Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 641

Suzhou Weaving Mansion, the inner house.

The old Mrs. Wen was lying on the bed with her eyes closed.Wang and his daughter-in-law, Sun, stood aside to serve.

Seeing Li Xu coming in, Mrs. Wang hurriedly stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Master, the old lady hasn't eaten, she has been complaining for a long time and has a headache."

Mrs. Sun followed her mother-in-law, bent over, and greeted her father-in-law.

Li Xu nodded, took two steps forward, walked to the side of the bed, bent down and said, "Old lady, what's the matter? My son has sent for a doctor."

Wen Shi heard Li Xu's voice, slowly opened his eyes, and sat up.

"Don't worry, the old lady won't die for a while." Wen shi leaned on the bed, looked at Li Xu, her face was as cold as water.

Li Nai came in with his father, seeing his grandmother having a fit, afraid of embarrassing his father, he hurriedly pulled Sun's sleeves, and the husband and wife left the room.

"What's the reason why you were fine when you greeted you in the morning?" Li Nai asked in a low voice, puzzled.

Mrs. Sun replied in a low voice: "Cheng'er was the cause of the trouble. When I mentioned the second old lady, the old lady asked the wife if she had sent someone to Beijing to pick him up. The wife's answer was vague, and the old lady was annoyed."

Li Nai felt dizzy when he heard this matter.

Since the beginning of the year, Wen has talked to his children and grandchildren about how many times Gao was brought back.On Li Xu's side, he had other selfish intentions, although he agreed, but every time he sent people to Beijing, it was just to ask An to give gifts, and he didn't even mention picking them up.

In the room, Mrs. Wen stared at Li Xu, and said: "Don't tell me that your sister is reluctant to part with her mother and wants to stay by her side to serve, is it foolish to think of me as an old woman? Your aunt came to our house in less than 40 years old. It’s been more than [-] years. When your brother-in-law’s family was in Jiangning, she couldn’t stay. It’s been a year since I went to Beijing, and I haven’t talked about it. Don’t say anything else, the old woman is ninety, and I don’t believe that she is not afraid You can’t see me. Why didn’t you pick it up? You can explain it to the old woman today. Is it because you are coveting the wealth of your brother-in-law’s family and wanting to flatter you; or because your aunt knows about your scandal and you are ashamed to see her..."

The more she talked, the more annoyed she became, and she gasped for breath at the end.

Li Xu's face was flushed by the words, and he couldn't speak embarrassingly.Wang Shi was beside her, but she didn't dare to say anything.

Wen Shi has already turned his face away, stopped looking at Li Xu, and said: "I know, you didn't dare to let the old woman see relatives in the past two years, because you were afraid that the old woman would be confused and say something wrong... Did you come out of my stomach? Yes, there are a few flowery intestines, the old woman doesn't know..." Speaking of this, he sighed and said: "Now that your grandchildren are getting older, you should behave yourself, and it's all a good fortune... Old woman She is already blind, can't see anything, and doesn't want to see anything. Send someone to Beijing tomorrow to bring your aunt back. She has been a widow for many years and has a weird temper. She is impatient to stay in other people's homes. Let her see the faces of her daughter and son-in-law, my old lady, I can't bear it..."

Li Xu babbled, wanting to say something, hesitated for a while, then nodded, and said, "My son has made a note of it. Don't be upset, old lady. If you hurt yourself, it's your son's fault."

Wen Shi waved his hands and said weakly: "The old lady is tired, she needs to rest, you should hurry up..."

*
The capital, Cao's mansion, the inner house, the residence of Gao Taijun.

Buddha incense was burning in the room, Gao Taijun washed his hands, asked someone to hold a liter of beans, and picked up the beans one by one while reciting Buddha's name.Xiangyu followed by, imitating the example, also picking up beans.

After all, she was young, after picking up more than a dozen beans, Xiangyu lost her patience, she stopped, raised her head, and asked, "Old Ancestor, why don't you just fall over?"

After hearing the words, Gao Taijun hurriedly said to the Buddha statue, "Young children say nothing, children say nothing, don't blame the Buddha."

Seeing Xiangyu, she didn't dare to speak anymore, but just looked at Gao Taijun with a puzzled face.

Seeing this, Gao Taijun put down the beans in his hand and said, "This is Buddha beans. Let's recite it. It is to pray for your great-grandmother's birthday, and to bless her with a long life and good health."

