Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 580
No.11 Volume Set Storm Chapter 580 Three Uninvited Guests
The Wang family's house has only two entrances, and the yard is not very spacious.

The upper room in front is the living room and study room, and the left and right wing rooms are the residence of the gatekeeper.

Because a female guest came to the door, the porter in front sent word to the door, and called a daughter-in-law, Qiao An's family, to serve tea.

This daughter-in-law is a maid bought by Wang Zhengshi in Guangzhou in the early years, and she is the smartest.After arriving in the capital, the Wang Zheng family made the decision and married Qiao An, Wang Quantai's long follower.

After getting married, Qiao An's family is still working in the inner house.When Wang Zhengshi was busy at the beginning and end of the month, Qiao An's family was still helping with the account reconciliation as in the past.

Hearing that a female guest came, Qiao An's family brought a little girl out, and apart from serving tea, they just asked about the identity of the female relative.

Speaking of which, this female guest is also quite strange.

At this time, apart from small households and merchants' families, whose women would easily show their faces?

Look at her wearing a lake blue flag dress, a light blue dark brocade mandarin jacket with fur trim, and a pair of low-heeled short boots.Said to be a banner man, there is only one ear and eye on the ear; said to be a Han Chinese, but this is a full-body flag dress.

There was also the little girl who brought her here, wearing a pink flag dress and a gold collar, holding her breath and looking very well-behaved.

Looking at this attire, it looks like the grandma of a rich family is taking the young lady out of the house, but the two of them are naked, and there is no half maid and mother-in-law following them. Which family's rule is this?
Could it be that there is something hidden?Qiao An's family murmured in their hearts whether the son-in-law was being unruly outside and hooked up with the sleeping daughter-in-law.

Yang Ruixue was born in a wealthy family, and she is used to a grand family in Yidu for more than a year, so she would not pay attention to a daughter-in-law of Qiao An's family.

She was perfunctory, but looked around from the corner of her eye.

Seeing the furniture in the room, Yang Ruixue frowned slightly.

The furniture is made of elm wood, although she has never used these, but this is what is prepared for the servants' room at home.

On the Duobaoge that separates the hall from the back room, there are only lacquer plates, wood carvings, and a bronze statue of Bodhidharma.

Although the house was clean, it was a bit shabby.

She had already inquired clearly before that Zheng Hu lived a decent life in Cao's house.She married the daughter of the housekeeper of the Cao family. The family also bought a house and donated their fame.

Zheng Woxue is married to a military officer who is waiting for duty, and the husband and wife work as errands in the Thirteenth Prince's Mansion.

Yang Ruixue was afraid of the old facts. If she went to Zheng Hu, she might find something else, so she brought her daughter to look for Zheng Woxue.

There is no other purpose, only two words, recognize relatives, find a backer.

In this world, blood relationship cannot deceive people.No matter how bad the relationship is, if there is blood in the middle, there will be endless entanglements.

When Wang Zhengshi entered the courtyard, Yang Ruixue had already heard the movement.

She has quietly taken off the gemstone bracelet and gemstone ring on her wrist and stuffed them into her purse.Yun'er's shining collar was hanging on her chest, Yang Ruixue wanted to take it off, but it was too late.

But it was a miscalculation, and he didn't think carefully, otherwise he should change into plain clothes, and he would look a bit downcast.

"Sister!" Yang Ruixue said in her mouth, her body was already getting shorter.

Seeing Yang Ruixue bowing, Wang Zhengshi hurriedly took a step sideways, but did not accept her gift.

Hearing from the concierge that the visitors called themselves "mother's family", Wang Zheng thought of Yang Ruixue.Her sister-in-law has been here before, and the concierge knows the servants.

Apart from her sister-in-law, who is a female relative and can call herself her "natal family", I am afraid that only Yang's Ruixue is the only one.

As early as when Wang Zhengshi came to Beijing, Zheng Hu asked how he wanted to recognize this younger sister, and so on.It was Wang Zhengshi who stopped him forcefully and persuaded Zheng Hu to change his mind.

She didn't go to the Three Treasures Palace for nothing, so she wouldn't think that Yang Ruixue came to recognize her relatives because of "brotherly love".

Besides, in this world, apart from her own size, there is only her elder brother as a close relative.Others, regardless of their bloodlines or status, are just other people.

Yang Ruixue saw that Wang Zhengshi was avoiding her, her face was a little stiff, and the circles of her eyes were already red.

She didn't say much, but pulled her daughter who was standing on the side, and said to Wang Zhengshi: "Sister, if you annoy my sister, my sister has nothing to say. My sister is Gao Jie, but my sister is a remarried woman. It's a concubine, it's shameless to pretend to be your sister's younger sister. This is your own niece named Qiaoyun, and there is a little one who is over half a year old, so it's inconvenient to hold her out."

Having said that, she lowered her head and whispered to her daughter, "Yun'er, this is your aunt, call someone quickly."

Yun'er grabbed her mother's hand, raised her small face, saw Wang Zhengshi's unsmiling face, and called out timidly: "Auntie."

