Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 429
Because it is the end of the month, there is no moonlight, the night is dark, and the room is also very dark.

There was the sound of clappers playing watch from far away, it was already the third watch, and Cao Yong still couldn't fall asleep.He was lying on the bed, not knowing whether it was the pain in his heart or the pain in the wound on his chest.

He turned sideways, looked at Chu Yu who was lying on the side, and faintly smelled the milky smell on her body, and tears suddenly flowed down one after another, burning his eyes sorely.

I don't know how long it has passed, Cao Yongfang fell asleep in a daze, and it was already the next day when he opened his eyes again.

Today is June 29, Tianhui's full moon ceremony.Before going to bed yesterday, when the husband and wife mentioned their daughter's nickname, "Jiaojiao" was the first thing that came into Cao Yong's mind, but he didn't say it.

Now, the husband and wife are a little concerned, fearing that there is something wrong with the child, so they took the nickname Tianhui, hoping that she would be born smart.

Although they didn't make any big arrangements, they still invited several close relatives and friends.Cao Yong was originally worried about Chuyu, fearing that she would not want to see outsiders because of her daughter's illness.

But at the moment, Chu Yu is in good spirits. She combed her hair twice, and put on a cherry-colored flag dress, covered with a bijia made of snow-grey bamboo from the moon, luxurious yet dignified.

When Cao Yong got up, she saw a smile on her face.After washing up and having breakfast, she still had a smile on her face, but she seemed to be undetectably happy.

Cao Yong really couldn't see it, and said: "If you don't want to laugh, don't laugh. When my sister and mother-in-law come, cry if you want. We are close relatives, and they will sympathize with us."

When Chu Yu heard this, she immediately shook her head, her brows were full of firmness, and she said, "Today is the joy of Tianhui's full moon. I am naturally happy in my heart. Why are you crying? My daughter is ours, so what if others are sympathetic? I just hope she gets well!" At the end, she looked at the cradle with a loving face.

Cao Yong's heart was also warm, with a little smile on his face, he said: "You are right, today is the joy of our daughter's full moon. As a father, I am also very happy. Children are debts. Ah, I'm going to save money for the children now. Even if I smash my old bones, I have to make proper arrangements for the children."

After hearing Cao Yong's words, Chu Yu felt more tenderness on her face.

The husband and wife were talking when Zijing came to ask Chuyu about today's banquet.

Perhaps it was because of eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddha a lot, Zijing did not sigh like Zhao Jia's about Tianhui's eye disease, and did not show any abnormalities.Hearing that she has already given her baby name "Tianhui", she repeatedly praised her for being nice and grand.

Chu Yu was very grateful. She didn't want others to pity her daughter. She hoped that her daughter would grow up healthy and happy.

Cao Yong still has some questions to ask Mr. Zhuang, and I am afraid that there will be no time for guests to come to the door later.Therefore, he kept Amethyst to talk with Chu Yu, and went to the Banyan Courtyard to find Mr. Zhuang.

Mr. Zhuang had already finished his breakfast, and he was walking in the yard to digest his food. When he saw Cao Yong coming, he stopped, and the two of them entered the house.

"I got the news. I've had people check it out. Although the guards who 'did themselves in fear of crime' were framed with white flags, they had nothing to do with the fourth elder brother. However, there must be something strange. These people came out of Beijing. I used to go to a casino before, and I owed a lot of gambling debts, but I didn’t know where to buy money to make up for it. It’s just that I went deeper, but I couldn’t find it. I really can’t figure out who the money is. , Is the target Shiliuye or Furuo?" Mr. Zhuang said as he knocked on the table with his fingers.

Ah Ling, who tried several guards to death, belonged to the eighth elder brother. Although the sixteenth elder brother was a little suspicious of him, Cao Yong couldn't figure out the reason why he was involved in these things.

As an uncle of the country, he also bears the title of duke. Logically speaking, the more he is like this, the more cautious he should act.Only that kind of bachelor, who has no scruples, can do appalling things.

"How about Ah Ling?" Cao Yong asked: "It's just that no matter whether it's Brother Sixteen or me, he should have no reason to do it."

Mr. Zhuang shook his head and said: "It's not him. He is working in front of the Lord Long Live. How dare he do such tricks? Although it may be some elder brother who made people do it, it may not be the eighth elder brother. Now he is sincerely speaking. When you act cautiously, how dare you poke this basket?"

