Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 39 Undercurrent
West of the city, Cao Mansion, living room.

Cao Yong saw that the girl in red was somewhat familiar, as if he had seen him before, and he was puzzled, so he heard Bao Ya say beside him: "This is sister Yong Jia from the Earl's Mansion of Yongwu!"

"Yongwu Earl's Mansion?" Cao Yong asked, "May I ask what you call the young lady and the guard Wanyan Yongqing?"

Yong Jia was slightly taken aback: "Young Master Cao, do you know my brother?"

Cao Yong was enlightened, no wonder this Yongjia looked familiar, she turned out to be Wan Jiha's prostitute daughter and Yongqing's younger sister.Back in Jiangning, he followed Wei Xin in the teahouse opposite Linxiazhai to see the demeanor of the famous ladies in the city, and Yongjia was one of them.In addition, after all, Yongjia is from the same mother as Yongqing and Yongsheng, so there are always similarities between siblings.Therefore, Cao Yong felt that Yongjia was familiar.

Seeing the two talking, Bao Ya was left out in the cold and was very unhappy. She picked up a gold-covered ox horn bow from the tea table next to her seat to offer the treasure: "Cao Yong, I found this bow from the warehouse of the palace. Yes, you use it to win over the Mongols and give me a long face."

Cao Yong smiled slightly: "Ge Ge, hearing is believing, seeing is believing. I didn't win Detehei, and my archery skills are mediocre. If Ge Ge wants to win, he should find another expert."

Baoya was spoiled by everyone since she was a child, and when she was a little older, she was praised by the princes of her family. Like today, she took the initiative to come to Cao Yong, crying and begging Cao Yong to shoot arrows, but this was the first time.Don't want to talk about it, but Cao Yong still doesn't let it go.

Baoya felt aggrieved, and lost face in front of her friend Yongjia again, her little face was pulled down immediately, and the bow in her hand fell to the ground with a "snap": "Damn slave, don't give me a face, what is your identity? How dare you go against Ben Gege!"

Both Cao Yong and Yong Jia changed their faces. Cao Yong closed his eyes and heaved a long breath in his heart. Although he was unwilling to admit it like an ostrich all the time, Bao Ya's angry shout revealed the fact that he is now a slave .Not to mention meeting Baoya, even the milk baby in the royal family who is under one year old, he is just a slave.He thought it was funny to see the children in the mansion, but in fact, he himself was different in nature, he was also a slave, but a servant of the royal family, and outsiders dare not underestimate him.

Unable to help, Cao Yong found it funny again. As a modern person who lived in an equal society, he came to these hundreds of years ago and naturally accepted the status of noble son, enjoying the service of others with peace of mind. Although he would not look down on those who did not They are slaves of high status, but they will not raise the banner of "everyone is equal" to educate the world.However, if he is reduced to a low status and wants to serve others, there are a few traversers who will willingly accept their fate.Or rely on your own historical knowledge, climb the big tree of the king, and become a king, and the last time you will be the king; Xiaoqiang.

Seeing Bao Ya's temper, Yong Jia was afraid that Cao Yong would be angry, but he laughed instead of anger.

When Baoya said it, she already regretted it in her heart, but she refused to lower her status to apologize.

There was silence in the room, and finally Baoya couldn't hold her breath, and asked loudly: "Cao Yong, are you going to compete with Ben Gege in archery!"

Cao Yong shook his head without hesitation, picked up the teacup in his hand, and took a sip. This time he was really thirsty.

Baoya blushed and turned blue for a while, and finally stomped her feet, turned and ran out.

Yong Jia stood up, looked at Cao Yong, and said in a low voice: "Ge Ge has a mouth but no heart, you don't need to be upset."

Cao Yong raised his head and looked at Yongjia: "Miss, don't worry, Cao Yong is fine."

Yongjia smiled and nodded: "Young master, Yongjia can rest assured! That silly girl must be angry with herself, she hid in the carriage and cried!"

Cao Yong didn't answer, thinking about Cao Jiashi in his heart, what if this ignorant Bao Gege also put out the score of the master in front of his sister?Then she shook her head, "Impossible, my sister has already raised the flag, she is no longer a coat, but also the princess Fujin who was bestowed by the emperor to marry her. With her intelligence, it is not easy to coax such a little girl.

Yongjia originally wanted to win some sympathy points for Baoya, but Cao Yong didn't speak up, so she couldn't say anything more, so she said goodbye and left.

Cao Yong lazily leaned on the chair, saying that he is a big man who loves face, or that he is arrogant in his bones, but whenever he thinks of being a slave, he feels uncomfortable.In fact, he also has the opportunity to find an excuse to stay in Jiangning, but what about the Cao family?The Cao family, while being favored by the emperor, has always been the target of Qingliu's attacks.Even Kangxi, in order to maintain his image as an emperor, had to indulge these Qingliu's attacks on the Cao family.The Cao family covered the sky with only one hand in the south of the Yangtze River, so why did they fall into passiveness many times.There is only one reason, that is, away from the capital and the core of power.

Although Cao Yong had already made the worst plan, he would go to sea with his family and go to the Americas to pan for gold.However, with the current navigation technology, how can we cross the vast and boundless Pacific Ocean.All in all, we will wait until the time is right.Before this, the Cao family was still the Cao family that was trusted by the emperor as a confidant.In order to show this point, he, the little slave Yangzi, willingly came to the capital to work as an errand.

