Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 417
Xicheng, Cao Mansion, Huaiyuan.

Yulong and the other maids were all in the Haidian garden, and there was only a woman leading a young girl who hadn't kept her head to watch the house, so the yard felt quite deserted.

Cao Song was in the room, neither sitting nor standing, tossing all morning.Although his heart was no longer on his body, and he didn't know where he was flying, but he didn't dare to move rashly.

Guo Jue, who was always doing things, has long since disappeared, and I feel a little scared, not knowing how to meet him.

What if the "ugly girl" gets bored with him?What should I do if the "ugly girl" cries?
Cao Song's brain hurt from thinking about it, and he couldn't help but beat his head a few times, wondering if he should regret it or not.If I knew this before, why should I bully her all the time? If she held grudges in her heart, what would be good?
However, if she kept it in her heart, wouldn't that be considered right?That's something in my heart... Thinking of this, Cao Song smirked again.

My elder brother will leave Beijing with his retinue tomorrow, and the house's foreign affairs designation will be entrusted to Mr. Zhuang. The "ugly girl"'s grandmother is still in the yamen of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and she will need to be sent to the yamen to take care of her in the future.

Thinking of this, Cao Song smiled.

Although he used to be the most impatient with socializing like this, but he should learn more in the future, brother is busy, and Mr. Zhuang is already in his sixties, it is not good for him as a younger brother to be idle all the time.

"Ugly girl" is in this mansion, and I don't know if she can't get used to it.Cao Song hesitated again and again, but decided to go to Wutong Garden to greet his sister-in-law, maybe he could meet her.

As soon as he left the house, went to the porch, and before he left the yard, he saw a woman coming over, and said, "Second master, the second wife is back!"

"Mother is back?" Cao Song felt surprised, and asked, "Have you entered the second gate? Who did you come back with?"

The old woman replied: "I have already entered the second gate and went to the yard of the eldest grandma. Except for the fourth and fifth girls, I took a few maids and daughters-in-law from the second wife's room. The two aunts and the third and fourth masters have no return!"

"Going to sister-in-law's yard?" Cao Song felt that his heart was hanging high when he heard this, and hurried to Wutong garden.

*
On the side of Wutong Garden, Mrs. Zhao Jia had already entered the yard with her maid.

She originally planned to go back to Shaoyuan to change clothes first, but after thinking about it, she decided to go to Wutongyuan first.As an aunt, she came back specially for her nephew and daughter-in-law, and she always wanted her to appreciate her.Therefore, she sent her to take her fourth sister and fifth son back to Shaoyuan first, and then she brought people to Wutongyuan.

Xicai was bringing two little maids out of the table, when she saw Mrs. Zhao Jia, she hurriedly lowered her body to salute, "Second wife!"

Zhao Jia nodded, glanced at the food on the table, and asked, "Why are you feeling uncomfortable when you eat at this hour?"

Xicai replied: "Gege has been sleepy for the past two days, and wakes up late in the morning."

Chu Yu was talking to Jing Hui in the house, and was surprised to hear Zhao Jia's voice in the yard, so she got up and went to the door.

Mrs. Zhao Jia has already reached the corridor, and Xicai hastily stretched out her hand to lift the curtain.

Zhao Jia entered the house, Lu Ju followed behind, and the other maids and women were waiting outside.

After the incident of the jade spider in the twelfth lunar month last year, Cao Song found a reason to get angry with Madam Zhang.Mrs. Zhao Jia was troubled by him, so she had no choice but to obey his wishes and be "raised" by Madam Zhang.

Among the remaining people, Luju is responsible, and although the others have different ideas, they dare not make trouble.In this way, there was a lot less gossip in Zhaojia's house.

As soon as Chu Yu came out from the West House, she saw Zhao Jia had come in from outside, she bowed her head and said, "Second Wife is back!"

Seeing that she was wearing clothes and her belly was sticking out, Mrs. Zhao Jia was really worried, so she took two quick steps forward, took Chu Yu's hand, and asked, "I heard that you have been feeling unwell these days, I am really worried, Why, are you still impatient to eat all day long?"

I'm used to seeing Zhao Jia's yin and yang weirdness, but now it's so warm that Chu Yu can't react.

