Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 546

"After a few years of hard work, has the fourth brother's strength developed to this point?" Cao Yong left the thirteenth elder brother's mansion, riding on the horse, and the thirteenth elder brother's drunken murmur lingered in his ears.

Both of them were smart people, and neither of them continued talking about the "fourth elder brother" before drinking.

After listening to Cao Yong's analysis and knowing that Kangxi was not targeting him alone, Brother Thirteen's frustration unknowingly eased a bit.

"Don't worry about scarcity but inequality" is the truth.

Two days without rice water, Brother Thirteen is really hungry.

When Thirteen Fujin personally brought someone over with the food and drinks, Elder Thirteen had already gone back to the inner house to change his clothes and finished washing up.

Cao Yong had an early breakfast, and he ate a mouthful in the yamen at noon, and he was a little hungry.

Both the guest and the host are open-minded people, and they don't talk about those vain etiquette.

Surrounding the kang table, they were stuffed half full like wind and clouds at first, and then the two began to eat wine one cup after another.

The thirteenth elder brother has put away his self-pity and self-pity, and talked about the matter of the imperial driver's personal conquest of Galdan.

At that time, he was also in his teens, already half a child.

Among the elder brothers, except for the second elder brother who was the prince at that time, who was in charge of the capital and supervised the country, all other elder brothers over the age of 15 were all fighting in front of the imperial court.

"I wish I had been born a few years earlier" and "I wish I had been born a few years later", one night, Brother Thirteen kept repeating these two sentences.

A few years earlier, he would be able to catch up with that Western Expedition and express his revenge; a few years later, he would not have to get involved in these messy things, and be a comfortable prince like the sixteenth and seventeenth brothers, It is also a joy.

It wasn't until after he was drunk that he couldn't hold on any longer, and when he closed his eyes and collapsed on the kang, Elder Brother Thirteen whispered this sentence: "After a few years of work, has Fourth Brother's strength developed to this point?"

He seemed to be asking Cao Yong, but also like asking himself again.

In this voice, there is confusion, joy, and unexplainable entanglements...

The night is dark and the night wind blows.

Cao Yong was riding on the horse, thinking about the words of Brother Thirteen, he narrowed his eyes slightly.

As the prince's elder brother, the thirteenth elder brother has also thought about that position, right?

The nine sons seized the heir, the fourth elder brother first attached himself to the prince, and later made friends with the eighth elder brother, and was once misunderstood by Kangxi as the "Eight Lord Party".It wasn't until after the second abolished prince that he became more and more isolated. He worked hard when he was on errand, and worshiped Buddha with "pious heart" at other times.

The eighth elder brother was so upbeat and upbeat, Kangxi reprimanded him several times over the years, but he still calmed him down a lot.

Only the elder brother was circled, the crown prince was abandoned, and the thirteenth elder brother was completely left out.

There are various theories about the reasons why Brother Thirteen was convicted, such as "the theory of handwriting dispatching soldiers", "the theory of appeasing the prince", and the "theory of preserving the thirteenth".

What is the truth, only Kangxi and Shisan elder brother father and son know in their hearts.

"Knowing a son is better than a father"?The thirteenth elder brother is high-spirited, and the thirteenth elder brother is so strong, both of which have become Kangxi's heart disease.Afraid that he will repeat the same mistakes as big brother, in order to protect him, is that why he is so cold?
Such a humane Kangxi is like a loving father, but he doesn't look like an emperor anymore.

Perhaps the so-called truth is not "protection", but a genuine rejection.

Emperor, the most important thing in my heart is the high position of the Ninth Five-Year Lord.

Kangxi ascended the throne at a young age, and the opportunity was different from other emperors.Since he was a teenager, he has been unable to tolerate others challenging his monopoly.

Obai, Wu Sangui and others in the early years, Suo'etu and Mingzhu in the middle period, and the budding princes and elder brothers in the late period.

Elder Brother Thirteen is not a fool. Apart from being sad because he was rejected by Zhan Zhezi, what makes him desperate is that he can no longer deceive himself and others.

All of a sudden, Cao Yong had an absurd idea in his heart.

