Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 368 Visiting the Golden Gate Young Years

Jiangning Weaving Mansion, Kaiyang Courtyard.

Mrs. Li was sitting on the outer kang, on which were Cao Fu's and Tianyou's new clothes, all made by tailors, and they would have to wait until the Chinese New Year to wear them.Her face did not look very happy.

Maybe it's because of her age, the more she misses her children at this time.The capital city and Jiangning are thousands of miles away, so it is really not easy to meet each other.

Tianyou could already walk, running around on the kang with a pair of calves. **Liu's family was protecting him with both hands, for fear that he would fall.After tossing and tossing for a while, tired of tossing and tossing, the little guy came straight to grandma, threw himself into grandma's arms, and said in his mouth: "Madam... Jumu..."

Tianyou is almost one and a half years old, and has already started to learn to speak, but the pronunciation is still unclear. The word "grandmother" is "clan mother", and "grandfather" is "foot father". The word "wife", because I often heard it from the maidservants, made it clear.

Mrs. Li hugged Tianyou in her arms, kissed the little guy hard on the fat face, and said: "Grandmother's precious grandson, I know you can talk, but I don't know how to be happy! "

Tianyou was itchy from being kissed, and with a "giggle" smile, he stretched out his hand to hook Li Shi's earrings.Li Shi took the rattle from the side and put it in his hand, it was better.

He heard a servant girl outside the door say: "Madam, the fifth master is back!"

Mrs. Li raised her head, and saw Cao Fu coming back from the outside with a smile, and hurriedly waved to him, saying, "Come and see your new clothes, they are already made, try them out, and see if they fit. If they don't fit, It's also good to make people change!"

"En!" Cao Fu responded with a smile, first wiped his hands with a towel on the ground, touched Tianyou's little head, and then took a set of clothes, going down to change.

Mrs. Li ordered two maidservants to wait on her, touched Tianyou herself, and said with a smile: "The days go by so fast, and now your fifth uncle has grown into a half-grown man. I think that when you were this old, you were just like me. Like a little grown-up."

How could Tianyou understand this, he just laughed, threw the rattle away, and grabbed his own two new sets of clothes.Mrs. Li had already tried it on for him just now, and they all fit perfectly.Seeing him playing with this now, he hurriedly asked the servant girl to hold it down.

Tianyou was pulling Lehe, when he saw the maid taking off her clothes, her little face lost her smile, and she looked at her grandmother aggrievedly, and was about to cry out.

How could Mrs. Li be willing?He muttered in his mouth: "Oh, little ancestor, can't you change something?" Saying that, she asked the maid to fetch the music box placed on the Baibaoge, and wound the strings for Tianyou to listen to.

Tianyou immediately smiled and stretched out his arms to ask for it.Fearing that he would not be able to hold him, Li dropped the thing, hugged him into the kang, and gave it to him.

Tianyou held the pronunciation box, tilted his head and listened carefully.Cao Fu had already changed his clothes and walked over to the kang with a smile.

Mrs. Li looked at it carefully, nodded and said: "It's a clothes rack, it looks like this, but it compares to your brothers!"

Cao Fu just laughed, went down and changed to another set.Seeing that the sleeves seemed to be half an inch longer, Mrs. Li said, "I'll have someone sew this set on for you first. When you're tall, if you cut it off, it will make you look shorter!"

Cao bowed his head and said, "Auntie is right!"

Tianyou saw Cao Fu on the kang, put down the music box, stood up and walked towards the kang, saying, "Fruit trees..."

Cao Fu hurriedly approached and hugged him, turned around on the ground and said: "God bless you are naughty or not, have you thought about Uncle Wu?"

Tianyou smiled and grabbed his braid, but didn't respond.Cao Fu pretended to be angry, pointed to Tianyou's forehead and said, "Quickly straighten your tongue, I've been teaching you for a few days, why is it still a 'fruit tree'?"

Tianyou put Xiaopang's hand into his mouth, still smiling and calling "fruit tree".

Although Cao Fu has grown a lot in the past six months, he is still a twelve-year-old child.Li Shi was afraid that he would fall to Tianyou, so she patted the edge of the kang, and said: "What about Xiao Wu today, does Xiao Wu have anything to eat, tell Auntie, Auntie will send someone to prepare to go!"

Cao Fu thought for a while, and said: "Auntie, my nephew likes to eat lion's head with crab powder, but that is what our family always eats, so I should have already prepared it. I just wonder if there are big sliced ​​abalone in oyster sauce and braised crucian carp tongue. Uncle likes it." Eat sliced ​​abalone, I’ve talked about the latter dish twice.”

