Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 388
Xidan Archway, Taipu Temple Yamen.

From early in the morning, Yi Duli always had a smile on his face, and couldn't sit still, just wandering around under everyone's eyes.He hummed a ditty, something like "Stop for a while to fix the flowers, but don't pick up water chestnut flowers to steal half of people", and something like "If you don't watch out for the noise of the sinking fish, the geese and the birds, you will be afraid of the shy flowers closing the moon and trembling."

Hearing that Tang Zhiyu frowned, Cao Yong saw that Yi Duli was a bit over the top, so he stepped aside and said, "It's so early in the morning, what's so beautiful about it? It looks like it's from ear to ear?"

Yi Duli knew that he had lost his composure, and said a little embarrassedly: "This... this, I really achieved a big wish, so I am a little carried away with joy, my lord!"

Seeing him embarrassed, Cao Yong waved his hands and said, "Let's be happy, it's nothing to blame. It's just that this song is from the 'Peony Pavilion', right? It's not appropriate to be in the yamen. I didn't see Mr. Tang's face. It's all green!"

After hearing this, Yi Duli couldn't help laughing, and said: "That Tang nerd, it's really boring to keep a straight face all day long." Speaking of this, he said with a bit of showing off and showing off: "Fu Ruo, Let me tell you something about men? Don’t tell others.”

Speaking of the two, Yiduli is still senior, but because the age difference is not too big, the two of them talk in private and are more easy-going.

Because there was no errand at hand, and seeing Yi Duli wished to have the words "I want to say" engraved on his face, Cao Yong leaned back in the chair and said: "If you want to say it, just say it, if it's too private, just in case If God said something wrong, wouldn't I be sorry for you!"

Yi Duli held back for so long, how could he bear it?Can't wait to say: "It's okay to talk about it, but don't say it in front of Cao Song's mother." At this point, he was beaming, and said with joy on his face: "I'm going to take an outside room, the date has been booked, 26 , Er Fu Ruo Ding will come to have a drink at that time! If you don't come, I won't follow you!"

Cao Yong thought about the next day in his heart, the Qingming Festival just passed yesterday, today is 22, it seems that there are not many days left.

But thinking about it, I feel a little strange, even if I want to take a concubine, why don't I take it back to the mansion?Yiduli's first wife is the sixth daughter of the old Shangshu Marhan who has retired, and the elder sister of Shisan Fujin, a well-known virtuous person.

Yi Duli is a child of a wealthy family, and there are several concubines and concubines in the family, and concubines are also indispensable.

Thinking in my heart, Cao Yong asked.

Yi Duli heard this, and said with a wry smile: "I never wanted to take her into the mansion, but she just refused. It is enough to be wronged to say that it is a side room, but I can't rely on others anymore. It is better to live in this way."

Although I haven't seen the woman yet, this sentence is right to Cao Yong's appetite.He gave Yi Duli a sideways look, and said: "Listen, the other party is also a very strong woman, and she didn't cling to you. Tell me honestly, how did you deceive her little girl?" At the end of the speech, there was a bit of banter.

Yi Duli rubbed his chin, hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Fu Ruo, speaking of it, you know him, the one we met in the restaurant last time, Mrs. Yang, who called you brother-in-law!"

Cao Yong was very surprised when he heard this, his face stopped smiling, and he looked at Yi Duli suspiciously.

After Li Ding's accident, because Cao Yong ran away with the housekeeper of the Li family for a few days, he also knew about Yang Ruixue's situation.It's just a secret prostitute that Li Ding used to entertain people. Could it be that Yi Duli was Li Ding's guest in the past?

Li Ding's "life and death are uncertain", if it is really an old friend, I am afraid that in order to avoid suspicion, he ordered Yang Ruixue to hide away from a distance, wouldn't he be so brave and rush to his side?
"You are... When did you order this?" Cao Yong couldn't help asking.

Yi Duli rubbed his forehead, said "ha ha" twice, and said: "Fu Ruo, to tell you the truth, I fell in love with her when I met her in the tavern! Back then, I thought she was a frivolous woman, and I thought How can I get started. Unexpectedly, she is both a 'brother-in-law' and a 'cruel-hearted' towards Fu Ruo, but it seems that she has feelings for Fu Ruo. I stopped thinking about what a woman should be.