*
Outside Cao's mansion, a gorgeous carriage left in a hurry.

Yongjia guessed right, Baoya was crying in the carriage.Seeing Yongjia coming in, she said pitifully: "Sister Yongjia, I'm not sincere, who told him to ignore me and not play with me!"

Yongjia took out her handkerchief and wiped her tears: "Even if you are annoyed, you shouldn't say such things."

Bao Ya nodded: "Yes, yes, if it gets to sister-in-law's ears, sister-in-law might not like me, so what should I do?"

Yongjia thought about Cao Yong's careless appearance just now, and comforted him: "Don't worry about this, Mr. Cao doesn't look like that kind of stingy person, how could he care about his daughter's family, let alone sue behind his back!"

Baoya was slightly puzzled, and looked at Yongjia: "Didn't my sister just know Cao Yong, why does she seem very familiar?"

Yongjia stretched out his hand to tidy up the handkerchief: "Gege started to talk nonsense again, even if it wasn't Cao Yong, if it was another man, he wouldn't care about you! I have an older brother and younger brother, and I'm used to their behavior, so I naturally know it."

*
Cao Mansion, the living room.

After the guests left, the head steward Cao Zhong came up to ask for instructions on giving gifts to Liuqing Palace.

"Prince Fuli? When did it happen?" Cao Yong asked.

"Returning to my uncle, according to the news from the palace, it was the imperial decree issued by the Long Live Lord during the court yesterday." Cao Zhong replied.

Cao Yong nodded, yesterday they went to the VIP building when the guards came out on duty, so they didn't know such important things.

"Which Fujin, or which emperor's grandson's birthday?" Cao Yong thought for a while and continued to ask.The prince cannot make friends with foreign ministers, so the prince should avoid it even more.Although all the dignitaries in the capital are vying to be the first to give congratulatory gifts, they still need a pretense.

"Going back to my uncle, I heard that it seems to be the birthday of Tang Jia, the prince's beloved side Fujin."

"Well, then according to the previous example, give this side Fujin a backup gift." Cao Yong said: "Add another [-]% to this one, and prepare a copy for the princess. Don't be too luxurious, don't be too wasteful, choose in the warehouse Just some jade jewelry that you can give away!"

Cao Zhong said with a smile: "My uncle arranged it properly, without being rude, without tongue-in-cheek, and without being ostentatious."

Now that the crown prince is restored, what about the thirteen elder brothers who were imprisoned?Thinking of this, Cao Yong asked, "Is there any news about Elder Brother Thirteen?"

"Looks like I'm back at elder brother's place!" Cao Zhong had heard about the incident where the fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother rescued the little master, so he was not surprised to hear Cao Yong's question.

Elder brother's residence is the residence of the prince in the palace before the division of the mansion.Although the thirteenth elder brother has been married for many years, he has not yet divided the government and still lives in the palace.

For the thirteenth elder brother who was praised as the "King of Heroes" in the novels of later generations, Cao Yong had some good feelings in his heart.What kind of blow will that high-spirited young man be in the vortex of the deposed prince back then.From one of Emperor Kangxi's favorite princes, to being reprimanded by Yukou as "a person who is not diligent, loyal and filial, if he is not restrained, he will definitely cause trouble, so we must guard against it."The months of imprisonment and the neglect of the emperor not only destroyed the young man's mind, but also destroyed his health.

Thinking of the prince's restoration, Cao Yong always felt that he had forgotten something in his mind, vaguely, and couldn't remember it.He still had to visit a few relatives, so he didn't want to think about it, so he asked Cao Zhong to go down and prepare to go out.

*
Shifuma Street, Pingjun Palace.

Lu Yunniang's injury was not serious, Pingjun Wang Naersu asked someone to take his post, and invited several imperial doctors over one after another.Cao Jiashi also took a few maidservants to look after the guest room.

It wasn't until noon that Lu Yunniang's wound was cleaned up, and she drank the medicine to calm the nerves and fell asleep.

Cao Jiashi thought that Lu Yunniang not only broke her forearm, but also had a half-foot-long cut on her once beautiful and delicate face.Because the wound was too deep, even if it was healed, the long scar would not go away.Could it be that this is the fate of a beauty, Cao Jiashi sighed in her heart.

The husband and wife are of the same heart, Naersu saw what his wife was worried about, and didn't want her to bother her because of it, so he gently supported her waist, and comforted her: "Mr. is not the kind of frivolous person who only loves women's beauty. She will also love her and love her, so Yan'er need not worry."

Cao Jiashi rubbed her stomach, turned her head and smiled at her husband: "Well, what the prince said is that Yan'er is worrying too much!"

After a while, Lu Dai, who went to Shuntian Mansion to report the case, returned to the mansion.

After seeing Yunniang, Lu Dai followed Naersu to the study.

"How about the case? Has Na Wu's identity been found out?" Neersu asked eagerly.

Regarding the encounter between Lu Dai and Yun Niang, apart from anger, Naersu felt more guilty.The marriage between Lu Dai and Yun Niang has only happened in the past two days, and it is not known to the outside world.In the eyes of everyone in the capital, the other side of Liufang Hutong is the residence of King Pingjun.Since the other party dared to kill so presumptuously, was the target Yunniang or him, the county king?Maybe it was he, the county king, who implicated Lu Dai and his wife.

(End of this chapter)