Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 383
Jiangning Weaving Mansion, Kaiyang Courtyard.

Mrs. Li was sitting on the kang, holding a handkerchief and weeping.Today, someone from the Li family in Suzhou came to report the funeral, and she didn't know that her sister-in-law Han was gone.

Cao Fu stood by, not knowing how to comfort him.Tianyou sat on the kang, looking up at Mrs. Li with his small face up, neither crying nor fussing, just watching quietly.

Cao Fu hesitated for a moment, then whispered: "Auntie, I have passed away in sorrow, the deceased is already dead, you still need to express your condolences!"

Mrs. Li wiped her tears with a handkerchief, choked up and said, "Xiao Wu, you don't know, your aunt has always treated me unusually. When she married into the Li family, I was still young. Although she is a sister-in-law, she is like a sister-in-law." Take me like a mother. A few days ago, I heard that she was ill. I made an appointment with your uncle and went to visit in February. I didn’t expect that she would disappear before it passed. If I had known this, it would be the Lantern Festival After the festival, I will go to Suzhou, and I will see the last side."

Cao Fu thought about sending people to pack their belongings just now, and asked, "Auntie, are you going to Suzhou for the funeral?"

Mrs. Li nodded, and said: "It's not just me, your uncle, God Bless, and you, Xiaowu, let's all go there."

While talking, I heard the maid on the corridor say: "Master is back!"

Mrs. Li wiped away her tears and got up to greet her.Tianyou also seemed to know that his grandfather was back, so he got up and swayed towards the edge of the kang.Cao Fu was afraid that he would fall, so he hurried forward and hugged him in his arms.

Cao Yin looked gloomy, entered the room, saw Cao Fu was there, and asked, "How are you doing with the homework assigned to you yesterday? It's already the first month, so don't slack off any more."

Seeing his uncle lecturing, Cao Fu hurriedly handed Tianyou to his wife for hugging, and replied with a sullen hand: "Returning to uncle, my nephew has read and recited the first chapter of Gongsun Chou in "Mencius", and wrote two big characters. Ten."

Cao Yin nodded, glanced at Li Shi's red and swollen eyes, sighed, and asked: "I have explained everything about the yamen, and the boat for tomorrow has also been prepared."

After hearing this, Mrs. Li burst into tears again, she hurriedly lowered her head and wiped it off, and said, "I thank you, master!"

"What do you say! You don't have to be too sentimental, my uncle and wife are almost sixty years old, so they are considered lucky people!" Cao Yin persuaded.

Seeing his uncle talking to his aunt, Cao Fu greeted his wife and went to the east room with Tianyou in his arms.

While helping Cao Yin change clothes, Mrs. Li said: "Others don't know, but the master listened to my concubine talking about it. I have lived in Suzhou for more than ten years, and I have been with my sister-in-law since I can remember. Usually, the old lady Those who follow my aunt to eat fast and chant Buddha, seldom take care of my concubine, and most of them are taken care of by my sister-in-law. I really didn't expect that this person would disappear if he said nothing!"

Cao Yin frowned, but he was thinking about Li Ding's business.Although he had kept the truth from the Li family for a few months, but when he left for Suzhou tomorrow, he couldn't hide it when he arrived at the Li family.

He thought about it for a while and said: "When misfortune comes, blessings depend on it; when blessings come, misfortune rests. Uncle and wife's death is not a bad thing for the Li family!"

It's Li's temper, after hearing this, he felt uncomfortable, and couldn't help but blame: "Master..."

Cao Yin changed his clothes, wiped his hands with a towel, and said, "Brother's temper, you know, the most important thing is to be strong. Perhaps, the mistake is in the word 'to be strong'..." At this point, he paused, He finally said: "Li Ding had an accident in the capital, and he disappeared for April. 'No one is alive, no dead body'. There is no news so far."

Mrs. Li was taken aback and asked in surprise, "What about Yong'er? Is my son in danger?"

Seeing her panic-stricken appearance, Cao Yin supported her by the shoulders, let her sit on the edge of the kang, and said, "Don't worry, listen to me. It happened in October last year, and it has nothing to do with Yong'er. Yong'er didn't encounter any danger. I don't know if it's the elder brother who offended in the south, or Li Ding in the capital, it's just that something is wrong!"

Mrs. Li shook her head in disbelief, and said, "Ding'er is the smartest, how could something happen?" Speaking of this, she remembered something and asked, "Since Ding'er hasn't seen her for several months, what about Miss Fucha?" ?”

