Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 495

In the 54th year of Kangxi, the first day of the first month.

According to the annual practice, Kangxi first led everyone, Baylor, Beizi, the Duke of the State, Ministers of the Interior, Bachelors, bodyguards, etc., to the Empress Dowager Palace to salute.Afterwards, Yujia went to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to hold the first grand court meeting of the new year.

Civil and military officials below the prince, foreign vassal kings and envoys, etc., presented their congratulations and stopped the banquet.

Next, is Shuntian Mansion Jinchun.

After a set of great etiquette, Cao Yin and his son did not come back from the palace until Sichu (nine o'clock in the morning).

Mrs. Li and Chuyu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have already put on new clothes, combed their hair twice, wore flag dresses, and emerald beads all over their heads, looking very energetic.

The two butterfly hostas on Chuyu's bun are very gorgeous, with jade-colored butterflies on the top and jade flowers and emerald leaves on the bottom.Butterflies, flowers, and leaves are all dotted with rubies, which look very bright.

Echoing the other pomegranate velvet flowers on the head, Cao Yong couldn't help but look at the whole person a lot of joy.

Chu Yu thought her husband was looking at the hairpin on her head, so she whispered, "It was given by my wife this morning..."

There was one sentence, but she didn't say it in her stomach, that is, this hairpin is also a built-in thing.Gold inlaid with pearls, jade and precious stones, has a faint royal style.

Cao Yong was very happy to see the harmonious relationship between his mother and his wife, and said in a low voice: "Mother really loves your daughter-in-law. Be careful, elder sister and third younger sister know about it, and blame mother for being partial."

Chu Yu just laughed and didn't respond.

Sitting on the kang, Cao Yin chatted with Mrs. Li, and turned his head from time to time to tease the two grandsons who were playing on the kang.

Mrs. Li sat on the other side, answering with her husband, shaking Tianhui's rocking car with one hand, while glancing at the clock on the ground.

While talking, I heard the servant girl on the corridor saying: "Master and Madam, the masters, girls, and grandmas of the East Mansion are here!"

Hearing this, Cao Yin gave a "cough", straightened his body, and said, "Come in!"

Following the sound of speaking, Cao Song brought his brother, sister, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, etc. into the house and stood there for a while.

When everyone saw Cao Yin and Mrs. Li, they were not in a hurry to pay New Year's greetings, but bowed their heads and stood by calling them "Uncle" and "Auntie".

Cao Yin nodded and asked Cao Song, "Why didn't your mother come here?"

Cao Song bowed his head and said, "Back to Uncle, Mother is not feeling well, she just drank the medicine and sweated, so she didn't come out."

Cao Yin and Li Shi looked at each other with a helpless expression, but it was not surprising.

The husband and wife got up and offered incense.

The whole family kneeled down and kowtowed three times to the "ancestral board" enshrined on the west wall.Even Tianhui, who was just a baby, was carried by Chu Yu to perform the ceremony.

After the ceremony, Cao Yin and his wife took their seats again, and Cao Song and others knelt down in unison, bowing their heads to pay New Year's greetings.

However, with auspicious words such as "good luck" and "shoubi Nanshan", Mrs. Li took the purse she had prepared earlier, filled with various gold and silver zippers, and handed it to her nephew, niece-in-law, and niece in turn with a smile.

Cao Song and others got up and paid New Year's greetings to Cao Yong and his wife.

Because it is between the same generation, there is no need to kneel down.

Chu Yu also smiled and handed the prepared purse to everyone.

At this time, there is an unwritten etiquette, that is, officials pay New Year's greetings to each other on New Year's Day.It's just to please the boss and connect with colleagues.

Basically, banquets are held, and officials gather together to worship.

Both Cao Yong and Cao Song are employed, and they also want to go out to "worship".But before that, Cao Yong and Chu Yu still need to take their children to Dongfu to pay New Year greetings to Zhao Jia.

After paying homage to the Zhaojia family, Cao Yong will go to his father-in-law's house to pay New Year's greetings, and then go to the "group worship" at the Taipu Temple and the guards.Other relatives and friends are ranked after the second year of junior high school.

Not only Cao Yong and Cao Song are going out, but also Cao Shuo and his younger siblings are all dressed up and going out.

Cao Shuo was going to his father-in-law's house, Cao Xiang and Cao Fu were going to their grandfather's house, uncle's house, Zhaojia's mansion and Shilang's mansion, and other relatives and friends could be arranged after the second year of junior high school.