Cao Yong thought of one person and asked, "How is Brother Fourteen in the capital?"

Mr. Zhuang stroked his beard and said, "I stayed in the Ministry of War all day, and didn't see anything unusual." Speaking of this, he looked at Cao Yong and said, "Why did Fu Ruo think of asking Brother Fourteen? Could it be that he was suspicious of him?" ?”

Cao Yong nodded, and said: "The arrow was not shot by mistake, it actually came to my chest. I was wearing the first-grade supplementary clothes of the princess' forehead, and the sixteenth brother was wearing the golden python robe of the prince's brother. , and I won’t get confused. Although it’s just a little friction between Brother Fourteen and me on the surface, I always feel that he hates me deeply, but I don’t know why, and I can’t feel his kindness at all. .”

Mr. Zhuang was a little puzzled, and murmured: "From the dispute in Guishan, it was Brother Jiu who kept his grudges. After all, he was his cousin, who swept his face."

Cao Yong hurried over, but not to say this.He hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Sir, is my grandfather Prince Yu or the Emperor?"

I don't blame him for asking this question, but he remembered that Mr. Zhuang's answer to him in the past was a bit vague, not in the world, does it mean not in the world, or not...not outside the palace...

After all, for those scholars who have been influenced by Confucianism for generations, the emperor is the son of heaven.

Mr. Zhuang was holding a teacup to drink tea, but he didn't expect that Cao Yong would suddenly change the subject and ask this.

He put down the teacup, wiped the water stains on his beard, and asked, "Why do you think of this?"

In Cao Yong's heart, Mr. Zhuang was treated as a close relative, so he directly expressed his confusion.

Earlier in Jiangning, I didn't think much of it. After all, it was the family who received the favor, and several generations of the Cao family were loyal to it.After arriving in the capital, he clearly felt Kangxi's care for him.

Although he began to regard this as the emperor's subjugation technique, compared with Li Ding, who was almost the same as him, he realized that he was much luckier.

Moreover, he has been upgraded time and time again, and there is no reason for this road to prosperity.Even if it was because of his grandson-in-law, Kangxi's promotion was too fast compared to his age.

Among them, although there is a little achievement of Cao Yong, but most of the time, it is still a reward.

Both the government and the public know that Kangxi is the most affectionate to Prince Yu. If Cao Yong's mother was the daughter of Prince Yu who lived abroad in the early years, it would make sense for Kangxi to treat Cao Yong, a nephew, differently because of his elder brother's affection.

Otherwise, Mrs. Li is Kangxi's own daughter. She is 42 this year, and she was born in Kangxi's 12th year, which was the time of the Three Rebellions.Perhaps there was something wrong with her background that made it impossible for Kangxi to keep her in the palace.

Cao Yong just felt that he couldn't think about it anymore, because the more he thought about it, the more bloody he was, and he really didn't want to apply the storylines that others seemed to have been vulgar to his relatives.

In fact, he suspected that another reason why his mother was born near the clan was Mr. Zhuang.What is the reason why a counselor who was once an aide in Suo'etu's Xiangguo Mansion was able to come to Cao's house?
Cao Yong only felt a headache, he knocked hard on the forehead twice, and asked: "Sir, do you know or not, and can you tell me directly? It makes people very sad to be so muddled."

Seeing Cao Yong like this, Mr. Zhuang couldn't bear it, and said: "Since you asked, I know, and I will tell you. You guessed right, but your mother has something to do with the royal family, but I am just like you. I don't know whether she is the daughter of the Long Live Lord or Prince Yu's princess.

Your maternal grandmother is not Gao, it should be someone else.That person was indeed born in the Pingxi Palace, and she was the granddaughter of Pingxi King Wu Sangui. After entering Beijing, she was raised by Concubine Ningxi by her side.Later, there were two kinds of arguments about whether to enter the palace as a nobleman, or to be a side concubine in Prince Yu's mansion.

