Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 405 Dragon Dance Master and Slave

Cao Mansion, Sunflower Courtyard, Wing Room.

Xu Shi spoke in a hurry, Zijing bowed her body and couldn't help coughing.Just as Cao Yong was about to step forward to pat her, he saw that there were many white hairs in her bun with spots.

Cao Yong only felt sour in his heart, stopped his hands in mid-air, and murmured: "You..."

A daughter's youth is perishable, even if her beauty remains the same, time will leave traces on her body.Even so, at the age of 28, it is really appalling to have these gray hairs.

Amethyst has stopped coughing, propped herself up, leaned on the chair crookedly, looked at Cao Yong with a smile on her face.

Cao Yong pretended to be angry and said: "Are you still laughing? Even if you don't want to alarm Chuyu, you just send people to the front yard to ask for a doctor, but you want to torment yourself like this!"

Seeing Cao Yong's appearance, Zijing couldn't help laughing softly, her eyes became softer, and said: "Because the second and third masters are here, the uncle has become more stable, and he looks like a young master!"

This tone, like an elder, Cao Yong felt a little uncomfortable, touched the mattress on the kang and said: "Since the wind is blowing, I will find a thick bedding. Although it is Lixia, the wind is hard after all!"

"Yeah, yum, it's free for slaves!" Amethyst still smiled.

Cao Yong couldn't help giving birth to an illusion, just like when he was in Xuanruitang more than ten years ago, he was just a seven-year-old child.Why is there "kindness" in Amethyst's eyes?
"Amethyst!" Cao Yong looked at the white hair in her bun, looked at her eyes, clear as water, and said, "What do you want in this life? You know it, it's in my heart , you are your family. When you are alive, you have to have a little bit of fun. Just like me, my job is to make you all feel comfortable. Amethyst..." At this point, he paused, and said: "Your job What is it? What is on your mind?"

Amethyst heard Cao Yong mention this, her body trembled, her eye circles were already red.She smiled and didn't respond immediately, but turned her head to look at the shrine on the West Kang.

"Don't tell me, it's a god and Buddha, you are a smart person, you should know that a mud tire is just a mud tire!" If it were someone else, Cao Yong would not want to intrude on other people's privacy, but because it is Amethyst, he really hopes that she will live happily comfortable.

Amethyst's eyes turned from the altar to Cao Yong's face, her eyes became a little blurred, as if she was talking to herself, and she seemed to be whispering to Cao Yong: "It was 37 years, the slave's father was beheaded, and the mother After suffering from the epidemic, the servants are twelve... The servants have entered the Cao Mansion... These years, the servants have seen many people who lived and died, and they feel more and more that the world is impermanent. ..."

Listening to her gloomy words, Cao Yong only felt panicked in his heart, and said: "Zijing, everyone knows that they will die in the end. Immortality is just a joke. In this way, you will not be alive? Even if your youth has gone through ups and downs , After all these years, isn’t it better? You don’t want to have your own child and have a small family? You love children so much. If you have a child born by yourself, call you mother or mother, your life will be lively !"

This is a heavy topic, although Cao Yong knows that he is a bit long-winded, but finally he can't bear Zijing to be so lonely and old.

Zijing listened quietly, and at the end, she smiled, and said: "Isn't the old man just a child? The servant is watching the old man grow up, and now, seeing the young man grow up, the servant is very happy!"

Seeing her oily and salty, Cao Yong kicked her feet hard and said, "Zijing, I'm serious!"

Zijing nodded, and said with a gentle face: "The kindness of the uncle, the servant will save it. The uncle is not troublesome, and the servant does not like to be busy, it is very good to be in the mansion. Waiting for a day, the uncle and grandma will not need it The servant, or the servant is getting old, the uncle can just send the servant to the south." At the end of the speech, there was a bit of loneliness in the voice.

"What are you talking about?" Cao Yong stood up and said: "Is it useful or not? You have to save it. Whether you want to go out or stay in the mansion, you are free, as long as you can live comfortably. I have advised you many times, but you didn’t listen, but this time I didn’t persuade you. From now on, let’s change my words! You are my family, my child’s aunt, and Cao’s aunt! As long as I live, you Live whatever kind of life you want. If you want to be quiet, be quiet, if you want to make trouble, let's make trouble!"