Cao Song and Cao Shuo are new sons-in-law, and they are paying New Year's greetings to their father-in-law's family for the first time this year.On Li's side, he had to give a few words of advice, and then asked how the gift was prepared, and so on.

After Cao Yin accepted the New Year's greetings from his nephews, there was a message from the second door on the back, that King Naersu of Pingjun and Third Young Master Seishtu came to pay New Year's greetings to Cao Yin and his wife.

Cao Yin and Mrs. Li went to the front yard together to accept the New Year's greetings from the sons-in-law.

Because there were a lot of things going on in the palace and the palace, Naersu and Seishtu didn't stay for long, and left in a hurry after a cutscene.Naersu went to the house of his mother's relatives, and Seshitu had to go to the East Mansion for a cutscene before leaving.

After the sons-in-law left, Cao Yin changed into auspicious clothes and went out to attend the banquet.There are those from the Ministry of Rites, those from the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Guild Hall, and those from the Zhengbai Banner.

In a day's work, you have to run several places, and the time is tight.

For a while, Cao Yin and his nephews went out first, and Cao Yong and Chu Yu took the children to Dongfu to pay New Year's greetings.Jinghui and Ruhui's sisters-in-law were left by Mrs. Li to speak.

Mrs. Li is worried about Mrs. Zhao Jia, afraid that she will get angry and say something ugly when Cao Yong and his wife went to pay New Year's greetings.

Even if they are juniors, there is no reason to contradict the elders, but if they are in front of the new daughter-in-law, they are afraid that Cao Yong and Chu Yu will not be able to hold their faces, and they will become more and more rigid.

There are fewer people, even if there is a quarrel, it should not be a big fuss, and let the new wife laugh.

Mrs. Li asked the two to sit down, and asked the servant girl to bring snacks and food, and said to them with a smile: "For those who celebrate the Chinese New Year, you can't go out. It's because you are bored. Come and sit in the yard when you have time. The new daughter-in-law is not allowed to go out." It's easy. When I first married the master in the early years, I was a little apprehensive. After all these years, I finally came here."

The customs of the new year pay attention to "avoidance", that is, during the Chinese New Year, from the first to the fifth day of the new year, if a woman or a little girl comes to the house, it will collide with the celebration, and it will be unlucky for a year.

For those who celebrate the new year, although men go around to pay New Year's greetings, women have to be restrained until the end of the "taboo door" on the sixth day before they can visit relatives and friends.That's why Mrs. Li told her two nephews and daughters-in-law that they were bored.

Jinghui and Ruhui came to this side of the house, and Chuyu took the children to the East Mansion. This is still within her own family, not a visit, so there are no such taboos.

Jinghui just smiled and listened, Ruhui raised her head, looked at Li Shi's face, then at her white right hand resting on the kang table, and praised: "It's not flattery from my niece and daughter-in-law, the eldest wife is so young , I think it's easy to worry about, no more than my aunt..." At this point, he stuck out his tongue mischievously, laughed twice, and continued: "No more than our wife, it seems very sad."

It's been less than ten days since she entered the house, and it's still inconvenient for Ruhui to change her words.

Although Ruhui said it bluntly, she also had a bit of truth in her mind.

Mrs. Li sighed, and said: "You are still young, so you don't know the difficulties of being parents. After two years, when you have children, you will understand. It's an endless worry. Your wife is more blessed than me, You have many children, so you have to think more, and you need to worry more. You daughters-in-law, even if you enter the door, you must abide by filial piety." At the end, the voice has added a bit of seriousness.

Jinghui and Ruhui hurriedly stood up and answered with their hands tied.

Li's Chunchun taught here that the Zhaojia family of Dongfu, looking at Cao Yong and Chuyu's family, could shave hoarfrost on their faces.

It's just a ceremony, so it's not rude.

Cao Yong and Chu Yu just didn't see each other, Cao Yong led Tianyou and Hang Seng, and Chu Yu hugged Tianhui to celebrate the New Year together.

Tianyou and Hang Seng were still a little uncomfortable, but when they came, Cao Yong and Chuyu had already coaxed them all the way, and they were willing to be quiet and obedient.

Mrs. Zhao Jia was wearing a blue flag dress. Although she didn't wear velvet flowers, pearls and emeralds on her head, there were still several plain gold hairpins.Although his face was covered with powder, he still faintly showed fatigue, presumably due to lack of rest.

Seshitu just left. She was on the kang thinking about the rank of the duke's title passed on to her son-in-law. In the future, her grandson will be the little duke.

