu bring a little maid, Zhao Jia came in with the medicine, quickly looked behind her, and asked, "Where is Grandma? Why didn't she come over?"

From the night before yesterday to this morning, Zhao Jia drank five or six bowls of medicinal soup.Every time, Chuyu brought the Piansheng with her maid and mother-in-law, and respectfully asked her to take medicine.

Since she was "sick", she had to drink the medicine, so she could only grit her teeth and pour the bitter medicine soup down her throat.

She didn't eat a few meals in a row, and when she was very hungry, she drank this medicinal soup, and she felt her stomach tumbling, and she kept nauseating, which was extremely painful.

Xicai replied with a smile: "Madam, Er Gege and Wu Gege from our palace came to give the New Year's gift, and we accompanied Gege, fearing that the second wife's medication would be delayed, so I sent my servants to bring it over."

The day before yesterday "worship", today is "gege" again?Zhao Jia curled her lips and said to Xi Cai: "Leave it there, I'll drink it later!"

Xicai smiled and said: "Second Wife, it's cold outside now, if the medicine is brought here from the kitchen, most of the medicine will be cold. If the Second Wife doesn't use it first, the servants will have to go to reheat it."

Zhao Jia looked up at Xi Cai, and sneered, "What? Your legs are so noble, you can't run anymore?"

Although she has scruples about Chu Yu, Zhao Jia is not afraid of this girl at all.

Xicai was choked, but she was clever, and said with a smile: "Second wife is joking, what kind of tablet is a servant, I dare not say that like the second wife."

Seeing her cat-like smile on her face, Zhao Jia felt bored and bored.Can I get angry with a girl? I don't have to make people laugh when I talk about going out.

However, since the niece and daughter-in-law didn't come to watch, she didn't want to drink this bitter medicine soup no matter what.

Zhao Jia thought for a while, waved Xi Cai and said, "Wait in the outer room, I will give you a medicine bowl later!"

Although Xicai was ordered to come here to "wait" for Mrs. Zhao Jia when he finished his medicine, but her status was limited, so she couldn't disobey Mrs. Zhao Jia too much.Therefore, although he was reluctant, he still put the medicine bowl on the kang table and retreated to the outside room with the people.

Seeing that Xicai took people out, Fang Zhaojia beckoned to Luju who was standing by the side, called her to the side of the kang, pointed to the bowl of medicine, and ordered in a low voice: "Be quick, pour it out!"

Lu Ju was a little puzzled, and asked, "Madam, where should I pour it?"

Her voice was louder, Zhao Jia quickly made a silent gesture, then stretched out her neck and listened carefully to the movement in the outer room.

In order to cover up Luju's slip of the tongue just now, she said loudly: "Pour the candied fruit on the plate into the purse, and play with the fourth and fifth girls later!" After finishing speaking, she whispered: "Shut up, put that Put the bowl of medicine on the window sill and pour it into the pot of eight treasures."

Seeing that Zhao Jia was so careful, Luju took the medicine bowl lightly, went to the window, and poured the medicine into the flower pot.

Looking at the bottom of the empty bowl, Zhao Jia finally heaved a sigh of relief, but he didn't need to drink the bitter soup.She took the empty bowl from Luju's hand, and triumphantly said to the outside world: "After drinking, come in and get the bowl!"

"Yes, Second Wife!" Xi Cai came in in response, glanced at Zhao Jia, and took the empty medicine bowl with both hands.

Zhao Jia still frowned, and said to Xi Cai: "I tell you, since the girl is here, it is serious to accompany her more, and there is no need to come here at night!"

Xi Cai responded, and took the little girl out without mentioning it.

Zhao Jia touched his stomach, only to feel flustered with hunger.She asked Green Chrysanthemum to bring a plate of candied fruit and ate two pieces, it was really sweet and greasy.Moreover, the more she ate, the more hungry she felt.

She sighed, thinking about the pheasant soup and roe deer meat that Cao Yong mentioned yesterday, both of which she has always loved.

Cao Yin and his wife are not in the capital, and she is the only elder in this capital mansion.In the past half a year since I came to Beijing, whether it is seasonal fruits or all kinds of food, they can all be delivered by her hospital first.No matter how evil the boss is, Chuyu, the niece and daughter-in-law, really has nothing to say to her.Even if it is a daughter-in-law, it is nothing more than the case.