He suddenly wanted to use his pen to record what he saw and heard, the characters and events of the Kangxi Dynasty.In that case, people of later generations will be able to have a deeper understanding of this dynasty based on his writing.

Kangxi, who was praised by later generations as "one emperor through the ages", also had a stubborn side.

It seems to be "benevolent and filial", with the world in mind, but actually hidden under his "tolerance" mask, he is moody, likes and hates as he pleases.

However, Cao Yong hurriedly shook his head when he thought of the intensified literary inquisition during the Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties.

The so-called history books are the words that are allowed to be recorded on the bottom line of the emperor's tolerance.Those folks who dare to reflect the folk customs and political affairs of "a certain dynasty and a certain generation" can only change their words and become novelists' words.

The crisis of the Cao family was resolved, and the soil for "Dream of Red Mansions" disappeared.

The Cao Xueqin in history, no matter whether it is Tianyou or his son after Xiaowu, he will never write this glorious end of the world again.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong touched his forehead. Even if he remembered the general plot of "Dream of Red Mansions", he couldn't write it out silently, could he?
Before I knew it, I had already entered the alley and was about to reach the gate of Cao Mansion.

At this time, I heard Xiao Man say: "Master, the person who just entered the side door of the East Mansion looks like the third master!"

Cao Yong heard the words and looked forward.

Under the red lanterns of Dongfu, the side door has just been closed.

After returning to the mansion, Cao Yong went to Lanyuan to see his parents, and then returned to Wutongyuan.

Chu Yu was sitting under the lamp with a needle and thread in her hand, when she saw Cao Yong coming in, she got up and waited for him to wash and wash.

"Why do you do needlework at night, and watch your eyes carefully. I really can't be idle, so I need to light a few more lamps, and our family is not short of that little lamp oil money." Cao Yong finished changing clothes, washed his face, and sat on the edge of the kang to look at the beginning. Yu's needlework.

At first, he thought it was Tianhui, Tianyou, Hang Seng's bellybands, front skirts or something, but he didn't expect it to be a pair of red satin women's shoes.

The soles have not been put on yet, and most of the flowers on the uppers are embroidered.It is a pattern of Ruyi peonies, a circle of large and small peonies, plus Ruyi cloud patterns, it looks very graceful.

Not to mention anything else, let's just talk about the peony petals, which use a dozen colors from dark to light.

The pins are so dense that you can't see it, which shows that you have used your heart.

"Why do you think of making embroidered shoes? I don't see you wearing these?" Cao Yong thought of the purse embroidered by Chu Yu when he first saw him back then, looked at the exquisite embroidery work in front of him, and asked his wife with a smile, but he felt a little bit in his heart Distressed.

In these years, Chu Yu has never given Cao Yong's underwear to others.They are all stitch by stitch, self-made.After having children, Chu Yu never let go of her needlework.

How many times have these ten fingers been pricked to reach the current level.

When Chuyu arrived at the bowl of tea, she personally delivered it to Cao Yong, and then smiled and replied: "It's not mine, it was sewn for my wife. I asked the mother who has been in the house for many years, this 'Dark Nine' years, In addition to doing things, you have to wear red clothes and a red belt at the end. My wife has a red belt, and I want to sew a set of clothes, shoes and socks before my wife's birthday."

Although he is not superstitious about this, Cao Yong feels a little uncomfortable when he thinks that "Dark Nine" means unlucky.

He took a sip of tea, raised his head and asked Chu Yu, "How is mother doing today? Is there anything uncomfortable about it? When I went over to look at it, my wife was lying in the back room. Even if you are a good person, you can't lie down like this. Tomorrow, if you are free during the day, you also take your mother out for a walk."

Hearing this, Chu Yu hesitated for a moment, and said, "The House of Internal Affairs sent two old nuns over. Tomorrow, my wife will take care of the baby. Maybe I have to listen to their arrangements. They served the nobles in the palace in the early years. , I heard that there are some regulations on twin births."