Zhao Jia carefully looked at her stomach, touched her slightly thin arms, and said: "This child is a bitch's meat! Hurry up and rest in the room, be careful not to get tired! His brother was a baby yesterday." He sent someone to call Song'er back, but he was worried about the family? It's just that he knows something, so he should tell me..."

While pulling Chuyu to the West Room, Zhao Jia chatted a lot.

As soon as he entered the room, Mrs. Zhao Jia saw a girl standing a little cautiously on one side, and a little maid standing behind her.

The girl was seventeen or eighteen years old, she was not tall, she was wearing an ai-green flag dress and a moon-white bijia, and she looked upright, looking gentle and gentle.

"Is there a visitor from the mansion?" Zhao Jia turned her head and asked Chu Yu.

Chu Yu introduced: "This is a cousin of our family, the niece of Fucha's aunt, whose nickname is Jinghui." Then she said to Jinghui: "Cousin, this is the second wife of our family. Call Second Aunt!"

A blush appeared on Jinghui's face, she squatted down like a green onion, and whispered in her mouth, "Second Aunt, please be well!"

However, Mrs. Zhao Jia was caught up in the phrase "Fu Cha's aunt's niece", and couldn't figure out what kind of cousins ​​they were.She gave her a little support, and said: "Please get up quickly, since you are relatives, you should come and walk around more, this is the first time I have seen you!"

While speaking, she had already followed Chuyu to the kang and sat down.After looking at Jinghui for a while, she came to her senses and said to Chuyu, "Isn't the daughter of my aunt's family married to Irgenjueluo? That's your sixth uncle's cousin. Her nephew... the daughter of Dong E's family? "

Chu Yu greeted Jinghui to take a seat, turned her head and said, "It's this cousin, it's hard for the second wife to remember. From this point of view, from the second wife's side, this relative is another level!"

Mrs. Zhao Jia remembered an old incident, and said with a smile: "I remember, I remember, a few years ago, the nephew of the eldest wife almost mentioned their daughter. These years have passed, and the girl has already married Having a son, from this point of view, the marriage is right, or if you don't give birth first, is it not widow?"

One sentence made Jinghui and Chuyu's faces change. Chuyu was afraid of Jinghui's embarrassment, so she quickly changed the conversation and said, "The second wife has only been here for a few days, why don't you stay longer? I heard that there is Jinger in the garden over there. Well, it’s brighter than living in our house!”

Zhao Jia nodded and said: "It's true that it's open and bright, and it's cooler than in the city. It's just that there are no elders in the mansion here to take care of it. I'm a little worried after all."

"My nephew and daughter-in-law are fine, I'm worried about my son-in-law, but I'm bothering the second wife." Chu Yu didn't expect Zhao Jia to come back with her own decision, and thought it was Cao Yong who said it, and she was a little strange, why didn't she Listen to him.

Hearing Chuyu mention Cao Yong, Zhao Jia felt somewhat dissatisfied.Even if you feel sorry for your daughter-in-law and don't worry about the mansion, there is no reason to speak to your father-in-law's house.

It would be fine if her aunt was not in the capital in the past, there is indeed no parent to trust her to; now that her aunt is in the capital, if she is still like this, it seems that her aunt is mean and unwilling to take care of her pregnant nephew and daughter-in-law.

Thinking of this, Zhao Jia became a little unhappy, his expression faded, and he said: "My lord is going to leave Beijing tomorrow, have you packed all your things?"

Chu Yu nodded and said: "The preparations were made two days ago, and the people who will follow have also been selected!"

Jinghui was originally sitting on a chair, and when she heard Chuyu and Zhao Jia talking about the housework in Cao's house, she thought of finding an excuse to escape.At this time, I heard the sound of "dengdeng" footsteps coming from the yard.

Jinghui immediately became nervous. It's not yet the time for the yamen to fall into the yamen. Could it be that he is here...

Which is not Cao Song?He didn't stop until he reached the corridor, and raised his voice: "Sister-in-law, is mother here?"

After hearing this, Chu Yu glanced at Jing Hui, and said to Xi Yun at the door, "Please come in quickly!"

Xiyun went away in response, and Cao Song followed in, but his expression was a little stiff.

