Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 634

The capital, Cao's East Mansion, row houses in the backyard.

Looking at Zi Lan who was sick and pale with a small face on the kang, Lu Ju couldn't help weeping, she took her arm and persuaded: "My good sister, you have to think about it."

Zilan looked at Luju, showing a little helplessness, and said with tears: "What kind of tablet am I? What can I do if I want to open it or not? It's just a thing. I can't compare to you. You still have grandma and uncle who can rely on you." .I was bought by the housekeeper from Ren Yazi, and I don’t even know what my last name is. Even if I die, there will only be more lonely ghosts in this world..."

"Sister!" Seeing that she spoke in an ominous manner, Luju hurriedly covered her mouth with a handkerchief: "Sister, don't let your imagination run wild, the most important thing is to recover from your illness. After recovering from your illness, we will still work together."

Zilan trembled her lips, shook her head, and said: "Sister, don't coax me, I know my wife's temper. I asked the second master to throw me out, and I lost my wife's face, so my wife will not tolerate me anymore."

After hearing this, Lu Ju was speechless for a while, sighed after a while, took out a purse from her cuff, and said, "It's better to recover from illness. I have some money here, and my sister will use it first. The rest will wait for my sister to recover from illness." Say it again."

Zilan looked at the purse, and didn't go to pick it up, but grabbed Lu Ju's arm, and said: "My good sister, you must remember that a slave is a slave, so don't take yourself as a human being."

Luju couldn't help being stunned when she heard her speak strangely.

Zilan smiled bitterly and said: "Madam's temper can be calmed down. Second grandma here, second master kicked me out, so there is no one else? Next time, I'm afraid I will find an excuse to send my sister away."

After hearing this, Luju turned pale, shook her head, and said, "I won't go."

The two were talking when they heard someone outside the window saying, "Huh? Second Grandma?"

It was the voice of the little maid from the upper room, Zilan struggled to sit up, and Luju also got up from her seat.

Seeing that the curtain at the door was lifted, Jinghui came in with Chun'er, followed by water chestnuts.

Seeing the green chrysanthemum, the water chestnut whispered, "Sister, my wife wants to eat cigarettes."

Although Luju was worried about her side, she had no choice but to meet Jinghui before going back to the room with the water chestnuts.

Looking at Jinghui's master and servant, Zi Lan was a little at a loss, she quickly lowered her head, and said: "Grandma can come to see this servant, I am very grateful, but the room is dirty, if the smell of medicine smells to grandma, it is the slave's fault."

Jinghui sat down, touched the medicine bowl beside the kang, it was already a bit cold, so she turned her head and told Chun'er, "Take it up and heat it up, and then tell the kitchen to cook some good porridge."

Chun'er responded and went out, leaving only Jinghui and Zilan in the room.

Jinghui touched Zilan's quilt, and said: "This room is a bit damp, let's move back to the yard over there tomorrow, so that I can have a companion. The second master is only angry with his wife, but it hurts the girl. "

Zilan couldn't believe it when she heard the words, and raised her head to look at Jinghui.

Jinghui said: "I should have come to see you earlier. I was not feeling well a few days ago, and I just went to the ground. It was Auntie Long who told me that I knew you were sick. She is a poor person, and she has the best heart. In the future, you should get along well."

Zilan's tears could not be stopped, they fell down rustled, choked up and unable to speak.

Jinghui took out her handkerchief, wiped it for Zilan, and said: "I've seen it in recent years, the girl is submissive. Although the second master has a bit of a temper, he is not unreasonable. After a long time, the girl will know .”

After a while, Chun'er came back with medicine and porridge.

Jinghui watched Zilan use it up, and comforted her a few more words before taking Chun'er away.

Back in the East Courtyard, Chun'er asked what was confusing in her heart, and said, "Young lady, she was sent away after a lot of trouble, why did you want to bring her back?"

Jing Hui held a piece of needlework in her hand, and without looking up, she replied: "Without her, there are others. Look at her, she is fine, not all kinds of people. She is not the shameless one, otherwise she would not have become ill." Like this."

Chun'er was somewhat curious: "Girl, if Miss Zilan didn't exist, would the second wife really have sent Luju over? Although Luju has a smile on her face and her eyes are bone-bone, she has a heart."

Jinghui licked her temples with the tip of a needle, shook her head, and said, "It's hard to say, who knows." As she spoke, she touched her stomach and whispered, "It's all about accumulating blessings for you. It's not good to watch her die like this..."

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Rehe, the garden of Prince Chun's Mansion, the upper room in the west courtyard.

Cao Song looked at the imperial calendar, grinned at his brother and sister-in-law and said, "I'm going to be a father in seven months, brother, sister-in-law, what nickname do you think this child should have?"

Chu Yu couldn't help but smile when she heard this, and said, "Second brother is really quick-tempered. You don't know if it's a son or a daughter, so you're thinking of names?"

Cao Song glanced at his brother with a smile, and said, "Sister-in-law, don't laugh at me. When my brother was in Yizhou, didn't he just recite his name all day long before Tianyou landed?" He took out a pair of thumb-long peach wood swords, which were connected by a red thread, handed them to Chuyu, and said, "Sister-in-law, I begged for this in the temple yesterday, let Tianhui play with it."