Xiangyu seemed to understand, and said with a bit of childishness: "Old Ancestor, what kind of great-grandmother is it, have you seen Yu'er?"

Hearing this, Gao Taijun calmed down, nodded with a smile, and said, "He is a kind and kind old man. Of course I have met Yu'er. Your name was given by her."

After Xiangyu heard this, her small face showed yearning, she shook Gao Taijun's arm and said, "Old Ancestor, let's go see our great-grandmother? She lives in the mansion, or outside the mansion, shall we take a car?"

Hearing the child's words, Gao Taijun couldn't help laughing, reached out and touched Xiangyu's small head, and said: "Since she is your great-grandmother, she is naturally at your house. It is far away from here, and the waterway will take more than half a month."

After hearing this, Xiangyu's face slowly dimmed, she lowered her head and said, "Old Ancestor, are we guests?"

Just as Gao Taijun was about to nod, he sensed something was wrong, and frowned, "Did you hear that woman and girl gossip, or did someone give you face?"

Xiangyu shook her head, raised her head, and said with red eyes, "Everyone else goes to school, but I didn't. Is it because we are foreigners and the teacher doesn't want it?"

Seeing her aggrieved appearance, Gao Taijun shook his head and said: "Silly boy, you are only a little older, and you are not a kid. What are you thinking about studying?"

But Xiangyu didn't say a word, her eyes fell to the Buddhist book on the side, and she stared straight at it.The tears couldn't be held back anymore, and they fell down "ba da", "ba da".

Because she lost her father in her infancy, Gao Taijun felt very sorry for this great-niece and granddaughter.Seeing her look so longing, I couldn't bear it, took a handkerchief to wipe her tears, and said: "Okay, okay, I have learned to cry. Tomorrow, I will tell your aunt and grandma to let you go to school too."

"Really?" Xiangyu laughed after hearing this, and tugged at Gao Taijun's sleeve.

"It's true, who would be willing to send you to be a servant of the palace? It's good to learn a few words, you shouldn't be blind." Gao Shi said.

Although the girl from the Li family had to participate in the small election of the Ministry of Internal Affairs according to the rules, she was exempted because she was in Suzhou.Only Li Xu's eldest daughter was chosen to enter the palace in her early years, but she served in front of the imperial court.It's just that life is short and fortune is poor, and he died of illness not long after entering the palace, without even a title.

Xiangyu has already brought over the scriptures next to her, flipping through them happily, even though she doesn't know a single word, she flips through them with style.

Seeing this situation, Mrs. Gao couldn't help but sigh when thinking of Xiangyu's father, Li Ding...

*
Half a moon passed in a flash.

On the Yamen side of the Rehe Palace, no suspicious person entering the city has been arrested for three or four days in a row.The foreigners who were previously detained were interrogated, verified, and their identities were checked, and the innocent people were released one after another.

Those who forged their identities, came with unknown motives, or carried murder weapons with criminal records will be strictly extorted.Those who asked for a confession were all filed for judgment; those who did not ask for a confession were few and far between.

The sixteenth elder brother wrote down all the gains from Rehe and handed them back to Beijing.

Although before, he wanted to stay here with Cao Yong, but now he is thinking about returning to Beijing.Because he received a letter from Fujin's family, which mentioned that Fujin Li's family is happy, and his pulse is a little unstable. The imperial doctor has already prescribed medicine, and now he is trying to protect his pregnancy.

Although he already has a pair of children under his knees, Li's relationship with him is extraordinary, no more than other concubines, which makes him very worried.

Among the few maids serving by his side, one of them had already been favored by him before, but now he also ignored her.

Before marrying Fujin, Elder Sixteen had been married to Mrs. Li for several years, and they had a very close relationship. When Fujin first came in, he was worried that Mrs. Li would be wronged, so he deliberately sent him out of the palace for several months.

Later, after a long time, I realized that Fujin's temperament was different from other girls in Guo Luoluo's family, and the relationship between Elder Sixteen and his wife gradually became loving.

As a result, Li's identity is very embarrassing.

Brother Sixteen is ashamed, he doesn't want to be a person who betrays his heart, treats her more preferentially, and refuses to ignore her at all.

Fortunately, Fujin Guo Luoluo's family is virtuous, and Li's family doesn't like to show off. After getting along with each other, their wives and concubines are harmonious.

On Cao Yong's side, knowing that Elder Sixteen had something to do, he urged him to return to Beijing.On his own side, he also planned to take over his wife and daughter.