In the end, Cao Yong's eye circles were also red.

He also couldn't tell what kind of feelings he had for Zijing, but he felt distressed about Zijing's choice.

Zijing's tears fell down, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, she said: "Even if the uncle doesn't say these things, the servants will still treat the uncle as a younger brother, and the young masters as nephews."

"Return slaves, slaves?" Cao Yong clenched his fists, unable to tell whether he was sad or something else.

Amethyst saw Cao Yong's childish appearance, her eyes were smiling like crescents, she covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and couldn't help laughing out loud.

After Cao Yong finished tossing, he also felt a little ashamed, turned around, wandered a few steps on the ground, and said, "Why hasn't the imperial doctor come yet?"

At this time, I heard Zijing say: "Slave... I... I am worried about my heart, do you still want to listen..."

When Cao Yong heard the words, he stopped in a hurry, sat down on the chair beside the kang, and listened attentively.

To be honest, why Amethyst insisted not to marry, Cao Yong was also very curious.He didn't believe that it was because of Zijing's cousin who was engaged to be engaged to when she was a child, nor did he believe that it was because of the servant who died of illness in the Jiangning mansion in the early years.

Amethyst seems to be living outside the crowd, always watching the world with cold eyes, without the slightest ties.

Although Zijing's face was flushed red due to the fever, the brilliance in her eyes at this moment was incomparable.

"Many years ago, when I was a little girl, I...I...I thought about getting married...I also thought about what it would be like to have a daughter..." She said softly, her expression was a little confused, as if she had fallen into a distant place. memories.

"Daughter? Zijing likes girls?" Cao Yong nodded and said: "Since you have such thoughts, why do you delay until now?"

Zijing sighed, and said with a wry smile: "Times have passed, and the slaves have grown up, and they also know that it is not easy to be a woman in this world, and it is even more difficult to be a servant."

Hearing what she said, Cao Yong knew that she was feeling sorry for her life experience, and said with a bit of guilt: "Body deed, deed of life, if I had thought about this earlier, I would have restored your identity before entering Qingliang Temple, and you too There will be no delay for three years."

Zijing shook her head with a smile, and said: "What are those paper documents? Even if some things are erased, they will leave imprints in their bones."

"Just because of your status, you don't want to get married?" This reason made Cao Yong feel a little surprised.

Zijing nodded and said: "Since I live forever, I really don't want to go against my own will. It's exactly what I want to live in peace like this."

She has been like this, what else can Cao Yong say?Looking at the white hair on her head, he said: "Aren't you overwhelmed, but how you live, your body is the most important thing. Tomorrow, I will send someone to find two good Polygonum multiflorum, you should nourish and nourish it."

After hearing this, Zijing knew that he was talking about his hair, touched his temples and said, "It's usually combed inside, so you can't see it."

While speaking, Wu En had brought the imperial physician over.

This imperial doctor was in his fifties, he was born in the Xinglin family, he worked in the Imperial Hospital, and his surname was Chen.His father, the old doctor Chen, came to this mansion for outpatient consultations earlier, and because of his age, his son took over in the past two years.

Counting from the old lady, the two families have been friends for several lifetimes.

Seeing Cao Yong here, Imperial Physician Chen hurriedly bowed his head and said, "I have seen Mr. Cao!"

Cao Yong waved his hand and said: "Physician Chen doesn't need to be polite, I'm really ashamed to bother you so late. It's just that Zijing's body is a little uncomfortable, so I don't dare to delay, please don't blame Imperial Physician Chen."

Liu Ye and Wu En originally wanted to hang curtains, but Zijing stopped with a smile, and said: "The Imperial Physician Chen is not an outsider, and the uncle is here, so there is no need to avoid it."

Because he has been in and out of this mansion for a long time, Chen Taiyi knows Zijing, knows that she is the girl in charge of the inner house, and sees Cao Yong asking about illnesses in person, so he is a little cautious, sitting on the edge of the kang to diagnose the pulse.

The pulse was Hong pulse, Imperial Physician Chen put down his hands, looked at Zijing's face, and said: "Miss Zijing, let me see the coating on my tongue!"

Hearing this, Zijing opened her mouth to reveal her tongue, but the coating on her tongue was white with a yellowish tint.

Imperial physician Chen nodded and said, "Miss Zijing 'doesn't change clothes' these two days?"