"Thank you, second brother, for your trouble. It looks pretty small." Chu Yu took it, and said with a smile, "Tian Hui slept in the east room, and woke up this morning, still clamoring to find her uncle."

Cao Song listened with pride, and said, "It's not in vain that I became a Malaysian for half a day yesterday. It seems that tomorrow I have to come and play with her earlier."

"Have you been homesick? Or let Master Sixteen find a reason to send you back to Beijing first?" Cao Yong asked after a little thought.

After Cao Song heard this, he shook his head quickly and said, "It's only been half a month since I came out, so what can I think about? After I go back, my brother is not at ease. On my brother's side, if you put in some effort, you will feel more at ease."

Seeing that Cao Yong wanted to say more, Cao Song had already stood up, touched the saber on his waist, and said: "Brother, you are a palace guard for your younger brother for nothing? You are serious. Don't bother your brother and sister-in-law. I will go find him." Brothers, go eat and drink." As he spoke, he went out with a smile.

The twilight was getting thicker outside the window, and the room was a little dark.

Chu Yu put the mahogany sword aside, Xi Cai and the others had already lit the lamps in the inner room and the outer room, and retreated out.

"Brother-in-law, Uncle Sixteen, do you want someone to go over and see if there is anything that needs to be added or subtracted?" Chu Yu asked, thinking of Elder Sixteen who was placed in the east courtyard.

When Cao Yong heard this, he couldn't help laughing, and said: "Didn't you see that the sixteenth master went back to rest early? Let's not bother him. You also saw the four maids sent by Qi Min today. They all look good. This After a while, the sixteenth master may have rested."

Chu Yu heard the meaning of his words, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Ewn-in-law, this is somewhat against the rules. Shouldn't you be admonishing Sixteenth Uncle to be careful of right and wrong?"

Cao Yong lay down on the kang and said: "Don't worry. Qi Min is a clan, and he doesn't know the rules. These few are sent today, and they are not designated in the palace book. You tell the people here, also Don't think too highly of her, just be a girl brought by Master Sixteen."

After hearing this, Chu Yu was relieved.

Cao Yong rubbed his wife's wrist and said: "It's getting late, let's rest too. Tomorrow I will send you to live with Tianhui in the palace, and there will be some days without intimacy."

After hearing this, Chu Yu revealed a bit of pleading, and said in a low voice, "My son-in-law, should I stay here?"

Cao Yong shook his head and said: "No way. Qi Min has ordered people to search and arrest the whole city in the past two days, and those people will not be able to carry them for a few days. Maybe the dog jumps over the wall in a hurry and will come here to make trouble. You and Tianhui are here, I am worried It’s too late, how can I have the heart to fight against the enemy.”

After hearing this, Chu Yu knew that what her husband said was true, but she was reluctant to bear it.

I don't know when the lights in the room were turned off, and all kinds of sounds gradually died down.

There was nothing to say all night, and in a blink of an eye, it was the next day.

Chu Yu and Tian Hui's luggage had already been packed, and they were about to go to the palace after breakfast.

On Cao Yong's side, because the weather was fine, he went to the yard to exercise.Xicai led people to check Chuyu's belongings to see if there was anything missing.

"Gege, do you bring both of these bottles of French perfume, or does it just smell of rose?" Xi Cai looked at the dressing table and asked.

"Bring them all. Seeing that the weather is getting hotter, there are small bugs. Take this as insect repellant for Tianhui." Chu Yu replied.

Xi Cai responded, put the two bottles of perfume away, turned around, and was about to ask another question, but looked at Chu Yu but was stunned.

Chu Yu noticed it and said with a smile, "What are you looking at?"

Xicai didn't answer right away, but took a small mirror from the dressing table, held it up to Chuyu, and said, "Look, Gege, these lips are so red that they are about to bleed, do you want to apply some anti-swelling cream?" ointment?"

Chu Yu looked at the mirror, her lips were red, her cheeks were also pink...

In the yard, Cao Yong hugged his daughter and stood under the crabapple tree, looking at the buds on it, feeling very refreshed.

He deliberately glanced at the roof twice, but he couldn't see Cao Jia and the others, so he couldn't help but glanced around the yard.

Although it is known that Cao Jia and other four people entered the inner courtyard as guards, Cao Yong has not met them face to face in the inner courtyard.Even in the front yard, if no one was called, the four of them would also hide their whereabouts.

Tianhui goes to bed early and wakes up early every day. She has already dressed up and tidied up neatly.

"Baby girl, I'm going to enter the palace with my mother, will I miss my father?" Cao Yong thought that his daughter would go to the palace soon, and felt a little bit reluctant in his heart.

Tianhui didn't answer right away, but asked instead: "Isn't dad going?"

Cao Yong shook his head and said: "No, if Tianhui misses me, let someone tell me, I'll go to see you."

While talking, breakfast has been delivered.

Cao Yong hugged his daughter, went back to the house, had breakfast with his wife, and then sent them to the front yard.