In the middle of March, the sixteenth elder brother finally waited for the imperial decree to allow him to return to Beijing, and he was overjoyed.

It just so happened that no suspects had been found in the yamen for seven consecutive days, and Elder Sixteen felt much more at ease, so he said goodbye to Cao Yong and Suhebalu, and returned to the capital with the guards.

Cao Song was responsible for his duties, and he also returned to Beijing with the sixteenth elder brother, and the garden of Prince Chun's Mansion returned to silence.

Chuyu's mother and daughter have returned to Yuanzi.Bao Yagege knew that their husband and wife would live until Shengjia arrived, so he went back to Mongolia and brought his son Arslen to Rehe, apparently planning to live there for a year or so.

Chuyu got the news and asked someone to take their mother and son to stay with Yuanzi for a while.

Alslen was four years old, as his name suggests, as strong as a lion cub.

He can speak Manchu, Mongolian, and Chinese, behaves like a little adult, and has the air of a little prince.

When Cao Yong and Chu Yu saw him like this, they thought of their son.If God Bless, Hang Seng and the others are here, the children will definitely be able to play together.

On Baoya's side, she hugged Tianhui all day and refused to let go. She was extremely rare.

When we met in the palace last month, she recognized her as a "goddess" by herself, and gave away several boxes of coral collars and gemstone chains.

On Tianhui's side, she is also quite close to this "aunt", "cousin", and "godmother" in the old palace Gege and today's Mongolian princess.

Blind and bright, that's what it says.Even if she couldn't see it, she could still feel who really loved her.

Even for the "little brother" Arslen, Tianhui didn't dislike him.Every time Baoya asks Arce Leng to drag her to play in the garden, she obediently follows.

There is not much difference between the two children, but they can play together.Although Alslen has younger brothers and sisters, they are all born of half-brothers, and they are not usually close, this is the first time that they are close to children who are similar to him.

In addition, Tianhui didn't cry or make trouble, and was honest and well-behaved, so he was willing to play with Tianhui.

On this day, the weather was fine, Baoya took Chuyu to the garden to get some fresh air, while the children were playing not far away, and the nurse and maids followed and watched.

Chattering, Arslen told Tianhui the story of the grassland, his pony grew taller, he could draw a bow, who offered a piece of red fox fur, and so on.

Tianhui listened with great interest, because this was a world she had never been in contact with.

"I forgot to say 'tiger'. 'Tiger' has grown up and is bigger than a lamb. This time I want to bring him here. My mother said that the mother of a tiger would miss him, so I didn't bring him." Arslen Said, with a bit of nostalgia in his voice.

"Tiger?" Tianhui heard the somewhat familiar name, and asked, "A tiger has a mother? Is that stronger than a tiger?"

Als nodded coldly, shook his head again, and said, "'Tiger' is not a tiger, but a puppy that just landed last month. It has yellow fur and a black spot on its forehead. It looks majestic. The tiger in the picture of the tiger descending the mountain in my Ama’s study room is similar to the tiger, so I named it ‘Tiger’. Erniang also praised me for being smart, saying that it was a good name.”

Tianhui had heard of "tiger" in the stories of the nuns, but she only knew that it was so powerful that even children were afraid of it.Now, listening to the meaning of Als' cold words, he is not afraid at all, and he is still raising and playing, which is really amazing.

Although Tianhui didn't say anything, but the expression on her little face was clear at a glance, Als scratched his head with a sneer, and felt that Tianhui was more and more amiable.

He got excited, untied the small gold and jade dagger at his waist, stuffed it into Tianhui's hand, and said, "Here you are, let's tie Anda. If someone bullies you in the future, just tell me, and I'll make someone beat him up." "

"Anda?" Tianhui rubbed the object in her hand, wondering what Arslen meant.

"Yes, it's Anda." Als patted his chest coldly and said, "I'm the older brother, you are the younger brother..." At this point, he glanced at Tianhui, feeling a little confused.

Baoya and Chuyu happened to come over, and they couldn't help smiling when they saw this scene.

"Good son, this is your sister. Jie Anda should look for a little brother." Baoya patted his son's head and said with a smile.

Arsleng looked up at his mother, and asked solemnly: "Emiang, can't my sister marry Anda? My son wants to marry Anda with Tianhui's sister. She can't see. What if she is bullied? As a son, Anda, there is no People dare to bully her."