"The House of Internal Affairs?" Cao Yong couldn't help being surprised, and frowned, "Why would the House of Internal Affairs send people to our house? Our side is not the royal residence of Baylor..." When it came to this, he couldn't continue.

According to previous guesses, Li's real identity is either Kangxi's exiled princess or Kangxi's niece.

Whether it's the emperor's daughter or the emperor's niece, for the sake of the old man, it's reasonable to take care of him a little bit.

"I heard that it was sent by the concubine Wang, as well as all kinds of precious medicinal materials given by the concubine. My wife is still embarrassed. Although I am impatient to see people, but since there are rewards in the palace, I have to go over to thank you." Chu Yu drew back He touched the needle and thread on the kang, and said at the same time.

Concubine Wang has some status in the harem because she has given birth to three princes in succession.

In recent years, among the concubines who accompanied the concubines, almost all of them had a place for the concubine Wang.

In the harem, apart from the noble concubines and the four concubines De, Yi, Rong and Hui, the concubines are the most respectable.

Although the Wang family is treated as a "concubine" and is the lord of the first palace, but after all, she has not been sealed by the golden book, and her name is not right, so how could she interfere in palace affairs?
It is not difficult for the sixteenth elder brother to take care of the house of internal affairs, and it is not difficult for the concubine Wang to order people around.However, after all, she has been in the harem for more than 20 years, she would not be so reckless.

It's just in the name of the concubine Wang, and there is Kangxi's "sacred family" to the Cao family, which is why he rewarded him like this.

Thinking of the plight of the thirteenth elder brother, Cao Yong was also somewhat disinterested in these "rewards" from Kangxi.

He didn't bother to think about it, went to the kang, changed the subject and said: "I came back just now, and I seem to have seen the third child. Didn't he say that he went to the Shi Lang's mansion to apologize for the past few days, did he hear anything back? He came back in the middle of the night. , is enough for him to torment."

Chu Yu shook her head and said: "Second Wife came both at the first and next afternoon, and she mentioned it when she was talking to the wife. Listening to the meaning, it was the master in-law who stopped Ruhui from coming back this time. Why is it?" For what reason, the second wife didn't make it very clear. She just said that the wife of the in-laws over there has let go, and let the third brother go to the sky to apologize."

Cao Yong thought about Cao Shuo's young age, and now he was busy with his wife and concubines. He couldn't help frowning, and said: "The third child used to be stable, why is he making troubles like this now? Marrying a wife is like marrying a good man. This sentence is indeed true.”

As he spoke, he still favored Cao Shuo in his heart.

There is such a powerful mother as Zhao Jia, and she marries such a powerful daughter-in-law as Ruhui, and she can't bear it.

It's just that, the place that should be blamed is still strange.It's too wrong to be addicted to women at a young age.

Regarding the fact that the cousins ​​have concubines, Cao Yong's mood is also complicated, he seems a little jealous, and he seems a little envious.

Although he is a bit lazy, every man still hopes to be able to enjoy the blessings of everyone in the bottom of his heart.

Chu Yu glanced at Cao Yong, but she didn't agree with his opinion, and said: "I can't blame Ruhui, this matter is left in someone's house, and it will make a fuss for a while. After all, it is a new daughter-in-law who enters the door, so I have to save some face Besides, this place is no different than others, and it is Ruhui's aunt's house, so I never thought that I would be wronged like this."

What Chu Yu said was reasonable, Cao Yong didn't say anything else.

Although the uncle and his brother and daughter-in-law can only meet each other for a limited number of times, Cao Yong has already heard about Ruhui's "violent" name.

He thought about it for a while, and said: "Between a husband and wife, appearance and conversation are secondary. The most important thing is to have a compatible temperament, which is the long-term way. The third child and Ru Hui are a pair, the third child is on the outer circle and the inner circle is on the inside." Fang, Ruhui is a child at heart, and it is really not easy to get along properly."

Whether or not the family has been separated, Zhao Jia's family is in charge of Cao Shuo's affairs, and their cousins ​​and sisters-in-law are almost unable to intervene.

After the husband and wife talked a few words, they brought up the matter of Tianyou and Hang Seng's relocation.

