Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 415
Entering the Erdao Garden Gate of Prince Chun's Mansion, Zhao Jia couldn't help admiring secretly in his heart as he looked at the tall peaks and rocks.

Turning around the peaks, it suddenly becomes clear that there are pavilions and pavilions among the lush forests in the distance.

The ground is paved with cobblestones, with different patterns and patterns, and the winding paths lead to seclusion, which is very elegant.

On the northwest side, there is another courtyard, all of which are large-scale Xieshan-top buildings, lined with towering pines and cypresses, standing majestically.On the northeast side, there are rippling water, willows are planted on the bank, and duckweed is light green on the water surface, full of vitality.

Mrs. Zhao Jia took her fourth sister, fifth son, and several maidservants to Fujin's yard with the two maids in charge of Prince Chun's mansion. While looking at the scenery of flowers, trees, lakes and stones, they secretly compared it with their own garden. .

Although my own garden is quiet and elegant, it is not as rich and noble as the Wangfu. After all, it is a prince and noble, how can ordinary people compare to it?

The fourth sister and the fifth son were wearing plain blue cheongsams and followed behind Zhao Jia quietly.The two sisters are less than half a year apart, and they are about the same height, short, fat, and thin. They look like a pair suddenly.Only by looking closely can you see that the two are different.

The fourth sister and the fifth son both looked like their own biological mothers, and when they compared each other, their eyebrows and eyebrows stood up and down.The fourth sister can only be said to be Zhou Zheng, but the fifth sister can tell that she is a little beauty.

Chun Wang Fujin's courtyard is in the north of the garden, and it is only after crossing the pontoon bridge and another flower hall.

Zhao Jia's group entered the courtyard, first they saw the screen wall of vines and vines, and when they turned around, they saw five halls with rolling doors and Xieshan hall, with five annexes on each side.

In front of the hall, on both sides of the corridor, a magnolia was planted on one side, and a crabapple on the other.There is a plaque hanging on the hall, Zhaojia's family is illiterate, and Luju looks up from behind. It is the four characters "Yutang Jinxiu", which implies the name of flowers and trees.

At this time, I heard the old woman report from the corridor: "Fu Jin, my wife is here!"

Behind the woman, Zhao Jia reached out to touch her temples. Although she was a little flustered in her heart, she didn't show it on her face.But it's the county king Fujin, and it's not like she hasn't seen her before. Her niece is also the county king Fujin.Even if this is the prince Fujin, there is nothing unusual, her sister is also the dignified prince Fujin.

I saw two maidservants in light pink clothes roll up the bamboo curtain in front of the hall, and bent down with smiles on their faces.Inside the curtain, a young woman aged [-] or [-] stood aside, nodded and said, "Is your wife here, please come in!"

This young woman has two combs on her head, three pairs of golden cloud ear pincers with beads in her ears, and a cloak of Qian color "Lian Lian Shuang Happiness". She is tall and graceful.

Although I have never been to the garden here, the Zhaojia family has also sent people to inquire about the general character of those Fujins who live here.

At this age, the woman who can wear red should be the wife of the elder brother of the palace, Mrs. Borzigit.Thinking to herself, Zhao Jia cast a glance at the woman who led her in.

Sure enough, I heard the woman introduce: "My wife, this is the eldest grandma in our house!"

Mrs. Zhao Jia hurriedly leaned over to see her, and Mrs. Borzigit nodded back and said, "My wife, come on, you girls have been waiting for a long time!"

Zhao Jia followed Borzigit into the hall and into the east room.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw a woman in her 30s in a flag dress sitting on the edge of the kang with eyes full of emerald green eyes. On the ground, there were several chairs lined up with goose wings, and several women were sitting or standing.

Mrs. Zhao Jia has been a widow for three years, so she rarely socializes, and the house has been cleaned up long ago.As soon as I entered the room, I immediately felt a strange smell and almost sneezed out.

The woman sitting on the kang was Chun Wang Fujin. When she saw Mrs. Zhao Jia enter the room, she stood up and said with a smile, "I have heard that my wife is coming to Beijing. I have long thought that it would be good to see her. Now I live across the wall." Yes, but it's cheap!"

Zhao Jia had already squatted down, and said, "Please greet Fujin!"