Cao Yindao: "The Fu Cha family heard that the rumors were not good, and they were afraid that Miss Fu Cha's filial piety would be affected, so they retired!"

Mrs. Li couldn't believe that something happened to her nephew, and she had some extravagant hopes: "Could it be that Ding'er encountered some embarrassment, where did he delay it? If it doesn't come together, it will appear after a few days."

Cao Yin shook his head, noncommittal.Li's eyes were red, and she said to Cao Yin: "Where is the blessing here? Eldest brother only has these two bloodlines under his knees, and now Ding'er is like this." As he spoke, tears came out again.

Cao Yindao: "Brother, you have to be more forceful. Now that the Long Live Lord is still healthy, he privately made friends with the prince elder brother. Years ago, the Long Live Lord sent people to investigate in Suzhou. The Li family has been in Suzhou for 30 to [-] years. It may not be everything. Du Lisuo, how can you afford to investigate? Originally, I thought that the Lord Long Live would look at Mrs. Wen's affection, even if he wanted to blame the elder brother, he would not move his muscles. Now that the elder sister-in-law has passed away, the Lord Long Live has always treated the old minister with grace, Brother, this hurdle is over!"

Although what Cao Yin said was reasonable, Li Shi still couldn't hide his sadness, and said in a low voice: "What do you men's affairs have to do with us women? Could it be that when disaster strikes, we must be women's scapegoats?" Is it?"

Cao Yin rubbed his forehead, and said: "I didn't mean that. It's just that the eldest brother is getting old and can't help tossing. Taking advantage of the silence of the elder sister-in-law's funeral, it is the best policy to eliminate all the past suspicions."

Mrs. Li just listened to these power disputes in a daze, but knew that the elder brother seemed to have offended the emperor, and now he would be punished or something.

She sighed and said: "Brother, really, why don't you know that a family is safe and sound? What's there to argue about? No matter how powerful and wealthy you are, can you still get a life back? Fortunately, the master and Ding'er is plain-tempered, so I don't have to worry about it!" Speaking of this, after all, he was a little worried, and said: "In 48, I saw the dangers of the capital. What about the people around Yong'er?"

Cao Yin nodded, and said: "I've thought about this too. Although it's not appropriate to make a fuss in the capital, it's better to have more people around you. In the mansion over there, now that the second wife is here, the manpower should be tight. It happened that Zheng Hu was about to go north, so I asked someone to pick a few people from the mansion and let him take them there."

Only then did Li feel relieved and no longer miss her son, but she was still extremely sad when thinking of her nephew Li Dinglai.

Poor parents all over the world, whether they are virtuous like Li Shi, or dissolute like Yang Ruixue, when they think of their children, they only care about them.

The capital, Shichahai, Li's other courtyard.

Yang Ruixue held the family letter sent by her mother Bai Shi in her hand, and she couldn't help crying like rain.Her daughter had a serious illness in the first month of the lunar year, and she narrowly escaped death.

Now, the Bai family already knew that Yang Ruixue had a backer, so they didn't dare to think about Bihelou again.Bai's idea was to ask her if she could go back to the south. After the child recovered from illness, she would call "Mother" when she saw the maid and daughter-in-law. She looked really pitiful.

Yang Ruixue silently calculated in her heart that her daughter was born in September of 49. She was five years old, but she was actually on her third and a half birthday.When I left Jiangning last spring, my daughter already knew something about it, and she didn't let go of her skirt.If anyone persuaded her, the daughter would cry "wow", the sound made Yang Ruixue's heart break.

Although she was extremely reluctant, Yang Ruixue finally chose to come to Beijing, never expecting that the capital is such a dirty place.

There is no medicine for regret in this world, even if Yang Ruixue's intestines are full of regret, it will not help.

She was very sad, when she saw a maid came in, holding a mahogany box in her hand.

When Yang Ruixue saw the box, she was taken aback for a moment, and asked the maid, "Or did Master Yi send someone to send it?"

The servant girl nodded and replied: "Yes, I heard from the boy from the second door that Mr. Yi came in person and was waiting in the front courtyard. He wanted to see grandma. Look, how did the servant girl reply? "

Yang Ruixue wiped her face with a handkerchief, and said with a bit of reproach: "Wait, shit, do you think I'm a sister in the kiln?" Even so, she still waved her hand at the maid and said, "Just say I just took a nap, let Master Yi wait for a while."