Seeing Zijing nodding, the imperial physician Chen knew it well, and said: "Miss Zijing, this is caused by an exogenous heat evil, with severe fever, head pain, and throat swelling. It is suitable to clear the lungs and clear the heat, and relieve the exterior with pungent coolness. The old man prescribed a prescription, mixed with silver. Qiaosan, it will be fine in three days!"

Cao Yong was at the side and heard that Amethyst was fine, so he felt relieved and accompanied Chen Taiyi out to serve tea.

Because it was getting late, Imperial Physician Chen wrote the prescription and got up to leave.

Cao Yong called Wu En to offer the consultation fee, sent Imperial Physician Chen out, and then handed over the prescription to the butler, who sent someone to fetch the medicine immediately.

After this tossing, Zijing sweated again on her forehead, and Cao Yong had to ask another few words.

Seeing that it was late, Amethyst asked Cao Yong to go back first.

Cao Yong explained a few more words to Liu Ye, making people watch at night, if there is anything wrong with Amethyst, send a letter to Wutong Garden immediately.

Liu Ye nodded, and Cao Yong left the sunflower courtyard.

When she returned to Wutong Garden, Chu Yu was already sleeping on the soft couch outside.Xiyun and Xicai are in the upper room, seeing Cao Yong coming back, hesitant to wake up Chuyu.

Cao Yong made a silent movement, walked to Chu Yu, and saw that she was frowning in her sleep, feeling a little distressed.

Afraid of shocking her, Cao Yong went to the outer hall to wash and wash, and asked Xiyun, "Is Chu Yu uncomfortable in the afternoon? Did you eat too much for dinner?"

"Gege is feeling better today. She didn't complain about her backache anymore. She just became impatient and took two steps on the ground, saying that she was tired. I had a bowl of millet porridge for dinner and ate two pieces of pastry." Xi Yun replied.

When Cao Yong came back from outside the city, he saw Wang Mengxu again and went to the sunflower courtyard again, before he had dinner.Now that he was talking about food, he was really hungry, so he told Xi Cai to look over to the kitchen and get some food.

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Inside the Anding Gate, Prince Yong's Mansion.

The fourth elder brother sat behind the chair, holding a thin piece of paper in his hand.Although there were only two lines of words on it, he felt angry when he saw it.

"Enter Jiubeizi Mansion when you are in Xiyao, and leave when you are in Xu", the fourth elder brother's expression is a bit gloomy in Jiubeizi Mansion.

The Nian family is the most respectable family among his disciples. Not to mention that Nian Gengyao was the governor of Sichuan, and Nian Xiyao was released from Zhili Road last year.

Is this to be a fool on the wall, or is it to find a new master?In the capital, the eyeliners of all the families are watching, where is there any secret?The Nian family did this, is it just a display to treat him as the master?
The fourth elder brother remembered the New Year's gift last year, raised his head, and said to Dai Jin: "Nianjia... What do you think? These dog slaves are really deceiving people!" At the end of the sentence, there was a bit of coldness in his tone.

Dai Jin thought for a while, and said cautiously: "Fourth Master, the news from the Nian family may not be good, and they don't know the situation in the capital yet. Fourth Master can mention something in the letter to Nian Gengyao, so as not to make them confused!"

The fourth prince listened, snorted coldly, and said: "Is it just being confused? This is their heart, such clinging faces are disgusting!"

Dai Jin and Nian Gengyao are both disciples of the Fourth Prince's residence, and there are some things that the Fourth Prince can say, but Dai Jin can't.

Therefore, he couldn't speak bluntly about the situation of the Nian family, so he said: "Fourth master, the Nian family is like this, maybe it is because of the short period of time under the fourth master's family. In fact, they are too eager. It has already been stamped with the mark of the fourth master. It's just that the fourth master has always been tolerant to the outside world, and they don't know the fourth master's intentions, so they will panic. If Fang Fujin gave birth to A Ge Gege as soon as possible, they must be at ease!"

After hearing this, the fourth elder brother's face became even more ugly. Could it be that to make the servant obedient, he still needs to accept his petty promise as the master?
Although he felt uncomfortable, he also knew that Dai Jin's words were honest words, so he sighed. It seems that he will go to Nian Gengyao's sister's yard more recently...

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(End of this chapter)