After hearing this, Mrs. Li said with a smile: "Good boy, it's hard for you to think about it! Abalone is not a rare thing, we also have it in our house. Your uncle has eaten crucian carp tongue twice at your uncle Li's house. It's really a crime of killing. Your uncle has been in the temple for two years, and he is also taboo about killing! After talking for a long time, it is what your uncle likes to eat, what does Xiao Wu like to eat?"

After hearing this, Cao Fu said, "I really don't have anything to eat. I eat chicken, duck and fish all day. If the kitchen doesn't bother me, my nephew would like to eat steamed buns with shredded radish!"

Mrs. Li nodded: "Hearing what Xiao Wu said, my aunt wants to eat it too! Then ask the kitchen to prepare two kinds of steamed stuffed buns. Your uncle likes steamed stuffed buns with dried plums!"

After Mrs. Li asked the servant girl to pass the message to the kitchen, thinking that she hadn't seen Cao Yin, she asked, "Xiao Wu, why didn't your uncle come back with you?"

Cao Fu replied: "Mr. Zhuang is here, and he seems to have something to say to uncle, so my nephew came back first!"

"Mr. Zhuang?" Mrs. Li was quite surprised. What about Xiaonian today? Why did you come to visit me on this day?

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Front yard, study.

After hearing Zhuang Chang's words, Cao Yin's face was a little ugly, and he frowned and said, "Long live...how did Long live think of investigating the Li family?"

Zhuang Chang stroked his beard, and replied: "It's not because of the disappearance of his son Li Ding! If it's a personal enmity, if you dare to go to the important place in the capital and attack the royal guards, then the other party is definitely not an ordinary person. For some reason, Li Ding Xu didn't say anything to Lord Longevity, and Lord Longevity ordered the Secretary of General Administration to make a thorough investigation of the Li family's activities in the past two years, as well as related people."

Although the Li family hasn't done any serious crimes in recent years, it can't be said that their hands and feet are all clean.Cao Yin sighed, not to mention anything else, just making friends with the prince in private is enough for Li Xu.

After hesitating for a while, Cao Yin asked with some concern: "Tianchang, look, is there any room for maneuver in this matter?"

Zhuang saw that he had the intention of interfering, and said sternly: "Dongting, as long as you have a clear idea of ​​this matter, you can't follow along. The word 'forming a party' is the most taboo of Long Live Lord. The three families of Cao, Li, and Sun have been in close contact over the years. It should be avoided. Long live God can allow the three of you to manage Jiangnan because he valued Dongting's talent and loyalty and Sun Wenqi's cowardice. If you both love power like Li Xu, Long live God will not value Er Er so much. bit."

Thinking of the Li family, Cao Yin couldn't help being a little worried about the Li family's affairs.Li Ding's disappearance, he kept it a secret from Li Shi, afraid that she would miss her nephew, and also afraid that she would worry about her son.

After all, she has seen the dangers of the capital city before. She traveled thousands of miles to Beijing to visit her son.

"Tianchang, who did this matter about Li Ding?" Cao Yin really couldn't figure it out. Li Ding is a bit smart, he is not a reckless person, he should not easily entangle with others, it is better to put himself in danger .

Zhuang Chang heard this, shook his head and sighed: "I can't think of it either. Whether it's the Li family's family feud or Li Ding's own personal grievances, the other party must hate him so much that he doesn't care about his status as a bodyguard. Xu Shi The common people don't know the imperial power, if they are from a powerful family, they should have some scruples."

If the person offended is a powerful family, it's okay, there will always be some contacts, leaving some clues.If it is a commoner, it covers a wide range, but there is no way to investigate.

Speaking of this, Zhuang Chang asked: "By the way, Dongting, can you mention this matter in the Eldest Young Master's letter? He is in the capital, so he should know more than us."

Cao Yindao: "By the way, before following Huji Xiaoling, he also helped Li's family to make arrangements for a few days... Li Ding has an outhouse, and the people who come and go are relatively private, maybe he has something to do with the other side ..."

One thing Cao Yin didn't expect was that Cao Yong's letter mentioned that the woman Li Ding raised in a house outside the capital was the daughter of the Yang family in Bihelou, Jiangning.

He asked his father to help him find out if the Li family had taken over the Yang family's bead factory and shop, and the Yang family had lost her husband, so it might have something to do with Li Ding.

Li Ding was thinking about Pearl Fangzi. Although Cao Yin had heard Cao Yong mention it, he thought that he was bewitched by Gali back then, so he didn't take it to heart.Unexpectedly, after many years, he was still plotting this matter, which somewhat made Cao Yin feel a little uncomfortable.