Because of the long time interval and the fact that someone with a heart kept her secret, there is no way to know.It's just that after the Three Rebellions, there was no news of this woman again.On Gao's side, there was a woman who was expecting childbirth, and then the woman died of dystocia.Afterwards, both the House of Internal Affairs and Prince Yu's House sent people to the Li family.Corresponding to the two, I suspect that the person Gao took in in the past may be the daughter of Concubine Ningxi. "

Cao Yong listened, his expression was a little stiff, he was just guessing in confusion, and he didn't expect such a bloody story.The hatred of the country and the family cannot be overcome, and it is difficult for lovers to get married in the end. Can't even children be raised by their side in an open and honest manner?

But now that Prince Yu has passed away, Cao Yong can't go to Kangxi and ask, am I your nephew or your grandson?
No matter what the answer is, Cao Yong is not interested.The only thing he was sad about was, why did these evil fates in the past cause his daughter to be like this?
Forget it, no matter what, I don't dare to have children anymore, so I can live a happy life with sons and daughters like this.

Although he knew that Tianhui's eye disease might be related to blood, but he couldn't give up completely in his heart, and asked Mr. Zhuang, "Sir, is there really a miracle doctor like Hua Tuo Bian Que in this world? The child, her... the child, her eyes Not so good..."

In the past few days, Wutongyuan frequently invited imperial physicians, and Mr. Zhuang also knew some reasons.Although I sighed in my heart, but it was not as important as Cao Yong.After all, this child is very expensive, how many can grow up safely?Which family has no child who died prematurely, that is, the Cao family. Didn't Cao Shun die back then?

It's just that he is a father himself, and he can sympathize with Cao Yong's love for his daughter, saying: "There is nothing difficult in the world, as long as there is a caring person, the children of the left and right are still young, Furuo, don't be too impatient, let someone check it out slowly! "

Cao Yong knew in his heart that although he persuaded Chuyu, he still couldn't think about it.Whose parents don't want their children to be healthy?
Cao Yong lay down on the kang, and seemed a little impatient.

Seeing that he had changed into new clothes, Mr. Zhuang patted his thigh and said, "Get up quickly, the back is all wrinkled, you still have to entertain guests later, don't you?"

Talking about the guests, the guests started to come to the door one after another.

The Hongshu brothers and the Borzigit family all came to the Chunjun Prince's Mansion. Although Fujin, who was on the same side as the Chunjun King, did not come, but as a grandmother, he bought a pastry mat at the Palace and sent it over.

Prince Pingjun's mansion, Prince Pingjun was going to the yamen, and he was going to come over in the afternoon, so Cao Jia came first by himself.

At the Jueluo Mansion, Cao Yi has already given up his confinement, so he came here with his mother-in-law Xi Tara.

The Sun family happened to catch up with Sun Jue Xiumu, and the husband and wife came over together.

From Wanyan's house, Yongqing's wife, Qi Jiashi, brought her daughter over.At the earl's mansion, Yongsheng also sent generous gifts.It's just that he is on duty today, and he won't be able to come until the next half an hour.

On the side of Zhaojia Mansion, brothers Fengde and Fengche naturally refused to pull them. Their mother, the eldest wife of Zhaojia Mansion, also brought their daughters-in-law over.There is also the Minister's Mansion, Zhao Jia's sister-in-law also brought her daughter over for a drink.

Although the entrance of the Cao Mansion was not full of traffic, it was still very lively.Like Cao Yong's colleagues in the guard's office, officials from the household department and Taipu Temple, and Jiang Ning's fellow countrymen who are officials in Beijing, since they are officials in Beijing, whoever is not well-informed all send congratulatory gifts.

Although this experience has added a lot of money, it is more lively than when God Blessed the full moon back then.Between the two gates and the gate, servants greeted and saw them off, singing promises loudly, creating a scene of prosperity.

Zhaojia's sister-in-law and her daughter Ruhui got out of the carriage outside the second gate. Seeing that there was a row of Zhulun carriages parked here, she couldn't help being a little stunned, and whispered to her daughter: "Look, this is the real style. Well, looking at the posture, I don't know how many Fujins from the palace have come?"

Ruhui followed in front of her mother, just covering her mouth with a handkerchief and smiling, without saying a word.

These days, people have come to talk about marriage one after another. Zhao Jia's sister-in-law has found several houses, but most of them sound nice, but in fact they don't have any family background.

Compared with the two, the family status of the Earl's Mansion is still the best among them, so her mind is a little bit alive...

(End of this chapter)