When Baoya heard her son talk about Tianhui's eye disease, she was afraid that Chuyu would be upset, so she glared at her son and wanted to reprimand her.

Chuyu had already squatted down, looked at Arslen, and asked, "Others knot Anda, all for the sake of multiple little brothers, and ride horses, shoot arrows, and play together. They can also go out together and not be bullied. Tianhui With bad eyes, I can't play with you, and I can't protect you. Are you willing to marry such an An Da?"

Al Si Leng stretched out his small body, stretched out his hand to pat his chest, and said, "Auntie, don't underestimate people! Er Niang said, I am a lion in the grassland, and when I grow up, I will stand upright, and I don't need Anda to protect me." Having said that, He looked at Baoya and said, "Emiang, is your son right?"

At that moment, Baoya couldn't help having an illusion, as if the small person in front of her had grown up all of a sudden.She nodded and said with a smile: "That's right, we Arslen will protect the people of the people in the future, can't we protect a little Anda? It's just that the Anda you chose is Erniang's goddaughter, if you bully you Anda, be careful of my mother spanking your ass."

Ars Leng was overjoyed when he heard the words, stretched out his hand to grab Tianhui's arm, and said, "Anda, you will be my little Anda from now on. This dagger was given to me by my uncle, and it's for Anda."

Tianhui was confused, but she also understood that Arslen didn't mean anything malicious, but was getting close to her.

She stretched out her little arm, untied her purse, and pulled out a red thread from it.At the end of the silk thread is a suet jade safety buckle.

She held Avalokitesvara in her hand, and sent it out in the direction of Arslen.

Ars Leng was overjoyed, took it over, and said with a smile: "Is this a gift for me?"

Tianhui nodded. Baoya saw that the safety buckle was not an ordinary product. Chuyu looked at it again and said to her son, "It's the same as your sister. This is what your aunt gave to your sister. It's too precious."

Als listened coldly, hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice, "Emiang, this is given to my son by Anda."

Baoya wanted to say more, but Chuyu stopped her with a smile.

"It seems that the two brothers and sisters hit it off. This safety buckle seems to be the dowry between Ama and me. Tianhui had a tiger bone before, but it was lost later, so I found it for her." Chuyu said: " It's just an object, hoping for the safety of the child. It doesn't matter if Tianhui takes it or Arsleng takes it. Don't go against the child's wishes, it's rare that they can play together."

Baoya has always had a straightforward temper, so seeing what Chuyu said, she stopped worrying about it.

In fact, Arslen's little dagger was also quite old.It was given to King Naersu of Pingjun when he was a child, and it was one of Alslen's full moon gifts.

There are two children, one lively and one quiet, but the picture is very harmonious.

Baoya looked at it, smiled and said to Chuyu: "I understand what is meant by the phrase 'poor parents in the world', and now I have nothing to look forward to. I only hope that the little lion will grow up solidly."

After hearing this, Chu Yu said with a smile, "Since I like children, let me have two more, so as to save Al Silen from being lonely. It's good to have a girl, so you won't be greedy for girls."

Baoya raised her eyebrows when she heard this, and said, "What are you doing with such things? I'm so worried. I'm too tired for this single seedling. I won't be so overwhelmed. I'm going to be an old sow, and I won't be the next one." Stop." At the end, he laughed too, stuck out his tongue at Chuyu, and said, "Look, I've only been out of Beijing for a few years, and I'm full of slang. Fortunately, my sister-in-law is not here, otherwise, I wouldn't have know how to say..."

*
Xinggong, House of Internal Affairs.

Yi Duli looked anxiously at Cao Yong and said, "This collapse has destroyed all the previous projects and killed three or four people. Those palaces will have to be rebuilt, and the construction period may be too late." .”

"Seven or eight people died?" Cao Yong stood up when he heard the words, and said: "Okay, why did it collapse? There is no wind or rain, so why did an accident happen?"

Yi Duli shook his head, and said: "The lower officials don't know the details, so I'd better ask Mr. Dong to report to the general manager."

Dong Changhai, a member of the construction department, followed behind Yi Duli, although he tried his best to restrain himself, he still showed a bit of indignation.

Seeing Cao Yong and Yi Duli looking at him, Dong Changhai took a step forward, raised his head and said, "It's wood, they used moth-eaten rotten wood to cause this accident..." He had blue veins on his forehead Stretched out, slowly said: "The dead are not three or four, but thirteen..."

(End of this chapter)