Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 529 Dragon Dance Nirvana
Sheng Jia returned to Changchun Garden on February 29, and the princes and officials in the capital had already started preparing for the Longevity Festival.

Every year after the Shengjia toured Beijing, he would hold a grand court meeting, but this time there was no news of the great court meeting.Even Xiaochao, it's just a few great scholars and rotating ministers going to the garden to see each other.

The opinions and speeches of other officials have not been turned over.

Although no one dared to blatantly question anything, they were not fools, and most of them could smell something wrong.

The number of officials seeking to see several great scholars and ministers increased.

Some people even began to speculate whether it was going to "change the sky".

After the new year this year, there are many different phenomena. The news from Shanxi and Shaanxi a few days ago showed that there were still heavy snowstorms in February.

Although Kangxi's majesty is still there, he has grown old since he became the "second waste" prince.During this trip to Jidian, when the weather is getting warmer and colder, what's wrong with not keeping everything...

"One emperor and one courtier", after taking power, how many people are willing to let go?
Jingli seems to be calm, but in fact there are not a few people who are anxious.

When Sheng Jia first returned to Changchun Garden, Cao Yin originally wanted to hand over a sign to see him, but later he heard that Sheng Jia had not turned over his sign for several days, so he did not move.

It's just that within a few days, his hair has turned gray a lot, and he couldn't hide his worry when he got home.

Although their identities are different, it seems that Cao Yin and Kangxi's young monarchs and ministers have another friendship.

Cao Yong persuaded his father for a few days, but to no avail.
Even in the yamen of Taipu Temple, the subordinate officials below were all talking about it.In comparison, the four hall officials looked as usual.Even Iduri, who always loves to spread gossip, did not mention this matter.

Yes, misfortune comes out of your mouth.It's nothing to laugh and scold on weekdays, but now that the momentum is not right, he seems to be fine on the surface, but he is also cautious in his heart.

Wang Jing had come back from his retinue, and there were quite a few Han officials who wanted to get news from him, not just the yamen of Taipusi.

But Wang Jingzeng put on airs and kept silent about the matter of the retinue.Because of this, his life is not easy these days, and it is said that he has offended several contemporaries.

He could only groan secretly, this Tai Pu Si Qing's retinue is just a regulation.By the side of Long Live Lord, there are ministers of the interior and officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who promised that although he is a follower, he has not seen Shengjia a few times.

Tang Zhiyu is the kind of person who works on duty, and has never paid attention to power disputes.

Even if he heard that Long Live Lord might be in poor health, he didn't take it to heart. In his opinion, it should be something that the Tai Hospital should worry about.
The atmosphere in Beijing is getting more and more weird, and even Cao Yong can't help but wonder.What is history like?
He, Cao Yin and his son, two people who should have been eliminated in the long river of history, are still alive. Could it be that the emperor who is supposed to have seven years to live will die?

However, after watching with cold eyes for a few days, Cao Yong was relieved.

Even if Kangxi was really ill, it should be safe and sound.It's just that he doesn't know if he has no time to take care of the undercurrent in Beijing, or if he does it deliberately, and wants to see the reactions of his courtiers.

On the third day of March, under the imperial decree, the two deputy governors were dismissed in the name of "lax military management" and "inadequate talents".On the same day, two other clans were removed from the clan mansion due to "bad behavior".

This time, it made everyone even more frightened.Some people have secretly speculated whether the yuan will be changed next year.

Among all the elder brothers, which one of the rare goods can live in?
This is like a gamble. If the pressure is right, it will be a bright future?

Even Sun Jue, who was a little bookish, couldn't escape the vulgarity, and even made a special trip to Cao's mansion.

He has left the Ministry of Rites, and now he is serving as a doctor of Jixun Division of the Ministry of Officials, in charge of officials' names, funerals, and honors.

Compared with the aloofness and stubbornness when he first came to Beijing four years ago, Sun Jue's behavior is much more tactful, and he is no longer as lonely as he was back then.

He came to pay his respects to Cao Yin, and he wanted to hear some inside stories.At the same time, he also wanted to find out about the Cao family and see which elder brother they were going to support.

Although he hated the Cao family in his heart, Sun Jue had to admit that the relationship between the Cao family and the royal family was incomparable to the Sun and Li families.