The servant girl responded and went down to pass on the message, Yang Ruixue lifted the curtain, and the daughter-in-law brought water, washed her face, straightened her loose hair, and changed into plain clothes.

She took a careful look in the mirror, her watery eyes were really alluring.

Although Yi Duli has been in and out of this house for about a month, but Yang Ruixue has learned to be smart and knows that if he wants to win a man's heart, he has to make him unable to eat.Therefore, I just deal with it neither far nor near, neither soft nor hard.

Because it was in the inner city, and this Yang Ruixue was a cousin of the Li family, although Yi Duli said he was in a hurry, but he didn't dare to do the trick of bullying men and women.

If it was said that she was just lustful and wanted to kiss Fangze in the past, after these two months, Yi Duli has some genuine feelings for Yang Ruixue.

He thought about it, although Yang Ruixue is a widow, she has a docile temperament, even if she is accepted as a concubine.It's just that the Li family is rich, which is well known, even though Yang Ruixue is just a businessman, but also the owner of several shops, she is not short of money, does not need to depend on a man to live, so it is not easy to accept him as a concubine?

Yi Duli sat on the front hall, still pondering in his heart, if it really doesn't work, should we ask Cao Yong to come forward to help.This time, he was not fooling around, he wanted to take her as a second concubine seriously.Although his wife was born noble, but she has a good temper, and she also gave birth to a son-in-law, so she can't stop him from taking concubines.

Right now, the most difficult thing is Yang Ruixue's level.As long as she is willing to let go, then thank God it will be fine, and it will not be in vain for his two months of scratching his heart and lungs.

He was out of his mind, when he saw a woman walking by the door, it was Yang Ruixue.

Seeing that Yang Ruixue frowned slightly, and her beautiful eyes glistened with water, Yi Duli felt that his soul was going to be blown away, so he stood up, took a step forward, and said, "Sister of the Yang family, what's wrong with you?"

Although Yang Ruixue has put on airs in the past two months, Yi Duli has a thick skin, and she has already recognized her girl by herself.

Yang Ruixue shook her head lightly, and said: "It's okay, maybe I just took a nap just now." As she spoke, she stroked her forehead, looking very delicate.

Yi Duli stepped forward to help her, but Yang Ruixue hurriedly took half a step back, only letting him touch the sleeve of her clothes.

Yi Duli looked at the small half of Yang Ruixue's arm exposed between his actions, and was already infatuated.

Yang Ruixue pursed her lips, found a chair and sat down, and asked softly, "Why is Master Yi free to come over today?"

Yi Duli followed, sat down on the chair under Yang Ruixue, and said: "Didn't you let the girl call me big brother? Why do you call me 'Yi Ye', 'Yi Ye'? It’s a heretic! Fourth Master, hello, it just so happened that Fujin got a new palace flower and gave me a box, I thought you would like it, so I hurriedly sent it over!"

In fact, there is a saying that Yi Duli kept secret, that is, his sister asked him to give the palace flower to his sister-in-law Zhao Jiashi.Because Yiduli wanted to please Yang Ruixue, he secretly ordered it to be sold here.

In the past, Yi Duli would often send things over, but Yang Ruixue was afraid that he would despise him, so she wanted to return them twice out of the three times.Today, she also took out the box, thinking about returning the gift.

Hearing that it was something from the palace, her heart moved, she opened the box and looked carefully.It is the velvet flower worn in the corresponding solar term, its appearance is not unusual, but the color is correct and the production is more delicate.

Although Yang Ruixue said that she was well-clothed and well-fed since she was a child, and she came out on a good day, but after all, she is a commoner's family, and she is somewhat novel about the things and things in the palace.So she twirled a branch of velvet flower and looked at it carefully.

Seeing that she seemed to like it, Yi Duli was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "Your sister, do you like this? If you like this, I'll buy it for you tomorrow!"

Seeing his attentive appearance, Yang Ruixue couldn't help smiling.

Yi Duli felt his eyes light up, and he stretched out his hand to touch Yang Ruixue's face.

Yang Ruixue was unprepared, she was caught straight, her face flushed immediately, she stood up, with a hint of coquettishness...

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The second shift, the third shift tomorrow morning, happy weekend, everyone, what, what, March monthly pass, please everyone. . .

(End of this chapter)