Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 526

The Li family was born in the south and grew up in the south since he was a child. He could not tolerate the severe cold in Beijing.Now, it is the weather in February, the season of changing seasons, her body is a little bit weak.

When she went to Dongfu to visit Zhaojia, Mrs. Li was frightened by Zhaojia's tragic situation.Although she endured it, there was no abnormality there, but when she got home, she vomited endlessly.

Cao Yin and his son wanted to invite the imperial physician, but they were stopped by Mrs. Li.She thought it was because she was not used to seeing blood stains, so she didn't take it to heart.

Unexpectedly, her throat was swollen the next day, she couldn't speak from her throat, and she was weak and weak.

The imperial doctor was invited to see it, and said that it was "invasion of wind and evil", and he needed a light diet and rested for a few days.

Although Mrs. Li was ill, she couldn't let Mrs. Zhao Jia go.

For most of their lives, sisters-in-law and sister-in-law, although there have been many unhappiness, there are also times when they support each other.The two are the same age, both are only daughters, and they are both far away from their natal families, marrying into the Cao family, and have no girlfriends or close friends around them.

Seeing her mother-in-law talking about it, Chu Yu naturally had to visit Dongfu on her behalf.

The wound on Zhao Jia's face was covered, and a white cloth was wrapped around the middle of his face, which made him look a little weird.

But apart from a bruised nose and a swollen face, Zhao Jia's spirit is good.

When Chuyu followed Jinghui in, she was half leaning on the edge of the kang, complaining endlessly with a snuff bottle.

She had a wound on her nose, and she couldn't breathe. She wanted to take a cigarette, but she couldn't.She couldn't help it, so she asked someone to find a snuff bottle and put it under her nose, but that didn't work.

She threw the snuff bottle on the kang, and became a little anxious. Seeing Chuyu come in, Fang forced a smile and said, "You are here. I heard that the eldest lady is not feeling well. Have you prescribed any prescription?"

Chu Yu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief seeing that Zhao Jia's family was completely different from yesterday, as if he had recovered.If there was something wrong with her, it would be difficult for Ruhui to get along.

She was outside just now, and she had already asked Jinghui the reason carefully, and knew that it was because of Cao Shuo's pregnancy that she was so angry that Ruhui spoke out, and she felt a little bit of sympathy in her heart.

Chu Yu replied: "Please worry about the second wife, our wife has already prescribed a prescription, and the imperial doctor ordered him to rest for a while. The wife is worried about the second wife, and sent her nephew and daughter-in-law to see the second wife."

Mrs. Zhao Jia patted the edge of the Kang, said with a smile: "Come and sit here, I haven't seen you for a while, I am strange."

When Chu Yu heard this, she was a little confused. I just saw you yesterday, so how come it's been a while?

Although she was puzzled, she sat down obediently, and said with a smile: "Seeing that the second wife looks better, thank God. This morning the uncle went to the yamen and said that he hoped that the second wife would get well soon, saving them a few hours." Don't worry."

After hearing Chu Yu's words, Zhao Jia couldn't help frowning, stretched out his hand to grab Chu Yu's arm, and said angrily, "What's your name, Second Wife, why are you so heretic? Why aren't you called Second Aunt?"

Looking at Zhao Jia's reproachful eyes with some anticipation, Chu Yu couldn't help being a little stunned.

This change from "Second Aunt" to "Second Wife" is not a day or two.

Seeing that Chu Yu didn't respond, Zhao Jia put down her arms, turned her face away, and said, "Hmph, you are the noble Princess Gege, and brother Yong is the forehead son-in-law. If you don't want to see me, a widow and aunt, it doesn't count." What."

Seeing Zhao Jia's unreasonable troubles like a child, Chu Yu's expression was a little stiff, and he really didn't know what to say.

Seeing Zhao Jia's distressed appearance, Chu Yu's heart softened, and she said softly, "Second Aunt, you are taking a good rest. Aren't you the best almond cakes? My nephew and daughter-in-law just brought them, and I will ask my siblings to bring them to you later. You eat."

When Zhao Jia heard this, joy filled his face, and he said, "Well, I like to eat this." As he spoke, he glanced at Jinghui behind Chuyu, and his eyes were a little more wary.

When Chuyu saw her, she couldn't laugh or cry. Could it be that she suspected that Jinghui would steal the almond cake?

However, she stopped laughing immediately.