In the twelfth lunar month, I went to visit Haizi once, and happened to meet her going shopping.I recognized her, and that's when I fell in love.

Knowing that she was a widow and unemployed, I started thinking about seducing people with things and moving them with emotion, but unexpectedly, I ran into a wall several times.It took several months of hard work, and I wish I could kneel down and beg my grandpa to sue my grandma, and she finally nodded.Follow me, follow me, but refuse to come into my house. "

During his speech, Cao Yong has been looking at his expression, seeing that he does not seem to be a fake, he was relieved.It was an evil fate that started in the twelfth lunar month, so it should have nothing to do with Li Ding's banquet.

The key is that Yiduli's background is too complicated. Suo'etu's grandson should be regarded as a remnant of the princeling party; Returned to the Four Lords Party.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong looked at Yi Duli with deep eyes.Although these messy relationships are all due to their status, Yiduri is an out-and-out tumbler.

Even if it is Cao Yong, who has been planning for many years, it is just because he knows what to do, he intentionally gets close to the fourth elder brother, and stays away from the prince and eighth elder brother.In this case, it is inevitable to offend the guy from the Baye Party.

It is because of these relatives that Yiduli has made himself invincible.In addition, he is usually careless and straightforward, so no one will make things difficult for him.

Yi Duli saw that he had finished speaking, Cao Yong responded, and asked: "What? If Furuo laughed at me for being flirtatious?"

Cao Yong shook his head and said: "No, I just remember that she still has family members in Jiangning."

Yi Duli heard him say this, and said: "Well, Ruixue told me, and begged me to send someone to Jiangning to pick up her mother and brother to Beijing. By the way, I also heard from Ruixue about the brothers and sisters of the Zheng family. Her father It’s really not a thing. It’s just that now that the dead have passed away, the living must live well. They are flesh and blood, and it’s not justified if they don’t communicate with each other. Fu Ruo should find a way to make them recognize each other as brothers and sisters!”

Is Yang Ruixue going to rely on Yiduli to get rid of the Li family, or is she going to get close to Yiduli to collect information for the Li family?
Cao Yong couldn't figure it out for a while, wondering whether he should remind Yi Duli, when he heard Yi Duli mentioned Zheng's brothers and sisters, he frowned slightly and said: "It's their brothers and sisters' private affairs, it's really inconvenient for me to intervene!"

Yi Duli didn't believe it, and said in surprise: "Hey, didn't you say that the brothers and sisters of the Zheng family are servants of the Fu Ruo family? Did I hear wrong?"

Cao Yong said: "Their brothers and sisters are free, the younger sister is married, and the older brother is just working as an errand in the Cao family because he married the plain girl of my housekeeper!"

Yi Duli smiled and said: "What's the matter if you are not free? Could it be that if you are free, you are not a slave? This matter is not urgent, and this knot can't be untied in a day or two. In the future, I will I want to see what kind of character this brother-in-law is."

Ama from Fengde and Fengche is your eldest brother-in-law, and Bai Zhu is your direct brother-in-law, okay?
Cao Yong smiled on his face, but he was still thinking about who Li Ding's guests were at the beginning.

It was not easy until noon, when people in the yamen could leave, Yi Duli seemed unable to stay for a moment, and walked away with a smile on his face like the wind.

Although Cao Yong himself is monogamous and has no concubine room, but through the people around him in recent years, he also knows some words about wives and concubines.

These concubines are divided into "noble concubines" and "lowly concubines". For example, Lu Mei, who married into the Cao family under the banner of the niece of the Daotai clan, and Qiaofu, the niece of Fujin's niece in Chunwangfu, are all "noble concubines." "Are.Although it is said that he has to be obedient in front of his first wife, he is not allowed to be beaten and scolded.

There are also those who have given birth to a son, and the son has achieved fame or status in the family, and they can be regarded as "noble concubines".

Except for these two kinds, other concubines, those who are house maids, famous prostitutes, and widows are all "low concubines".

Although Yang Ruixue had spare money, she was born into a merchant family and remarried, so she had nothing to rely on in the capital.If you enter Yiduli's house, life and death will be in the hands of the mistress.

She chose to be a concubine, but it was a bad idea out of desperation.