Even Cao Yong is relieved, let alone Cao Yin, an old fox, naturally he is already calm and relaxed.

Seeing Sun Jue's impetuousness, and remembering his son's calmness from doubts, Cao Yin felt a little proud in his heart.

Whenever someone praised Cao Yong in front of him, he would always say that "the dog's qualifications are mediocre and can't be used much", and he was still proud of his son who had this.

Thinking of Li Ding who died tragically in the capital, Cao Yin treated Sun Jue with a much gentler attitude.

Although this nephew is superficial and exaggerated, he is the eldest son of the Sun family after all, and Cao Yin does not want to see him make detours in Beijing.

Thinking of this, Cao Yin stopped to answer Sun Jue's probing words, picked up the teacup, lifted the lid, took a sip, and said, "In ten days or so, it will be the Longevity Festival. There are regulations, but it will take a while. Comparing the two, the nephew's current job is light. I heard that there are many "ice respect" and "charcoal respect" in the official department. Lose your heart. It’s useless to think too much. Only by being in charge of the errands will you be able to make no mistakes. You have just been promoted to a doctor for ten months. If you want to be promoted to another level, you have to look at the performance appraisal of your nephew in the past three years .”

Listening to the front, Sun Jue was still a little anxious, slandering Cao Yin for being unkind, and suspected of changing the topic.

At the end, seeing Cao Yin's expression became more and more serious, Sun Jue understood the meaning of his words.

Since the Longevity Festival can be held as scheduled, even if the Longevity Lord is really sick, it is irrelevant to think about it.Besides his own stature, he was transferred from the Ministry of Rites to the Ministry of Officials only a few years later, and he was promoted to a doctor of the fifth rank from the head of the sixth rank.

He just came from a Juren background, and after four years in office, he has already reached this position.Even if you want to speculate now, if you want to go up, you have to spend years of qualifications.

After thinking about this, Sun Jue's complacency before coming here disappeared immediately, and he chatted with Cao Yin a few times in a dispirited way before leaving.

After leaving the gate of Cao Mansion, Sun Jue got on his horse and stared back at the high hanging plaque with an unpredictable expression on his face...

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The female relatives in the inner house will not be affected by the changes of the government and the opposition in the slightest.

After several days of recuperation, Mrs. Lee has recovered. I have visited Mrs. Zhao Jia twice, but I just can't laugh or cry.

The wound on Zhao Jia's face gradually healed, only the bridge of his nose completely collapsed.

Her memory got worse the older she got, and when she smoked in the middle of the night, she fell asleep while eating.The burning tobacco in the smoking pot was dumped on the mattress, almost running water.

Originally, one girl was on duty at night, but now there are two.I'm afraid that there will be some mistakes in places that I can't see for a while.

The imperial doctor ordered that Zhao Jia's diet should be light and less oily, so that he could slowly get rid of the floating fire.Therefore, Jinghui didn't dare to ask the kitchen to cook meat dishes for her, and mostly vegetarian dishes.

Because Zhao Jia's family is always fond of meat, Jinghui also specially invited a chef who cooks vegetarian dishes to cook the vegetarian dishes into meat flavors.

After eating for two days, Zhao Jia began to miss the duck again.

Jinghui asked the kitchen to remove the fat skin from the outside of the duck, and use the duck breast to cook a dish for Zhao Jiashi.

When Zhao Jia saw her, she almost turned over the table, scolded Jing Hui, and then sent someone to the kitchen to order food.

Although Jinghui said she had no choice but to listen, she still told the kitchen to use less oil and less meat for her next meal.

Zhao Jiashi sometimes remembers what he ate last meal, and sometimes he doesn't, no matter what, he never stops talking.

When Mrs. Li and Chu Yu came over, Mrs. Zhao Jia didn't shy away from it. She pointed at Sang and scolded Huai Di directly in front of Jing Hui, without saying anything nice.

Li Shi and Chu Yu were afraid of embarrassing Jinghui, so they could only speak well for Jinghui.However, Zhao Jia became more and more annoyed, thinking that the eldest daughter-in-law was a treacherous person, and she acted obediently to the eldest family behind her back.

This comparison made her feel that the other daughter-in-law was cute.