Because the smile on Zhao Jia's face had already stopped, he grabbed Chu Yu's arm, but he no longer had the intimacy just now.

"Second...second aunt..." Chu Yu was a little surprised.

Zhao Jia wanted to stretch out the other arm, but because of the injury, he couldn't do it, and he couldn't help but gasped because of the pain.

But she didn't care about the pain, she drooped her face and said, "Where's my snuff bottle?"

She stared straight at Chu Yu's face, with a bit of anger, and the strength in her hands became stronger.

Chu Yu's arm hurt from being scratched, and her face was already on fire.She was actually treated as a thief. After living so long, she has gained some insight.

The sense of humiliation made her blood surge, but the woman's carefulness made her feel that something was wrong.

Seeing that her mother-in-law had regained her spirits and spoke clearly, Jinghui was also relieved.Unexpectedly, after a short while, Chu Yu was regarded as a thief again.

Even if Jinghui is not a busy person, she couldn't stay silent any longer. She took two steps forward and persuaded: "Madam, maybe I forgot somewhere, why don't my daughter-in-law help you find it."

Zhao Jia glanced around and said, "What are you looking for? It's missing? It's here..." Having said that, he glanced at the place where Chuyu could put things.

Seeing Zhaojia's determination, no matter how well-trained Chu Yu is, she is a little annoyed.

She took out her purse from her cuff, held it up to Mrs. Zhao Jia, and said, "In that case, the second wife will search it."

Before Chu Yu finished speaking, Zhao Jia had already put down Chu Yu's arm and grabbed the purse.

There are some golden melon seeds and silver curd seeds in the purse, where is the snuff bottle that Zhao Jia wants?
She put down her purse wistfully, glanced at Chu Yu, and said, "Who would be so stupid to put something privately hidden in the purse?" While speaking, her eyes were already looking up and down Chu Yu's body.

Even if she knew that she was her husband's elder and she was sick, she should be sympathetic, but Chuyu was born in the royal family after all, so she was a bit arrogant in her bones.

He took out his purse and gave it to Zhao Jiashi, but it was half annoyed and half amused. Is it really necessary to have someone search his body to prove his innocence?

Chu Yu stood up from the kang, looked at Zhao Jia, and really didn't know what to say to her.

"Snuff bottle, my snuff bottle costs several hundred taels!" Zhao Jia muttered non-stop, looking at Chu Yu as if looking at a "thief", and said, "I bought it for my son. There are hundreds of taels of silver, why not 'lose' it!"

Seeing her mother-in-law like this, Jinghui was also anxious.

It would be fine if he was talking nonsense while sick, but he looked sober.Not to mention that Chuyu is the princess, even a girl from an ordinary family can't bear the notoriety of "stealing".

Because she remembered seeing Zhao Jia holding a snuff bottle just now, Jing Hui took a few steps forward and looked carefully at Zhao Jia's side.

Zhao Jia noticed that Jinghui was looking at her, and hurriedly said: "Look at what, don't you miss me too?" As he spoke, he said loudly: "Come here, come here!"

Green Chrysanthemum was waiting in the house, when she heard Mrs. Zhao Jia calling for someone, she went up and said in a low voice, "What's your order, madam?"

Zhao Jia let out a "cough" and said, "Put all the jewelry boxes on the dressing table and lock them, so that no one will miss them."

Lu Ju secretly screamed in her heart, but she had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree.

Although Chu Yu was angry before, she was surprised to see that Zhao Jia was so defensive towards Jing Hui.

Jinghui's face was flushed, but she still insisted on looking at all the places on the kang.

The hard work paid off, and she finally found the mouth of a snuff bottle protruding from Zhao Jia's mattress.

Jinghui pointed to that area, and said in a low voice, "Is that the snuff bottle Madam is looking for?"

Zhao Jia followed Jinghui's point of view, took the snuff bottle from the side of the mattress, and couldn't help smiling.

But he didn't even look at Chuyu and Jinghui, and started playing with the snuff bottle by himself.

Chu Yu sighed inwardly, and said softly, "Second Wife is giving birth, nephew and daughter-in-law are going back first."

Zhao Jia raised his head, his expression was very indifferent, he said "um", and continued to play with the snuff bottle with his head down.

Jinghui sent Chuyu out of the house, and said with a bit of guilt: "Sister-in-law, don't take it too seriously, our wife...it's because of her illness..."