He was in Jiangning, the matter of the Bai family and the Yang family made people look into it, and their hearts were brightened. The impression of Li Ding plummeted, but it was a little less sentimental.

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Capital, Cao Mansion.

Because it was a young year, Cao Yong went back to the house after going around in the Yamen.Cao Quan hadn't given his filial piety yet, so there were no firecrackers set off in the mansion, which seemed a little deserted.

There is one thing that Cao Yong is very tired of, that is, there are more and more tails behind him recently, even today.He couldn't help being confused, when did he become a sweet potato again?What do these people want to see?

As soon as they left the mansion, there were two or three groups of people following them, making Wei Hei and the others feel a little nervous as if they were facing a big enemy.With the example of Li Ding in front, they dare not let Cao Yong take the order.In case there is something wrong, if there is something right and wrong, there will be nowhere to buy regret medicine.

In fact, not only Cao Yong came in and out with many long followers, but also the young masters and princes from all the prefectures in the capital went out like this.None of these people had many enemies, and they thought that the emperor had nothing to fear, but now that they look at it, it's really not good.

Mr. Zhuang was waiting for him to come back in the front yard with a smile on his face. Cao Yong couldn't help complaining: "Sir, can you think of a way, these tails are really uncomfortable to stare at!"

Mr. Zhuang said gloatingly: "You have to bear with the pain! There are many people, anyway, you have nothing that cannot be known to others, and they will investigate if they want to. See you in a few days If you are boring and have no fun, they will naturally abandon you. If you try to avoid them, it will make those villains feel that there is a ghost, and they will be more sympathetic!"

Cao Yong knew that what Mr. Zhuang said was reasonable, and smiled wryly: "Then we can only let them stare at it for a while!"

Mr. Zhuang raised his eyebrows with some deep meaning and said, "Fu Ruo, I heard that yesterday that person rushed to Thirteenth Prince's mansion temporarily!"

"Really?" Cao Yong felt strange, yesterday he felt that elder brother Si talked more than before, and looked at him differently, so he asked Mr. Zhuang to check.

Mr. Zhuang nodded and said: "He comes to the household department at the end of the day every day. Yesterday, the household affairs were not idle, but he still left first. Furuo, I don't know if he means 'drunkard' Not in wine'ah!"

Cao Yong is a little surprised, the Cao family is the direct descendant of Kangxi, all the princes should avoid it.It was a greedy person like Brother Jiu, who tried twice, but gave up when he saw that he didn't take advantage of it.The fourth elder brother has always been secretive, why did he suddenly want to get close to him?

Mr. Zhuang couldn't understand the reason for a while, after all, the fourth elder brother never showed the slightest intention of seizing the heir.The two chatted a few gossips, meaning that they should be more cautious in the future. Although the prince is not easy to offend, he can't hurt Kangxi's eyes.Otherwise, let alone what will happen in the future, it will be bad luck now.

The Tian family has no flesh and blood, even if Cao Yong is the grandson-in-law, he would not dare to fool Kangxi as an old grandfather.That emperor, like an old lion, was sensitive and suspicious, eager to show his teeth and claws at any time to prove that he was not old.

The two chatted a few more gossips, Mr. Zhuang went home to coax his daughter, and Cao Yong entered the second gate.

Zhao Jia's "illness" recovered last night, and the whole family is happy.As usual, Cao Yong first went to Shaoyuan to greet Zhao Jia.Although her expression was a little stiff, her complexion was rosy, and she seemed to be in good condition.

When Cao Yong returned to Wutong Garden, Chu Yu was preparing the list of tributes to the palace.

Needless to say, the emperor and the queen mother, there are also the noble concubine and the fourth concubine, and other empresses.Chu Yu's grandmother Cheng Concubine, the sixteenth elder brother's biological mother Wang Concubine, and Cao Yong's cousin, the biological mother of Prince 21, Chen Guiren. These three are relatives. Although their status is not high, their filial piety should not be underestimated. .

When Cao Yong came back, Chu Yu waited for him to change his clothes, and then gave him the gift list, asking him to decide.

Cao Yong thought of Qingui, the mother of the seventeenth elder brother who seemed to be in limbo, and said to Chu Yu: "Pick some inconspicuous and practical things, and add some to Qingui's gift list."

Chu Yu agreed, and Cao Yong remembered the wild game outside the pass that he brought from Dachun Prince's Mansion the day before yesterday, and said to Chu Yu: "It's okay to say, but not every mansion prepares these venison and roe deer meat. My sister's , Yongqing's family..." At this point, he pondered for a while: "And the Li family, the Sun family, give a copy!"

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As soon as it was delivered, I begged for a ticket. . .

(End of this chapter)