She turned her head, frowned and asked Jinghui: "Don't stand still, don't go to see your younger brother and sister, she is not in good health, you should be more careful." She was still a little worried, so she wanted to get off the kang to see herself to visit.

But her head was heavy, holding on to the edge of the Kang, she felt dizzy in front of her eyes.

Mrs. Li hastily persuaded her to stop, after all, she was relieved to see Jinghui go.

Jinghui was ordered to take care of Ruhui, but she was deeply moved.

After Zhao Jia's illness, Jinghui and Ruhui took turns to take care of her.I don't know if it's because of fear or fatigue, but Ruhui lost weight rapidly.

Jinghui advised her to rest, but she didn't listen, and eventually it turned out to be a miscarriage.The moment she found out, Jinghui didn't even shed tears, but was just dazed, as if she had lost her soul.

When Cao Shuo saw his domineering wife before, now she looked thin and lost her vitality, he felt very guilty about himself.

Jinghui discussed with Cao Shuo, originally to get someone to send a legal representative to write a letter to the Minister's House, but Ruhui stopped her.

As a result, besides hiding the matter of her miscarriage from Zhao Jia's family, she also kept it from the Minister's Mansion.

When Cao Song came back with his retinue, when he saw his mother's appearance, he knew that it was because of Ru Hui, and he was furious.

Although he is reckless, but he values ​​filial piety, how could he tolerate Ruhui's disobedience?
He originally wanted to reprimand Ruhui for practicing family law, or else ask his uncle and aunt to discipline her.

Cao Shuo, who had been silent all this time, disagreed with his elder brother, and said, "Brother, if you want to be beaten or punished, let your younger brother bear it. The root cause of the matter is the younger brother's fault. If I didn't renege on my promise and become fat, Ruhui would not She will be angry and rude. She already knew she was wrong, and now... I am the one who should be punished."

Cao Shuo is having a hard time these days, and he can't hide the pain on his face.

Cao Song thought of his absurdity when he was young, and he didn't have the face to blame his younger brother, and the matter of wanting to punish Ruhui was still nothing.

Less than two months after the separation, such an accident occurred in the second room, which made Cao Song, Cao Shuo and others grow up rapidly.

However, this growth is accompanied by pain and saltiness, which makes people lose the innocence and liveliness of youth, and has a little more stability and silence.

Thinking of this, Jinghui sighed and walked into Ruhui's Xikuan courtyard.

Ruhui's hair was disheveled, and she was half leaning on the cabinet beside the kang, her face was pale, and her eyes, which were already quite big, seemed even bigger due to her weight loss.

When Jinghui entered the room, Nanny Tao was sitting by the kang with a bowl of porridge in her hand, and was urging Ruhui to eat more.

Ruhui just shook her head, refusing to take another bite.

The moment she saw Jinghui, Ruhui nodded slightly, and said, "You're here... how is your wife..."

Tao Nanny was about to persuade her again, but when she heard Ruhui's words, no one would come.Turning around and seeing it was Jinghui, she hurriedly got up from the chair and greeted Jinghui.

Jinghui reached out to stop her, and took the porridge bowl from Tao Nanny.

She walked to the edge of the kang, sat on the edge of the kang, and said softly: "It's all over there, my wife, don't worry about this, my brother and sister, it's better to take care of yourself. This porridge is not an ordinary ginseng porridge, it contains red ginseng from my sister-in-law. It was bought from the House of Internal Affairs, and the most important thing is to support people. Brothers and sisters are nothing else, just to save themselves from suffering less, and to prevent uncles and wives from worrying about them, they should drink more."

Ru Huiyuan was still in the woods, and when Jinghui mentioned her parents, she couldn't hold back her tears anymore, and they fell down.

When Jinghui saw her, she took out her handkerchief, and hurriedly tried to persuade her not to cry, so she heard her quietly saying: "I am really useless. I worry about my parents at home, and I have to embarrass them when I get married. I just hate I'm not a man, I only hate myself for being vain, I don't want to be an old girl, let people point at me behind my back, so I married myself in a daze."

Speaking of this, she raised her head to look at Jinghui and said: "You are a lucky person. Although the second cousin is a bit more irritable, I have never seen him be cold to you. This... is really enviable ..."