If it was as usual, the Fengtian game food brought from the palace should be eaten in her yard first.Now, I can only eat the bitter medicine soup.She originally wanted to send someone to the kitchen to get some food in private, but all the deacons' wives in the house were from the long house.She couldn't get rid of that face, let the servants gossip behind their backs, so she endured it.

The more you are hungry, the more you want to eat, the more you want to eat, the more hungry, Zhao Jia couldn't bear it, and said to Luju: "Go to the drawer where the fourth girl usually puts snacks, and see if there is any jerky to eat."

Green Chrysanthemum responded, and after searching for a long time, only a few almonds and half a handful of melon seeds were found.

The fourth sister is about the same age as the fifth, and the younger sisters often play together. Today, they went to Mr. Zhuang's yard in the front yard to see Niuniu together, not in this yard.

Mrs. Zhao Jia kept a filial piety in the mansion and rarely went out, so there were few snacks for the fourth sister.Because Wu'er always brought food for her sister, Zhao Jia saw that the sidewalks were all from the mansion, so she didn't prepare anything else.

Zhao Jia's hunger is unbearable, how can he have the time to eat melon seeds slowly?She asked Lu Ju to bring the almonds, and put them directly into her mouth without rubbing the skins.

It's only three or five, not enough to fit between the teeth.Zhao Jiashi lay down on the pillow and started to sulk with herself.After all this tossing, everyone was clean, and she was the only one suffering.

She was struggling in her heart, thinking whether to send people to the kitchen to get food directly, if Cao Yong and the others asked, they would only say that they had recovered from their illnesses.

Just as he was hesitating, he heard someone enter the yard. Zhao Jia hurriedly turned his body to one side, pretending to be sick, and said "Ouch, Ouch".

At this time, someone said in the hallway: "Second Madam, this servant is Xiyun, Ge Ge sent this servant over to deliver things!"

Mrs. Zhao Jia wondered, "drinking" the medicine, so what should I give away?

She really couldn't think of it, so she snarled at Luju and said, "Call her in!"

Luju went out to pick up the curtain and invited Xiyun to come in.

Xiyun came in with a lacquer flower food box in his hand, smiling, and bowed down to see Mrs. Zhaojia.

Looking at the food box in her hand, Zhao Jia asked, "Xiyun, what did you ask you to bring here?"

Xiyun put the food box on the kang table, and while answering, cut the plate from the inside out: "As for the second wife, it is a sparrow that was fried in the kitchen. Ge Ge said that this food is crispy when hot, and burnt when it is cold. Order the servants to bring it over, saying that it is just right to make snacks for the fourth and fifth girls."

Zhao Jia looked over eagerly, and saw on the table, a white jade plate the size of a palm, containing one, two, three, four... four small sparrows that were fried golden.

Although there are not many things, but because they are hot, the smell of meat can be heard immediately when they are taken out.

Zhao Jia swallowed and spit, unable to look away.Xiyun took out the things, looked around, and said: "The two girls are not here, the second wife, do you need to put this away first, and heat it in the kitchen?"

Zhao Jia quickly waved his hands, and said: "No need, no need, put it in this room, I'll keep it warm through water, and it won't get much colder, so why bother!"

Xiyun smiled when he heard the words, picked up the empty food box, and said: "Since the second wife said so, the servant girl will go back and return to order first!"

Mrs. Zhao Jia endured it, waited for Xiyun to leave, and couldn't wait to call Luju to bring it, so she went directly to the kang table, took a fried sparrow, and put it in her mouth...

*
In Wutong Garden, the three sisters finished their meal, Chuyu was talking with Ergege and Wugege, when Xiyun came back.She called Xi Yun to her side, and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter? What did you bring for food?"

Xi Yun said in a low voice: "The fried sparrow cubs are only for the fourth and fifth girls. The slave looks at the second wife as if she is so hungry that her eyes are going to pop out!"

Chu Yu couldn't help frowning when she heard the words, she didn't eat for two days and just ate this greasy food, how could she bear it?
Seeing Chuyu's worry, Xiyun replied in a low voice: "In the kitchen, the servants have carefully checked it out, and this is the only one that smells delicious and attractive. Don't worry, the servants only packed four and didn't dare to give away more."

Chu Yu thought about it, but she was still a little worried. Don't really get sick when the new year comes.Therefore, she said to Xi Yun: "I'd better send someone to the kitchen to tell them to make a bowl of bird's nest porridge for the second wife, and only eat this deep-fried food, lest her stomach can't bear it."

Xiyun responded with a smile, and went out to look for someone.