Now the children are all housed in the east room. Although it is lively, they are not able to catch up with one, and the three children can't rest well.

After discussing with Chu Yu, Cao Yong decided to arrange Tianyou and Hang Seng to Kuiyuan.

In addition to making the children live spaciously, I also hope to make Amethyst more popular.

When Tianhui was born in the early years, Hang Seng had only lived in the Sunflower Courtyard, and Amethyst was in great pain.

Now, apart from helping Chuyu take care of the inner house, Zijing doesn't like to go out of the sunflower courtyard, copying scriptures all day long, which makes people feel uneasy.

After saying this, the husband and wife went into the back room to resettle.

Because of drinking, Cao Yong was also a little moved.

Husband and wife two, some "boudoir joy" is a must.Between the beds, after the cloud and rain, Cao Yong was already snoring gradually.

But Chu Yu couldn't fall asleep, staring at the bed curtain in a daze.

If Ruhui couldn't accommodate her husband's roommate, did she lose the word "virtuous"?
After all, there is no woman in the world who is not jealous.

As for Chuyu's stature, even thinking about putting herself in Ruhui's situation made her heartbroken.

However, as the daughter-in-law of the Cao family, her parents-in-law love her and her husband loves her, so what should she do?
She touched her belly, feeling a little hopeful.

If the mother-in-law had given birth to a boy, the family blood of Cao's parents would not be so weak, and the inheritance of the offspring would be on the husband alone...

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The next day, Dongfu, Xikuayuan, Shangfang.

The maid Yinxiang held a feather duster in her hand, flicking the dust everywhere.When she arrived at Baibaoge, she couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise: "Hey, why is there another empty place, where is Jin Ruyi here?"

In the room, there was also a maid wearing a blue vest, who came over after hearing the words, and frowned at Bai Baoge.

"Sister Zangxiang, look, there is another empty space here. Yesterday there was a cloud-patterned golden lion, and today there is no gold Ruyi. Could it be that there was a thief?" Yinxiang said, looking around, There was a chill.

There are four girls in their "Xiang" generation.In addition to Tian Xiang who was sent to Zhuangzi when she was pregnant, there is also Liu Xiang who is pretty.

After Ruhui returned to her mother's house, Zhao Jia looked at her son's house one by one.Because of the good color of the fragrance, I was afraid that she would be restless, so I sent it out to be a kid.

Zang Xiang and Yin Xiang are obedient and mediocre, Zhao Jia taught them a lesson and let them serve here.

The two servant girls left behind by Ruhui have been taken back by the Shilang's residence.In the courtyard here, only Zangxiang and Yinxiang were left waiting with a few maidservants.

Zang Xiang raised her head and looked at Baibaoge one by one, but the more she looked, the more frightened she became.

The place where the blue and white double phoenix vase was originally placed was replaced by a blue and white garlic vase with three fruit patterns; the place where the ivory flower-carved fairy statue was placed was replaced by a white marble bergamot; , put on a white pomelo pen holder...

There are more than 20 ornaments in total, and five or six pieces have been changed.

Because the changed things are either of the same color or style, if you don't look carefully, you really can't tell.

Yin Xiang is young, she doesn't know how old Zang Xiang is, her palms are already sweaty, and her body is a little weak.

She stroked her chest, suppressed her mind, and said to Yin Xiang in a low voice: "Don't make it public, or you and I won't have anything to do with it. You can't hide this matter, you have to report it immediately."

After hearing this, Yin Xiang couldn't help but tremble, showing fear, and said: "Sister, are you going to the wife's room? I'm afraid."

Yinxiang is different from Tibetan Xiang. It is a son of a family in the capital. When Erfang first came to Beijing, he was assigned to Cao Shuo's room.

In the past few years, she has also seen Zhao Jia's despotic power, and she is really like a cat avoiding a mouse.

The death of the jade spider in the early years, and the fact that Liu Xiang was randomly pointed at a pockmark just because of anger a few days ago, made Yin Xiang even more afraid of Zhao Jia.

Zang Xiang thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Don't go to the wife's room, first report to the second grandma and see what the second grandma orders..."

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