Seeing that her face was covered with tears, Jinghui didn't know how to wipe it off, so she leaned over and wiped it off for her.

However, the more she rubbed, the more she dripped, as if she couldn't wipe it off, Jinghui frowned, and said with a bit of reproach: "Sister and sister, you hurt your eyes carefully, this is not the time to be willful."

Jing Hui felt a little regretful when she said the words.

She knew that Ruhui didn't like her, and the two of them were just getting on with each other, but this sentence was a bit shallow, afraid that Ruhui would be annoyed?

Ruhui laughed through tears, and she became a little more angry. She turned her head and said, "Speaking of which, you are one year younger than me, so why do you look like a little adult? Could it be that when you were with your second cousin? , are you coaxing him like a doll?"

Jinghui blushed when she heard her teasing, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Ruhui's eyes came alive, she looked Jinghui up and down, and said puzzledly: "It's strange to say, although you don't look alike, but you and your cousin look like two sisters in terms of demeanor. It's just that The elder cousin is too gentle, and she has to listen to the elder cousin in everything; although you don't like to talk, you can make up your mind for the second cousin."

Hearing that she had changed her address, Jinghui looked at Jinghui with some doubts.

Ruhui had already wiped away the tears on her face, reached out to take the porridge bowl from Jinghui's hand, picked up the spoon and ate it with big mouthfuls.

Although she lowered her head, Jinghui still saw her tears fall again, but her voice seemed extremely cheerful: "It's really delicious, I want to get better soon, my aunt will trouble my second cousin, just want to Remember to stew two more cups of tonic for me..."

Jinghui couldn't help but feel sad in her heart, she only felt her eyes were sore and unstoppable, so she nodded slightly.

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Day by day, the days go on, some people have made a decision, and some people are still going on day after day.

The world is impermanent, whether it is a person who takes the initiative to fight hard or a person who follows the trend, who can completely control his own destiny.

Even Kangxi, who was the emperor, almost lost his life due to an accidental illness this spring.

I don't know whether it was the foreigner's medicine that was effective, or his emperor's tenacious willpower, which made him finally overcome the difficulties.

After going through the life-and-death barrier, although Kangxi became thinner, his state of mind was different than before.

He had already shaken off the depression of old age, and his eyes became more and more persuasive, as if he had aged several years.

In the face of death, he has carried it through, so what is there to be afraid of?
The emperor's pride made him raise his head and look down at all living beings, no longer treating himself as an old man.

He only felt that something in his bones had revived, and he was eager to prove that he was still an unstoppable emperor, not a little old man who was complaining about himself.

In just a few days, there are a few more nobles in the garden who are always there.

On March [-]th, when Kangxi appeared in San Age's garden, all the accompanying princes were amazed.

Is this the rumored Huang Ama who is dying of illness?Is it a real illness, or is it because of favoring the young concubine?

Some people have already started to think about whether they want to inquire about which concubine is serving the bed these days.

Not counting the four concubines who were favored in the early years, Kangxi's most beloved concubine is Concubine Min, the mother of the thirteenth elder brother, and the birth mother of the fifteenth and sixteenth elder brothers, Wang Concubine.

The thirteenth elder brother was second only to the second elder brother in the limelight in the past, and the third son born by Wang Pin is Kangxi's most favored elder brother in recent years.

Everyone's calculations went from the harem to the former court, and they didn't pay attention to Huang Ama's age.

Even those who had bad thoughts before can't help being afraid.Fortunately, he was smarter and didn't act rashly, otherwise, wouldn't he be wronged?
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Cao Yong, who has always been a little nervous, has also heard various news about Kangxi.Although he hadn't seen Kangxi yet, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief knowing that he was fine.

A few days ago, when my heart was flustered, Cao Yong realized again that until today, the prosperity and decline of the Cao family is still tied to Kangxi.This kind of sadness made him blame himself, whether he was too laissez-faire now, without the fear and perseverance of his early years.

We were just glad that Kangxi was able to recover, but the private message passed by Elder Sixteen left Cao Yong speechless.

There is a change in the northwest, and Kangxi is furious about the sharp decrease in horses. Cao Yong's top position may not be able to be kept...

(End of this chapter)