Although he knew that she was in a dire situation, Cao Yong could not feel pity for her.Left and Right Zheng Hu is about to arrive in the capital, so I should ask him what he means when the time comes.If he recognizes this girl, he will find a way to help her; if he does not recognize her, just let her make trouble.

Being a concubine is different from the past.For the sake of the brothers and sisters of the Zheng family, Cao Yong really hoped that she could live a peaceful life with Yi Duli.

When I got back to my house, it was already Weichu (one o'clock in the afternoon).Cao Yong thought that he hadn't greeted Zhao Jia for several days. After entering the second gate, he went to Shaoyuan.

Mrs. Zhao Jia sat on the kang, frowned, and said to Luju, "Why is the food in the capital so expensive? Two chickens cost two cents and six cents, two ducks cost four cents, and two sheep cost four taels. Is this still called life?"

Speaking of this, she shook her head, and said to Lu Ju: "There is a trick here, you send the little girl to inquire carefully, and see which one is the current purchase? Don't let these black-hearted bastards secrete money! "

Lu Ju looked at Zhao Jia with some concern, and said, "Ma'am, the purchase was arranged by you last month, Chen Dong!"

Chen Dong's family is Zhao Jia's dowry girl, so both of them are Zhao Jia's confidantes.One was commissioned to buy, and the other worked for Zhao Jiashi.

Only then did Zhao Jia's complexion improve, and he said, "It's him!"

She also felt that something was wrong, and said to Luju: "What do you think is wrong with me? Why do I forget everything? Whether it is something in the mansion or in this yard, I don't remember it later. Today This morning, didn't I search for my cigarette bag for a long time?"

Lu Ju was worried, thought for a while, and said cautiously: "Madam, why don't you send someone to invite the imperial physician to come and have a look?"

Mrs. Zhao Jia hurriedly shook her head and said, "What kind of imperial doctor should I hire? I'm not sick? It's for nothing, and it costs two taels of silver at a time! It's people like us who don't have to worry about food and clothing, and can see a doctor. In exchange As an ordinary citizen, it’s still a question of whether you can save two taels of silver a year. If you get sick, you won’t be worried about death!”

Luju smiled and said: "Look at what my wife said, common people, if you have a minor illness, you can survive it if you grit your teeth. If you really can't bear it, just grab a random medicine and deal with it. Let fate!"

While the two were talking, they heard a servant girl report from the corridor: "Madam, the uncle is here!"

Zhao Jia sat up straight and said, "Master, please come in!"

Cao Yong came in, greeted Mrs. Zhao Jia, sat on a chair, and said a few gossips with him.

Although Zhao Jia's face was smiling, and his speech was much more friendly than before, Cao Yong faintly felt that something was wrong.

It took him a while to realize that it was because the room was quite empty.On Babaoge, some of the items placed on display have been put away

When he returned to Wutong Garden, he asked Chu Chuyu, but the answer was rather surprising.

"Afraid of falling?" Cao Yong made a gesture with his hand and said, "the Baibaoge is four or five feet high, and the fourth sister and fifth son are only two big. How can it be enough? Besides, neither of them is tall. If you are naughty, why would you think that you are afraid of breaking things."

Chu Yu hesitated for a moment, and said: "The second wife sent someone to put away those jade ornaments, and sent someone again, saying that she wanted to go to the storeroom to find some sturdy ornaments, so as not to look ugly like a snow cave!"

Only then did Cao Yong understand the meaning, thinking that Zhao Jia's narrow-mindedness was really funny, and asked: "The second wife is getting more and more boring, how did you answer her?"

Chu Yu said: "Because I was afraid that if I started this trick, it would be difficult to deal with it later, I said that there are a lot of things in the library. If the second wife wants to change the decorations, she will send someone to the Shaoyuan to take stock in two days. Then After returning to the treasury, let the second wife look for usable things. After the second wife heard this, she stopped and never mentioned it again!"

Cao Yong heard this, and nodded with a smile: "This is the best, you can't spoil her, but after all, you are an elder, it depends on Xiao Er's face, you can't be too hard. This is the best scale!"

Hearing Cao Yong's praise, Chu Yu pursed her lips, touched her stomach, and said, "My son-in-law, the child moved today..."

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(End of this chapter)