King Chun Fujin stretched out his hands to help him and said, "Quickly please get up, we are all relatives, so there is no need to be so outspoken."

Seeing Chun Wang Fujin get up, the two women sitting on the chairs also got up.

Chunwang Fujin had to introduce each of them one by one. The two women sitting were the side Fujin Nala family and the side Fujin Barda family. , Shufu Jin Chen.

Although Zhao Jia's family is in-laws, but the rules and etiquette are here, they are all invited to sit down.

Everyone has seen that King Chun Fujin invited Zhaojia's family to sit on the kang.Zhao Jia gave way several times, and finally sat on the chair on Fujin's right.

Side Fujin Nala and side Fujin Barda sat on the chair opposite Zhaojia, and several other concubine Fujin stood beside Chunwang Fujin.

Although Zhao Jia and the fourth sister are newcomers, the fifth son has been here several times.She is carved in jade, not to mention attractive, and extremely well-behaved, so the Fujins in the mansion here like her very much.

I heard Shu Fujin Li Jia said to Chun Wang Fujin with a smile: "Look at Fujin, I haven't seen you for half a year, and the fifth girl is getting better and better. This small appearance is really attractive. I can't complain about Qi Gege every time I see you." If you hold it, you won't be letting go."

Chunwang Fujin looked at the two young ones, saw that one of them was unfamiliar, turned his head, and said: "This is the fourth girl in the house? She looks very dignified, like a child from a rich family." As he spoke, he called someone After presenting the table gift, he ordered the maidservant at the door to say: "Go and invite a few Ge Ge to greet your wife!"

Because it was the first time seeing the fourth sister, the other Fujins also gave gifts one after another.It's not good for Wu'er to be empty here, so he prepared a copy.

Mrs. Zhao Jia hurriedly ordered the fourth sister and the fifth son to pay respects to all the Fujins. She said that she was "from a poor family and humble", but she felt a little proud in her heart.It seems that they want to find a way, talk to Chu Yu, and send Aunt Meng and Aunt Chang to the garden.After all, he came out of the palace and is used to treating people.

The fourth sister just learned the rules for a few months, and then she was completely reborn, she looked a bit like a bannerman lady.However, for a five-year-old child, no matter how disciplined he is, it's just a polite word.

Although I have never seen the Zhaojia family, Aunt Meng and Aunt Chang were sent to the Cao Mansion by King Chun Fujin, so I have heard of the Zhaojia family.

Speaking of it, Zhao Jia's appearance is a bit rough, but there is no disrespect in his behavior.Her natal family is noble, no less than the Fujin present here.

It's just because she followed her father to work in other places when she was young, and when she grew up, she married the low-level Cao Quan, and the people she came into contact with were not high-profile. Now that she has no connections with the Wangfu, she is afraid of being caught people look down on.Therefore, be more cautious in words and deeds.

Although Cao's parents only had one pair of children, the second room had four sons and four daughters, five of whom were descended from the Zhaojia family.Thinking of this, Chun Wang Fujin was really envious of Zhao Jia's.

What Nalashi thought was different from King Chun's Fujin.

The prince came back yesterday and mentioned that there is no elder to look after him, so don't worry, the forehead will be on guard in two days, so we need to assign two proper people to Cao's mansion to look after Chuyu.

The garden next door was built with the help of the Wangfu when the garden was repaired last year. The purpose was just that the princes and Fujins wanted to live closer to their daughters and sons-in-law so that it would be cheaper to walk around.

It happened that the master didn't come to live. Mrs. Zhao Jia came with her children.Chu Yu is already seven months old, even if Zhao Jia is from the next room and not a serious mother-in-law, she should act like an elder and stay in the capital to look after her.

The second wife of the Cao family doesn't look like a charitable person.Thinking in his heart, Nalashi couldn't help but look at Zhaojiashi a few more times.

Mrs. Zhao Jia was originally agreeing to King Chun's Fujin, but when she noticed that someone was looking at her, she saw that it was the side Fujin who was sitting in the front seat opposite.The appearance is somewhat similar to Chuyu, and it is Chuyu's biological mother, Nalashi.