Chuyu stopped, thought for a while, and said to Jinghui: "Although she is fluent in speech and can recognize people, it still doesn't look good, so I'd better invite the imperial doctor to come over and have a look. No matter what the disease is, Procrastinating is always bad."

Jinghui nodded and said, "Well, I'll send someone to invite you."

Since Cao Song's retinue, Zhao Jia asked Jing Hui to set the rules more often.Jinghui didn't want to go on a business trip, so she got up early and went to bed late, and her chin was pointed.

In the past two days, there were successive changes, and it was even more stressful, which made her show fatigue.

When Chu Yu saw her, she couldn't help feeling distressed, and persuaded, "Don't be too pushy, take a rest when you're tired, Tongsan...it's also good to find a few suitable servants for shifts."

She originally wanted to talk about changing shifts with the "third younger siblings", but she changed her mind when she thought that Ruhui was not likely to be able to serve others.

Jinghui heard the meaning of Chu Yu's words, she had no intention of greedy for merit, and said honestly: "Yesterday, my third sibling and I were on shift at night, and she was in the second half of the day, and she went back to rest after dawn...

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The "stealing case" that happened in Cao's house was nothing more than a misunderstanding, but the "ginseng case" that is rumored in the Yamen today is the real deal.

This morning, Cao Yong vaguely heard people mention it several times, and he couldn't help but feel curious.

When it was time for the lunch break, Cao Yong knew all about it from Yi Duli, a well-informed person.

Since the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the Northeast has been designated as the land of Longxing, heavily guarded by soldiers, and officials and people are prohibited from entering and leaving at will.Except for the rare medicinal materials for fishing and hunting provided directly to the palace by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, private individuals are prohibited from engaging in the above activities.

Although it is decent, it is actually just a way out for the Manchus to worry about not being able to stabilize the country in the Central Plains.

Although the imperial court had a ban, they couldn't resist the temptation of money, and people who went to the Northeast to steal ginseng were repeatedly banned.They have to be caught every year, but this year's one is different, it's a big one.

The "stolen goods" that were sold in one shot were thirty stones of ginseng.

This amount, how can it not be staggering, and the transfer point for "thieves' stolen goods" is still Shengjing.Therefore, the imperial court attached great importance to the case, and the two ministers and four ministers of the Ministry of punishment jointly tried the case.

While talking, Yiduli pouted, it seemed that thinking of those thirty stones of ginseng made him very jealous.

Cao Yong listened with a smile, and calculated an account in his heart. These thirty stones of ginseng were not three catties or five catties, but thousands of catties.

Although Cao Yong didn't know the carrying capacity of a carriage, but considering the road conditions at this time, and the wheels were all made of wood, seven or eight hundred catties would be enough.

If this is the case, several carriages are needed. How can such a carriage loaded with contraband pass through the checkpoints and be transported from Ninggu Pagoda or Jilin Wula to Shengjing?
Those who dare to do this kind of business can't run away from others, even those Manchurian dignitaries in Beijing, and others have the courage and lack of convenience.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong could not help but sigh.

I don't know if this is the result of the closure of the mountains in the Qing Dynasty. This wild ginseng can have such a large output. If it is left to future generations, how much money is it worth.

Next, the news that Yi Duli said made Cao Yong laugh.

The "seller" has yet to show up, but the buyer has already been caught by the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Jiang Zhong'an and Lu Junhan who took over in this process are both from the Jiangnanning government. One is doing business in Beijing, and the other is settling in Suzhou. That is to say, they are engaged in selling ginseng.

If there were two ordinary merchants, how could they enter and exit the forbidden area in the Northeast so freely?
I don't know which slave in the noble mansion, who came out to take care of the master.

It's just that since Lu Junhan settled in Suzhou, he might be inseparable from the Li family.After all, the Li family has been operating in Suzhou for many years. Although it can't be said that it can cover the sky with one hand, it is almost the same.

If the Li family was being held by the other side, Cao Yong's heart moved, and he asked Yi Duli in a low voice: "Is it the business of the God of Wealth?"

Yi Duli couldn't help being surprised, and hurriedly asked: "Your Excellency also heard about it?"

Cao Yong laughed twice, did not answer, but sighed helplessly in his heart.

Thinking of how difficult it is to keep the Cao and Li families from getting mixed up.Li Xu, that old fox, gave away dozens of New Year's goods with great fanfare, just for people to see...

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