Among other things, she couldn't prepare much for the "Zhou Zhou" ceremony.

Although Cao Yi is close to Li Shi and treats her only mediocrely, she is the child's decent grandmother, and no one can change this.

I heard that the wife of the in-laws did not want to move to the Duke's mansion to be the old Fengjun because of the son's adoption, and stayed in the old house.From now on, if the two families move around, she will be a serious in-law wife...

Thinking about the unembarrassing relationship with the concubine, Zhao Jia held his forehead, feeling a little confused.

Could it be that I am really wrong?This is not guaranteed who is a lucky one.However, having said that, if the third girl had been admitted back to the second room in this way, she would probably marry in the south, how could she go to Beijing to be the wife of the country?

In this way, her indifference back then can be regarded as the achievement of a concubine.Thinking of this, Zhao Jia's heart felt a lot more comfortable, and he felt much more at ease.

Seeing Cao Yong's family come to pay New Year's greetings, she held the corner of her mouth and wanted to sneer.Speaking of it, the third girl didn't kiss the second room and the eldest room, and it was also because of Cao Yong, the elder brother.

However, seeing Cao Yong's weak smile and clear eyes, she swallowed the words that came to her lips.She also murmured in her heart, it's Chinese New Year, is this here to pay New Year's greetings, or what to do?
Why does it make people feel that this young couple is more than respectful, not close enough, and somewhat alienated.Could it be that he was really annoyed because of her beating Hang Seng, and blamed her aunt in his heart?

This is really too immeasurable, as a junior, how can it be like this?
She "coughed" twice, cleared the phlegm in her throat, and nodded to Lu Ju who was standing beside her.

Lu Ju brought the prepared purse forward on a tray, and then Zhao Jia stretched out her hand to help Cao Yong and Chu Yu and said, "Get up and sit down, it's hard for you, but you can still come and see me!" He glanced at Hang Seng at Cao Yong's feet and frowned.

When Cao Yong and Chu Yu arrived, they didn't bother to care about Zhao Jia's yin and yang, and waited for Zhao Jia's purse to be delivered, they got up and said goodbye.

Zhao Jia originally wanted to say a few more words, but the words were blocked in his throat and he had no chance to speak.

After they left, Zhao Jia had to ask for a bag of cigarettes, and chatted with the two girls beside him.

Not to mention the young ones in the Cao family, they went to the father-in-law's house of the Yue's family, and to the mother's house of the mother's house. Cao Yin was already riding a horse to the restaurant next to Xidan Pailou.

The "Reunion Worship" reception of the Ministry of Rites will be held here.

The two ministers, the four servants, and the officials below were all present.In addition to the officials from the Ministry of Rites, before the banquet, there was actually a big man who came here.

That was the third elder brother among the two elder brothers in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, dressed in ordinary clothes, and greeted everyone in the Ministry of Rites warmly.

When I arrived at Cao Yin, the third elder brother seemed to be more enthusiastic, and said with a smile: "I still remember that Mr. Cao taught me how to ride and shoot when he was not out of Beijing in the early years. Compared with other elder brothers, this king is not strong enough. Mr. Cao I even made a wristband specially for this king. Now that I think about it, it has been more than 30 years." At the end, he shook his head with emotion.

Cao Yin had a smile on his face, but in his heart he couldn't help sighing. Could it be that the third elder brother didn't see the lessons learned by the eighth elder brother, and still wanted to win people's hearts?
Outside the restaurant, several figures gradually dispersed...

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Outside the Anding Gate, Prince Yong's Mansion.

Hearing that the fourth elder brother was returning to the mansion, Dai Jin was quite surprised, and came out to welcome him, with some doubts, he said: "Fourth Master, didn't you say that you would go to the Xidan Pailou when you came back from Tong's mansion this morning?"

The fourth elder brother waved his hand and said: "I was thinking of coming to the new year and seeing the adults in the household department, but I got news on the way, and the third elder brother also went there. It's better to avoid suspicion, there is no place for After a meal, Huang Ama was alarmed again."

Dai Jin heard the meaning of the fourth elder brother's words, if the elder brothers all went to the banquet of the officials of the six departments, it would inevitably attract the attention of those who cared, and make the Long Live Lord scruples.

Right now, the Sacred Heart is unknown, so this is not the time to win people over...

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The second watch will be at 1 or 2 in the morning, so you can watch it tomorrow morning.Happy May Day, everyone, and the other nine ask for a guaranteed monthly pass. . .

(End of this chapter)