Speaking of appearance, the Shufujin Chen family standing next to Chunwang Fujin in a pine-colored flag dress looked familiar too.

Although Xi Yu had already returned to the palace when Zhao Jia's family came to Beijing, but later she heard Madam Zhang mention that it was because the grandma couldn't tolerate people and sent a good-looking dowry girl back to the palace.

That girl was not only good-looking, but also somewhat similar in appearance to Chu Yu's biological mother, and in the end she was praised by the prince, flew up a branch and turned into a phoenix, and became a concubine.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Zhao Jia looked at Mrs. Chen a few times, and her respect for the palace was somewhat reduced in her heart.It doesn't matter if he's a prince, as long as he's a man, he's nothing more than a stealing cat, and if he sees a good one, he'll pull him on the bed.

Mrs. Chen was embarrassed by Mrs. Zhao Jia, and turned around to tease Wu'er.
Seeing Mrs. Zhao Jia looking at Mrs. Chen with a strange expression, Chun Wang Fujin frowned when she remembered Mrs. Chen's identity, which was not decent after all.

But Zhao Jia didn't realize it, turned his head, smiled and said to Chunwang Fujin: "Why don't you miss me? Although they have different identities, they are about the same age, so they should be as close as possible."

These words are ignorant, the princes and grandsons have been studying in the study since childhood, no one in the rich and powerful family knows, who doesn't know?

King Chun Fujin smiled lightly, and replied: "The two older ones started to learn to do errands with the prince, the younger one went to study in the study, and the other was still young."

Zhao Jia said with a smile: "After all, they are the descendants of the royal family. They are different from the brats of our family. The few in our family are still children, and they need to be taken care of."

While speaking, Er Gege, Wu Gege, and Qi Gege had arrived.

Knowing that the person who came was an elder of the Cao family who lived in the garden next door, Er Gege took a second look, while Wu Gege asked bluntly: "Emiang, since people moved in from the garden next door, how can the big sister and the little nephew live together?" Why didn't you come? We have been looking forward to the second sister for a long time?"

King Chun Fujin replied: "Your eldest sister is going to give birth in two months. I'm afraid of the bumpy roads, and I'm also worried about living in an outer city. It's not cheap to hire an imperial physician!"

Wu Gege looked a little disappointed, and Er Gege recalled yesterday that he heard that two nuns were going to be taken care of by Cao's mansion, he was a little worried, and said, "Emiang, but what's wrong with eldest sister? I heard that our mansion will send someone to take care of them." Go and take care of it."

King Chun Fujin replied: "I know you all feel sorry for my sister, but the lord is thinking about these things with me, so you little sisters can rest assured. Big Gege is fine, the big forehead is going to follow in two days, the mansion There is no parent to take care of her, so the lord wants to send two suitable people to serve him." Because of this, she asked Nalashi, "Is there a suitable one for the nuns to send over?"

Nalashi replied: "At the beginning, the Zhou family and the Bai family were drafted. Is it okay for Fujin to look at it?"

Zhou's family is Nala's accompanying room, one of the two nuns sent by the palace to serve in Yizhou after Yu became pregnant with God's Blessing a few years ago.The daughter-in-law of the Bai family is the fourth elder brother's wife, and she is also a seasoned person.

King Chun Fujin nodded, and said: "These two people are quite stable, and with the Meng family and the Chang family on the other side, Da Gege is enough to command."

When Zhao Jia heard them say that Chu Yu was about to give birth, she was a little embarrassed.In fact, she was also counting the days in her heart, thinking that she would return to the house to take care of Chu Yu before she gave birth at the end of June.

Speaking of it, it's not easy to blame her for being an elder.After all, the two households share the stove, even if she is kind enough to take care of it, if she can't keep her nephew and daughter-in-law together, she will get tired of her meddling.

It's just that it's not easy to tell outsiders about these cares.Now in the eyes of the people in Prince Chun's Mansion, it seems that her elder is unkind and unreasonable.

It seems that the garden here is not easy to live in. It is better to go back to the city tomorrow, so as not to cause misunderstandings among relatives...

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Xidan Archway, Taipu Temple Yamen.

Cao Yong was busy working until noon, and he didn't let go of what was on hand.There are still two days before leaving Beijing, there are still many things that have not been explained at home, and the dim sum shop is also the same.