Wang Zhengshi's face was ashen and livid, and it was difficult to show kindness.

Seeing that she would not enter Yanjin, Yang Ruixue choked up and said, "Even if my sister doesn't want to see my sister, she doesn't want to recognize her. At least for the sake of her blood relationship, she recognizes her own niece. It's miserable. First, the man died and became a widow. Then, in order to avoid the clansman's calculation of inheritance, he entered the capital. However, he was accidentally seen by others, and became a concubine in a muddle. The means are also hard to guard against. My sister is here, it’s just hard work; the children are still young, and my sister is really panic..."

At the end, she couldn't help but bow her head and sob.

Yang Ruixue was half doing it to show Wang Zhengshi, and half was crying about her size.I just feel remorse in my heart, if I am in Jiangning, I don't have to be so helpless.

Jun'er was taken aback, and grabbed her mother's little hand, with a look of panic on her face.

Although Yang Ruixue's singing and writing were excellent, Wang Zhengshi dismissed her and focused on Yun'er.

At the age of six or seven, with double hair combs, looking white and tender, she is really cute.

Wang Zhengshi looked at Yun'er, and another girl of about the same age appeared in his mind.

That was Wang Zheng who followed his mother and elder brother to Jiangning to find his father.

Not only did he not see his father, but he was also insulted by the Bai family. Wang Zheng's mother passed away that night.

"This grandma is joking, my surname is Zheng, your surname is Yang, two families, why talk about blood?" Wang Zheng said with a calm expression.

"Sister..." Yang Ruixue had a pleading look on her face.

Seeing her acting like this, Wang Zhengshi was vigilant in her heart.

I heard that she had a very happy life in the scholar's mansion, why did she think of the drama of "admitting relatives" again?
"Grandma, I've said it before, I don't dare to be called 'sister'. I'm a little tired today, so I won't be with the guests for now, please forgive me." Wang Zhengshi stood up and was already seeing off the guests. pose.

"My sister is really cruel, I can't blame my elder brother for not wanting to recognize me, I guess it's my sister's intention..." Yang Ruixue's tears fell, looking very pitiful.

There was a trace of pain on Wang Zheng's face. Her mother Zheng said that she "died of illness", but the truth was not the case.Instead, in front of her husband's house, she was so ashamed and indignantly scolded by Mrs. Bai that she hanged herself.

Yang Ruixue only thought that Wang Zheng's family had been softened, and she couldn't help but secretly rejoice, and she was still talking nonsense.

Wang Zhengshi was in a panic. Hearing Yang Ruixue's endless talk, he felt a little impatient. He frowned and said, "What are you talking about, but this grandma is a little shallow. Please forgive me." Said He said, already got up to go out.

Seeing this, Yang Ruixue was a little anxious, stepped forward and pulled Wang Zhengshi's shirt, and said in a tearful voice, "What will my sister have to do to recognize me?"

Mrs. Wang Zheng stopped, sneered twice and said: "Because of your mother, my mother lost her husband; because of your father, I lost my mother. It doesn't matter whether the father's debt is paid by the daughter or the mother's debt is paid by the daughter. It's useless, please don't mention the word 'relatives'..."

After speaking, she didn't stay any longer.

She sideways walked around Yang Ruixue and went out.

Yang Ruixue was stunned, but couldn't speak...

*
November [-]th, the Great Court Meeting.

Cao Yong drank the decoction for half a month, and his body seemed to be almost healed.It's just on the surface, if you move too much, you'll be sweating all over your body.

Even so, he also knew that his illness could not be delayed any longer.

The palace has sent the imperial physician over several times. Even if Cao Yong wanted to be lazy and rest for a few days, he would not be able to.

This is the first time Cao Yong appeared in the court after the news from the head of the Department of Internal Affairs.

Those who pay attention to Cao Yong will inevitably come over to exchange greetings with him.

Although it's not yet the time for the court, and the holy car has not arrived, but it is also forbidden to make noise here.

Ever since, the conversation between officials is "whispering".

In the etiquette of this court meeting, there is another rule that you must not "talk to each other".Ever since, when the big guys exchanged greetings, their bodies were neatly arranged, and their voices were not too loud.

Cao Yong smiled and listened to a few words, but he was not interested.

To put it bluntly, my position as the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is one of the logistics masters in the palace. In the Ming Dynasty, the eunuchs were all concurrently held.

Speaking of "eunuch", Cao Yong thought of the tonics he had taken in the past few days, but he only felt his nose was wet.

He hurriedly took out his handkerchief and covered his nose, the bright red blood stains were shocking to see.

Did anyone see it clearly? Seeing blood stains on his veil, they thought he had coughed it up, which made many people fantasize about it.

After a short while, Emperor Kangxi arrived and the court meeting began.

In addition to the promotion of Jueluo Manbao, governor of Fujian, to the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, one thing was said at today's court meeting, that is, the official title of Nanshufang Xing He Zhuo, Jinshi, and Juren's honors were all changed.Keeping his body white, he is still walking in the book repairing place; if he does not repent, the official in charge will take part in the performance.