Er Gege and Wu Gege have been here for half a day, met what they wanted to see, and chatted with their sister when they wanted to talk. Seeing that she was here with the maids and women, and she was always busy with housework, the two got up and wanted to go back.

Chu Yu looked at the clock, and it was almost Shen Chu (three o'clock in the afternoon), so she didn't keep them any longer.She asked someone to send a message to the second door to prepare the carriage, and then watched them put on their cloaks and cover their bodies tightly before sending them out in person.

Because Cao Yong hadn't come back yet, Chu Yu said to the two sisters with some guilt: "My son-in-law originally said that he would come back, but I don't know where it was delayed. Don't blame the two younger sisters."

The carriage is already waiting here, and Erge held Wu Gege's hand, and said to Chuyu, "I'm busy at the end of the year, and it's not that I haven't seen my brother-in-law. Sister, let's go back first, anyway, my sister and brother-in-law will also be there in a few days Go back to the palace to celebrate the new year, we will talk then!"

Chu Yu nodded, and ordered the maids and guards who followed to take care of them carefully, and asked Wu Sheng to take a few to the nursing home, and his wife also sent two.

Seeing her sister acting like this, Er Gege smiled and said, "Eldest sister, it's only a long way, and it's worth the trouble!"

Chu Yu said: "There are so many people on the street at the end of the year, and the status of the younger sisters is so high that people will bump into them. How can they be better?"

Er Gege knew her good intentions, so he said nothing, got into the carriage with Wu Gege, and went back to the palace.

*
Cao Yong was originally thinking about the fact that the two sisters-in-law came to visit today, and he planned to go back to the house for dinner, but as Chu Yu said, he was delayed.

Because at the end of the year, there was nothing to do in the yamen, so Cao Yong left the yamen after walking around.He thought that it was still early in the day, and it would be fine to go back home.The sisters-in-law came to talk to my sister, so why should his brother-in-law go back early to be an eyesore.As long as it's meal time, go back and eat with you.

Thinking that since he came back from Outer Mongolia, he had only been to Thirteen Prince's Mansion once, so he went to Jinyu Alley.

The gate of the Thirteenth Elder Brother's Mansion was closed tightly, and there was no sign of the festivities of the New Year.Cao Yong rode on the horse, looked at some old and dim gates, and sighed in his heart.

Brother Thirteen is also stubborn. Even if Kangxi was angry with his son in the early years, it has been five or six years, and it should have almost disappeared.As long as the thirteenth elder brother admits that he is soft and hands Kangxi two invitations to An Zhezi, the relationship between father and son will not continue to be frozen like this.

It's just that although these words are clear in my heart, Cao Yong can't say them out. Brother Thirteen has the pride of Brother Thirteen and doesn't need pity and sympathy from outsiders.His persistence is due to his pride, which does not allow him to curry favor with his father who has given up on him.

The thirteenth elder brother was bored, coaxing his son-in-law Hong Tun in the main room of the inner courtyard, teaching him to write big characters.

Although Hong Tunxu is four years old, his birthday is young. He was born in the twelfth lunar month, and he was only three weeks old a few days ago.Therefore, it is really difficult for him to carry a pen.

Brother Thirteen worked hard for a long time, sweating on his brow from anxiety, this little guy can only draw one word, two words "two" can't draw anything.

The thirteenth elder brother really lost his patience, let go of his faults, and said with a wry smile: "Who is this kid with? His Ama was very smart when he was young!"

Thirteen Fujin was listening, and said with a smile: "Look at what I said, don't you think that Hong Tun is only a little older? Whose child is so young and enlightened, I am too impatient!"

The thirteenth elder brother couldn't help showing a hint of color when he heard the words.The other elder brothers were all enlightened at the age of six, but he entered the study room when he was less than five years old.At that time, Huang Ama also personally taught him big characters...

What are you thinking about these old things?Suddenly feeling lonely, he shook his head.

At this time, a little eunuch came to report that Cao Yong, He Shuo's son-in-law, had come and was waiting in the front hall.

Brother Thirteen smiled when he heard the words, stood up and said to Thirteen Fujin: "I was just looking for someone to talk to, and Cao Yong came at the right time. Just prepare some good dishes in the kitchen, and I will have a good drink with him."

It was rare for Thirteen Fujin to see him interested, so he hurriedly responded with a smile, and sent someone to the kitchen to pass the message...

*
The second watch was delivered, and I was begging for tickets. The third watch will be tomorrow morning, so everyone can watch it tomorrow morning. . .

(End of this chapter)