Although Cao Fang has come forward to take care of it, if he is not here for a few months, if there is any trouble, he needs to ask someone to take care of it.

He rubbed his forehead, sleepy in spring and autumn tired in summer, this sentence is indeed true, it makes people sleepy at noon.

At this time, an official came to report that an adult wanted to see Cao Yong and was waiting in the front hall.

When they got to the hall, the person who came was an elder, that is Cao Yong's uncle Fu Nai.

Cao Yong hurriedly stepped forward to pay respects, Fu Nai got up from his seat and said, "Fu Ruo, I'm a bit presumptuous here today, but today I was surprised to hear that apart from Jing Hui girl, you were involved in the family affairs of Ga Li, I was really worried, so I came to you to ask why."

Beating Cao Yong Kangxi came to Beijing in 48 years, and it has been five or six years since I knew this uncle.In the past few years, Fu Nai treated him neither far nor near, but it was only acceptable on the surface.Since Cao Yong came to Beijing again last year, Fu Nai's attitude has become much warmer.

Cao Yongchu was also surprised that there is no unreasonable love in this world, and there is no unreasonable hatred. To act like this, you must have a plan?Is there anything in me that Fu Nai can use?
He knew about Fu Nai's resume. He used to be the attendant of the fourth elder brother. After the fourth elder brother opened the mansion, he has been accompanying him all the time. He was the first-class guard of the palace.

Fu Nai was considered an old man who had been used by Si Age's mansion, and a disciple of Prince Yong's mansion.

If Fu Nai's enthusiasm is really for the fourth elder brother or at the instigation of the fourth elder brother, then Cao Yong really doesn't know whether he should be flattered or not.

In his heart, although he knew that the fourth elder brother would inherit the throne in the future, he didn't want to get too close.

This is how people communicate with each other. If you are far away, you can be polite and friendly, but if you are too close, there will only be criticism and complaints.

For the same mistake, if someone who is not close to him commits it, he will just laugh it off; but if someone close to him commits it, he will be disappointed and depressed.

Therefore, for Fu Nai's enthusiasm, Cao Yong just responded appropriately, he should be respectful and polite, but he didn't dare to treat himself as an outsider, and he didn't dare to jump on the pole.

Even so, Cao Yong was still a little grateful when he saw Fu Nai came here with concern on his face to inquire about what happened yesterday.

When the fake is real, the real is also fake, and when the real is fake, the fake is also true. If you get into the drama deeply, you can also feel a little bit of sincerity.

"Uncle don't have to worry, nephew is fine." Cao Yong roughly told what happened yesterday, and also talked about Jinghui's recent situation.

Jinghui's aunt is Fu Nai's stepwife Yiergenjueluoshi, so Cao Yong mentioned this.

Fu Nai nodded, and said: "So that's the case, the rumors outside are a bit out of order, it's good that you didn't get involved. No matter what, it's Dong E's family business after all!"

Because he mentioned his niece, Fu Nai said again: "Although I got the letter last night, I didn't know the details. I was afraid that your aunt would be worried, so I didn't dare to tell her about it. That girl Jinghui stays at your house for a day or two. Fortunately, I'm afraid it won't be appropriate after a long time. So, tomorrow, I will discuss with your aunt to see if I can send my mother-in-law to bring her to my house." Speaking of this, he said: "Actually, it is still It's justifiable to have people from the clan to take care of them. It's just that Gali has never been close to people from his own clan, and I'm afraid Jinghui girl has rarely seen her relatives over there..."

Although he babbled, he didn't irritate people at all, just like a loving father, making people feel uncomfortable.

Originally, Cao Yong felt uncomfortable when he heard him say "your aunt", but seeing that his concerned expression did not seem to be fake, he also felt a little close to him from the bottom of his heart.

After talking about Dong E's family, Fu Nai asked about the retinue. Knowing that Cao Yong was going out of Beijing, he said, "Well, if you have an errand, then go and do it. Don't worry about the capital. I heard that my niece and daughter-in-law Again, I will send your aunt and your cousin to visit some other day, if there is anything that cannot be helped by the palace, there is my uncle and me..."

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(End of this chapter)