The sixteenth elder brother has already arrived at the front yard. Seeing Cao Yong wearing an official uniform, he said, "Fu Ruo, are you going to send their wives there personally?"

Cao Yong nodded and said: "Well, let's go to the Yamen to have a look, there are still some errands to take care of."

Brother Sixteen nodded and said: "Since that's the case, I'll go with you, and I'll also go out to get some fresh air."

Because there are many people following, Cao Yong is not worried about safety issues.Just in case, according to the travel rules of the day before yesterday, everyone took a carriage instead of a horse.

Brother Sixteen and Cao Yong were in the same carriage, looked at the guards and soldiers following outside the carriage, and said: "Qi Min has been tossing around for two days, but he didn't find anything. It seems that we have to find a way to check the people outside the palace. These gardens. There are many troops stationed here in Rehe, and the law and order is much stricter than other places. It doesn’t take long to search the inns, restaurants, and common people’s houses. But these princes’ gardens, servants, and slaves mixed in. It's not easy to check if people go."

Cao Yong nodded and said: "What the sixteenth master said is very true. If I were the murderer, I would find a way to sneak into the few homes along the way. Before, no one thought that the sixteenth master would come, and there would be more trips. These people. If they don't have enough people to take me down, the easiest way to succeed is to set up an ambush halfway. The high walls on both sides of the road are the best cover."

Brother Sixteen looked at the high wall outside through the curtain of the car, and asked, "What kind of mansions are they, do you have any numbers here?"

"Two king's gardens, three Duke's mansions, and three scholar's mansions." Cao Yong said: "Among them, there is the family of Mr. Yiduli. It's better to say, the other mansions, I am afraid that the sixteenth master will come forward to make it."

Brother Sixteen nodded, and said: "Don't be afraid of tossing around, you have to be careful and careful. I'm personally appointed by Huang Ama, so whoever dares to find fault with me will fail."

After sending Chuyu into the palace, the sixteenth elder brother and Cao Yong went to the Yamen of the House of Internal Affairs to sit for a while.

On the Xinggong side, the construction has already started according to the budget of 80 yuan, and the construction department is watching, and everything is going on in an orderly manner, but there is nothing Cao Yong should worry about.

Yi Duli happened to be there, so Cao Yong told him the truth and raised his concerns.

Because the sixteenth elder brother came over, many people from the palace stationed in the Eight Banners passed the guards in the garden of Prince Chun's mansion, so Cao Yong had already asked the family members of Yidu Li's family to go back first.

Yi Duli refused at the beginning, but Cao Yong said well, if the city's law and order were in chaos, wouldn't it be an opportunity for people to take advantage of his huge mansion with only a few servants?

Seeing that Cao Yong didn't regard himself as an outsider today, Yi Duli was a little more happy, and said: "It should be investigated, there are many empty houses in the front yard, and Director Qi has sent people to search the city for the past two days. Who knows what those people will do?" Where can I hide it? I will check it out today, so I have to be at ease."

He was short-tempered, and he couldn't sit still when he was talking. He greeted Brother Sixteen and Cao Yong, and then went back to check the yard first.

Brother Sixteen was sitting on a chair, still thinking of a solution.

You must be upright and confident, but you must not offend others too much.

Cao Yong looked at the map drawn by everyone before. There are two royal gardens, one is the other garden of the third prince, and the other is the garden of the fifth prince; In the Prince's Mansion Biezhitushou's house, there is another house that is the other courtyard of Aling'a, the minister of the bodyguard of the ten elder brother's mother clan.

Among the three scholars' mansions, apart from Yidu Li's family, which is Wujin's private residence, the other two are the residences of Han scholars. One is the gifted residence of Li Guangdi, and the other is the gifted residence of the late academician Zhang Yushu. They do not occupy a large area.

Zhang Yushu is dead, and the house here has been taken back by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Except for Zhang's family and Yiduli's family, other families, even local officials, are not qualified to go in and search.

Just as Cao Yong was thinking, Elder Sixteen had already stood up, rubbed his waist, and said, "Let's go, don't think about it anymore. As I said the day before yesterday, those thieves who were scheming outside the city were not caught. , how can I feel at ease!"

When Cao Yong saw it, he said, "Are you tired?"

Brother Sixteen rubbed his lower back and said, "Sex is a bone-scraping knife. Don't you know this saying? You're too old to understand anything." At the end, he gave Cao Yong a contemptuous look.

Qi Min has already got the news that Elder Sixteen is coming to the palace, so he hurried over.

Hearing that Elder Sixteen was going to search the princely mansions outside the palace, Qi Min was taken aback and hurriedly said, "Master Sixteen, what do you call this?"

"The people who were lost in these places the night before, if they don't keep them all, they will be kept in one of the gardens. Now this garden is empty, isn't it best to hide people." Elder Sixteen said with a bit of fatigue: "You Look at you, you should have thought of this earlier, do you still need to worry about it?"

Qi Min said with a bitter face: "Master Sixteen, those slaves dare not go..."

Elder Sixteen kicked him and said, "Look at your potential, let's go, Master will lead the way..."

(End of this chapter)