Jinghui hurriedly got up from her seat, bowed her head and greeted her.

When Cao Song heard Jinghui say "Second Cousin is safe", he felt his body lighten immediately, as if he flew nine days away.For a moment, looking at Jinghui, she was speechless.

Seeing Cao Song was stunned, Zhao Jia thought it was the first time he saw this girl and didn't know him, so he smiled and said, "Look at your stupid look, this is your sixth uncle's cousin, a girl from Dong E's family!"

But she didn't want to think about it, if the two didn't know each other, how could Jing Hui directly say "second cousin".

This relative was originally a little far away. Now Cao Song heard what his mother said, counting from the second room, the two are also cousins. It was really a bit unexpected. He scratched his hair, laughed twice, and said: " Cousin Ann!"

Now that Jinghui got up, she said to Chuyu, "Cousin, please chat with your aunt and second cousin first, and my sister will go back first."

Seeing that the guest was about to leave, Mrs. Zhao Jia was about to leave a few words, when she heard Chu Yu say, "I'm going to trouble my sister for a while, so my sister will go back to the room to rest, and we can talk later!" Xicai sends Jinghui back.

A few days ago, Cao Song met Jing Hui at the temple fair, but it was not real from a distance.Now looking at her secretly, she is also taller, with more delicate features. Compared with the dry little girl back then, she is quite different.

After hearing what Chuyu said, Jinghui said goodbye to Zhaojia, and was about to say goodbye to Cao Song, when she happened to meet him.

Jinghui only felt that the deer bumped against her chest, and her face was scorching hot, so she bowed her head and left.

Seeing that her cheeks were stained red, Cao Song's heart skipped a beat. He felt that she was so beautiful that he wanted to go to heaven, but he didn't know what to do.When he came to his senses, Jinghui had followed Xicai out of the house.

Fortunately, Zhao Jia was full of curiosity and was waiting to ask Chu Yu, so he didn't notice Cao Song's expression.Otherwise, there is nothing to see.

When Jing Hui went out, Zhao Jia asked: "What did you say? It's not a visit, but a long-term stay?"

There are too many involved in this, so Chuyu couldn't say it directly, so she said, "I came here to visit the house, but it happens that the uncle is going to leave Beijing tomorrow, and the nephew and daughter-in-law are bored, so they stay as companions!"

Mrs. Zhao Jia shook her head disapprovingly, and said: "After all, it's a girl's house who hasn't left the court. It's not a big deal to stay with relatives like this. Fortunately, these young ones are in the garden and not in the mansion, otherwise they can't come and go. Wouldn't it be a loss of dignity if we met?"

Chu Yu just smiled, but couldn't say anything.Zhao Jia couldn't help curling her lips, and thought to herself: After all, it's young and not thoughtful.It seems that there is no elder in this mansion watching, it is really worrying...

But when Jinghui came out of Wutong Garden, thinking of Cao Song's hot gaze just now, she felt unspeakable joy in her heart.However, when I think about my grandmother is still in the Yamen of the Ministry of Justice, my future situation...

She bit her lip, and there was a trace of sadness in her eyes...

*
Because he will leave Beijing tomorrow, Cao Yong did not stay in Yamen for a long time today.After quickly handling the errands at hand, and explaining what should be explained, he left the yamen and went to Pingjun Prince's Mansion.

Pingjun Wang Naersu is not on the list of retinues this year, and will stay here in the capital.His sister, Bao Yagege, married to Horqin the year before last, and had a little prince last spring, who is now more than one year old.

Originally, I thought that Naersu would be a follower, so Prince Ping's mansion prepared a lot of presents ahead of time, thinking that Baoya would present it with her husband during the court meeting, but now I don't think it will be possible.Therefore, Fujin sent someone to send a letter to his younger brother, asking him to go out of Beijing to visit the palace here.

Cao Yong wanted to come earlier, but he was busy for the past two days, so he was able to find time today.

After giving birth to Xiaogege, Cao Jiashi's body has become a little plump. It is not yet May, and she is a little afraid of the heat, holding a round fan in her hand.