There are three main charges against He Zhuo. One is to compare the current article with the article of the last year of Wanli, which is a crime of disrespect.

In fact, he was the one who entrusted his daughter to the eighth elder brother when Ding You was in Kangxi years ago.Because Bafu Jin had no children, He Nv was adopted as an adopted daughter and kept with her.

Walking in the South Study Room and compiling the Hall of Martial Arts are all working in the palace.The imperial court has long established a system, and ministers are forbidden to make friends with the prince elder brother.

The third crime is that He Zhuo accepted bribes for being the son of the county magistrate, Kui Yuan.

The three charges are already a capital offense.

It was Kangxi who read it "can memorize it a little bit" and was spared from death.It's just that his official position and fame are removed.

Cao Yong watched coldly, but his heart was amused tightly.

Kangxi is old.Some snake shadow cup bows.

As soon as the second elder brother broke out with the "alumni case", Kangxi had already started to attack the eighth elder brother.On the surface, He Zhuo was having an attack, but in fact he was killing chickens and scaring monkeys, for those who still think about the merits of support.

Regarding the matter of seizing the heir, Cao Yong knew the future in his heart, so he lost the interest of paying attention.

After the dynasty was over, Cao Yong got busy.

First, the empress dowager sent someone to pass Cao Yong over.

After Cao Yong got married, he followed his wife to greet the queen mother, and his impression of the queen mother was just average.I think she doesn't like to talk, so she puts on airs.

Today, the Empress Dowager's face is extremely loving.

In addition to asking a few words about Cao Yong's health, the Queen Mother also specifically asked about Li Shi.While speaking, a servant had already brought the box over, but inside was a silver long-life lock.

Needless to say, this is naturally prepared for the full moon of longevity.

Is it over?

Cao Yong slandered endlessly in his heart, wondering if he was ungrateful.Knowing that the queen mother has good intentions, she still refuses to appreciate it.

When Cao Yong came out of the Empress Dowager's Palace, Wei Zhu was already waiting outside: "Master Cao, the emperor ordered you to meet me at Qingxi Bookstore,"

This is not surprising, looking at the number of times the imperial physician visited the Cao family, I am afraid that Kangxi is worried about money.

Outside the Qingxi Bookstore, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials led several officials from other places waiting to be summoned.After Cao Yong came, he was led directly to the study by Wei Zhu, and he couldn't help but envy those officials.

"Healed?" Kangxi looked at Cao Yong and asked.

On Cao Yong's side, he could only answer "Thank you Shengen".

Kangxi pointed to the small stool not far from the kang, and said, "Sit down and talk. As the saying goes, a new official takes office three times. I think you are prepared in your heart. I am still waiting, do you have a charter? "

On Cao Yong's side, he had already dealt with it. Seeing Kangxi opening his mouth, he took out a playbook from his sleeve and offered it with both hands.

Wei Zhu reached out to take it, then turned around and handed it to Kangxi's kang table.

Kangxi picked it up and looked at it, but his expression was a bit complicated, it could not be said that he was happy or sad.

"This... If you want to raise military expenses before next spring and summer, is this the only 'bad idea'?" Kangxi's voice was somewhat reluctant.

Could it be that when the upper lip touches the lower lip, money will come out?
Cao Yong originally planned according to the three-year plan, and the time is still relaxed; now he wants to collect a batch of money in the spring of next year, so he naturally thought of some extraordinary methods.

Cao Yong nodded and said: "Your Majesty, the national treasury is empty, but the local merchants are rich. If you want to raise money and food within a few months, I'm afraid you can only start with them."

Having said that, Cao Yong admired Kangxi somewhat.

"Destroy the family magistrate, destroy the county magistrate", the officials on the ground do whatever they want, treating merchants, wealthy gentry as fat meat, and coming to take a bite when they are hungry.

Kangxi didn't seem to have imagined anything else.

In fact, what is faster than "copying the house" to get money?

It's just that Cao Yong wouldn't foolishly bring up this topic. There are a lot of people offended, and maybe the instigator has to bear the responsibility...

*
Indus Court, the upper room.

Chu Yu sat on the edge of the kang, looked at the person in front of her, but couldn't speak.

Zijing and Nanny Ye stood on the side, also looking at the woman in front of them with some doubts.

The woman knelt down on both knees and said: "Servant Su Xin has seen Ge Ge and kowtowed to Ge Ge."

Chu Yu smiled a little, and said: "Since it was sent by Huang Mafa, we shouldn't neglect it, please come, girl!"

"Your servant obeys!" Su Xin responded.

"Miss Suxin is here for the first time, let's take a break for two days. I will talk to my son-in-law about the errands, and then I will see what errands I can arrange for the girl." Chu Yu said warmly after regaining her composure.

Su Xin got up, looked at everyone in the hall, but bowed her head and stepped aside...

(End of this chapter)