After saying a few words about bringing something to Baoya with her brother, Cao Jia could not help but sigh, and said to Cao Yong: "Speaking carefully, the girls in this palace are not as comfortable as the girls in ordinary families. Even if we live in poverty , but don’t have to take on these responsibilities. The men of the Aixinjueluo family are easy to do, but the daughters of the Aixinjueluo family are really difficult. Every time I think of Baoya, she was such a comfortable person back then. It’s not about adopting the heart and raising the character, and immediately taking on the responsibility of the clan’s daughter. Now that I think about it, I don’t think there is any joy in adding Da Gege. If she grows up and wants to be like her aunt, then I can’t bear it anymore , and can only be slapped a few times, as if this daughter has never been born!"

Seeing the sentimentality in her words, Cao Yong couldn't help persuading her: "My sister thinks too far! In all the mansions in the capital, not every royal mansion goes to Mongolia. Even if it really means marrying Mongolia, it's nothing, isn't it? Do many concubines stay in Beijing? Baogege refers to a county king who has a fief in Mongolia, so there is no way."

Cao Jiashi was just complaining, and it was okay to say it, and asked a few more about Chuyu and everyone in the second room.Hearing that Mrs. Zhao Jia went to Haidian Garden, Mrs. Cao Jia had a strange look on her face, and said, "My brother and sister were born in just two months, and the second wife didn't say to help take care of them?"

Cao Yong told about the separation of the two households, and Cao Jia could not help frowning when she heard this, and said: "Brother, I know that you and your younger siblings are living as a young couple since you got married. I am afraid that this person is not cheap. For second uncle's sake, don't make trouble and make father sad."

Speaking of this, Cao Jia thought carefully about Si Zhaojia's daily affairs, shook his head, and said: "I was wrong, but with the temperament of my younger siblings, if I can propose a separation, it must be the two. The wife is not authentic. Even so, you should be more wronged if you are the younger generation. There is still a father on top. Don't make it difficult for your father and mother to follow, and don't affect your good reputation. Hit the spine in the back."

"Well, I know all these things, sister, don't worry!" Seeing Cao Jia's chattering teaching, Cao Yong said with a smile: "I'm already old, I still need my sister to explain these things."

Because he had to go to Jueluo Mansion to visit Cao Yi, so Cao Yong did not stay in Pingwang Mansion for a long time.When Cao Jia heard that he was going to visit his sister, he ordered someone to fetch a few horses of clothing material for Cao Yong to take over.

Because she was afraid of the heat, she thought that she would be even more afraid of the heat if she had a body, so she specially found these pieces of yarn, and planned to give two pieces of yarn to each of her sister and sister-in-law.

Cao Yong didn't take the share for Chuyu, and asked the steward of the palace to send it to Cao's mansion together with the gift for Bao Yagege.

He rode a horse by himself, let Xiaoman carry his things, and went to Jueluo Mansion outside Xihua Gate...

*
Jinyu Alley, Thirteenth Prince's Mansion, front hall.

Seeing that the fourth elder brother looked tired, the thirteenth elder brother said: "Since the fourth elder brother is tired, he should go back to the house early to rest. Why do you still come here?"

The fourth elder brother rubbed his forehead and said: "It's okay, it's just that I haven't slept much recently, and I'm a little out of spirit." Then, he looked at the thirteenth elder brother carefully, and said: "It seems that the thirteenth brother looks good, but it seems better than the previous one." It looks rich for a month!"

"Hehe!" Brother Thirteen stroked his chin and said, "Isn't that right, my younger brother also felt it himself, his body is full of fat, I'm afraid that after two years, he won't be able to draw a bow or shoot an arrow!"

Brother Thirteen was born in the 25th year of Kangxi, and now he is only 29. He is in his prime, but at the moment he is so depressed.The fourth elder brother felt really uncomfortable when he saw it.

After pondering for a moment, the fourth elder brother said solemnly: "Thirteenth brother, please give Huang Ama a greeting! Sheng Jia is about to leave Beijing. As a son, you should greet him."

Elder Brother Thirteen shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "Fourth Brother, even though my younger brother is detained in this mansion, he is not deaf. What is the situation with Mynah now? If my younger brother is on the invitation, Huang Ama will only think that I have hidden him." Evil heart..."

The fourth elder brother was dejected and speechless, the father and son believed so much, how could it not make people tremble and walk on thin ice...

(End of this chapter)