Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 666 Salute
Although it's time to light the lanterns, the weather in the capital is still sweltering and hot.

Cao Xiang's courtyard, east wing room.

Due to the hasty booking, there was no time to make new furniture, but I found a few pieces from the warehouse and repainted them.The smell hasn't dissipated yet. Fortunately, it's hot, the windows are all open, and people can still be entertained in the house.

In the courtyard, the cicadas kept chirping, which made people feel restless.

Luju covered her head and sat cross-legged on the kang, with her hands wrapped around the handkerchief, she didn't know whether it was hope or fear.

The kang was covered with new quilts, which were sewn temporarily, and the table on the ground was lit with red candles, which also showed a bit of joy.

Luju's parents have passed away long ago, and her uncle and aunt are the top managers in the house, but they are not her biological father after all, so how can she be careful?The dowry sent by the envoy yesterday was nothing more than the clothes and other things that Green Ju usually had.

At first, I thought it would be decent to have a banquet with wine and wine, but when it came to the end, it was because of the "prayer for rain" in the yamen that the banquet was avoided, and Madam Zhang also nagged in front of Mrs. Zhao Jia.

Zhao Jia also likes to be lively in his heart, but he is afraid of affecting his son's career, so he dare not be casual.

The upper room also turned on the lamp, and Ding Xiang sat under the lamp in the outer room, with the list spread out in front of him, and was checking whether Cao Xiang had missed anything during his trip.

Fu Ling sat across from her, lay down on the table, and said, "Sister, are you really not going out of Beijing with Fourth Master?"

"Always leave someone to watch the house." Ding Xiang raised her head and said.

Fu Ling glanced at the side room, lowered her voice and said, "Sister, why are you planning to stay in the side room? The grandma here is not here, so what's the matter? Second Mistress is thinking that she doesn't like this one, and she wants to give it to her on purpose." face?"

Ding Xiang shook her head in disapproval, and said, "Quickly say a few words. Second Mistress is a noble daughter from a wealthy family. When did she break the rules? Naturally, it's because of etiquette."

Fu Ling curled her lips and said, "I also want to stay in Beijing with my sister..."

Cao Xiang changed into new clothes, although he said that he had already flown to the beautiful woman in his heart, he was held back by Cao Song and Cao Fu, and after greeting Zhao Jia, he went to sit with his birth mother, Bao Die, before returning to his yard. .

Seeing his uneasy expression, Cao Fu couldn't help laughing, held up the lantern, waved it in front of Cao Xiang, and said to Cao Xiang: "Fourth brother, are you marrying your sister-in-law, or are you going to the battlefield? Should my brother make trouble in the bridal chamber?" ? Why don't you rush the fourth brother to something when it's daybreak?"

Cao Xiang listened to his younger brother's bad idea, smiled, but did not answer, but the speed of his feet was not slow.

When he reached the gate of Cao Xiang's courtyard, Cao Song stopped.

When Cao Xiang and Cao Fu saw that their elder brother had stopped, they also stopped.

Cao Song patted Cao Xiang on the shoulder, his face was a little dignified, and said: "I thought you were a child, but I didn't expect the fourth brother to marry a daughter-in-law and work as an errand, and he has grown up. In the future, you must not act absurdly and rashly. Remember Not only are you not tall, but you are also an elder brother and uncle. Below you are Xiaowu and Changsheng who are watching, and nephews like Tianyou and Hangsheng are following...

I don't want to spoil your interest in filling vacancies, so I didn't say much.It's just that you should know that with such self-discipline, the elder brother said how uncomfortable it must be for the uncle.Since my father passed away, my uncle has been worrying about our brother's future studies.When the fourth brother was self-teaching, did he think about his uncle's care and teaching over the years?

Knowing that the fourth brother was wronged when he was young, he felt resentment towards his wife in his heart, but his parents, who are all good in the world, "Filial piety is the first, and adultery is the first."Can't you think that if the wings are stiff and the waist is straight, you can break through the door and go freely?
Your wife does not lack your son, but you cannot do without your wife, your aunt.You don't need to talk too much about being smart, just think about it yourself. "

Nowadays, people in the world respect ethics and filial piety the most.Even though Cao Xiang was a concubine, he was still the son of the Zhaojia family.If you don't respect your aunt, it is a crime of unfilial piety.

Cao Xiangyuan listened with lowered hands, and at the end, he was already ashamed, lowered his head and said: "Second elder brother taught, younger brother has written it down."

Cao Fu was stunned, looking at Cao Song's gaze, a little more surprised.

Seeing that Cao Xiang didn't defend himself, Cao Song waved his hand as if he wanted to be educated, and said, "It's good to know this truth, it's getting late, go in, don't make the new aunt wait anxiously."

"The second elder brother goes first, and the younger brother will go in later." Cao Xiang said.

Cao Song listened, nodded with a smile, and beckoned Cao Fu to leave.

After walking a few steps away, Cao Fu couldn't help it, and asked in a low voice, "Second brother, what you said just now to teach fourth brother, did you come up with your own thinking?"

Cao Song was surprised when he heard the words, and said: "If you don't think about it yourself, can you ask others to think about it? It's because I have taught you less than usual, which makes you turn upside down. Hmph, Xiao Wu, I can tell you, study hard and do it well." Learning, you are not allowed to twist three twists four, or brother will let you try the family law."

After Cao Fu heard this, he couldn't help sticking out his tongue, and muttered: "I thought the second brother was possessed, but the tone of his speech is the same as that of the eldest brother..."

"Possessive head!" Cao Song patted his forehead with his backhand, and said, "Hurry up and go back to read..."

Although Cao Song wanted to say these words to his younger brother today, the seriousness of them is really beyond his mind.

When the husband and wife were talking, Jinghui reminded her husband.

Now that Cao Xiang is getting older, this will be released immediately. If the entanglement is hard to get rid of, it will affect the relationship between the brothers in the future, and if there is gossip, it will still lose the face of the Cao family.

As for the eldest uncle, the family has been separated, but he is still the parent after all.

Although flesh and blood are close relatives, there is no need to talk about those empty etiquettes, but people's hearts change, and no one has the patience to put a hot face on a cold ass.

If the nephews do everything themselves, the uncle naturally has nothing to worry about the nephews.The long house has sons and grandchildren, who would be idle and insist on chasing their children to worry about their nephews?

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Although Cao Xiang didn't drink, he felt light when he stepped into the courtyard.

Looking at the red light reflected in the wing room, a gentle look appeared on his face, he took a few steps forward, and gently opened the door.

Even though they knew each other a little, when Lu Ju heard the footsteps, her back became stiff and her palms were sweaty.

Cao Xiang walked to the edge of the kang and sat down, looked at Lu Ju's hand with the ring on it, and put his own on it, without saying a word.

There was silence in the room, only the sound of cicadas outside.

Seeing that Cao Xiang remained silent for a while, Luju couldn't help calling out in a low voice: "Fourth Master..."

"From now on, I won't call you sister..." Cao Xiang grabbed Luju's hand and said.

"En." Lu Ju lowered her head in response.

Going up to the door, Fu Ling poked her head out and looked at the wing room. Seeing that the red candle was extinguished, she couldn't help turning her head and making a face with Ding Xiang, covering her mouth with a handkerchief and giggling.

"What a shameless crazy girl..." Ding Xiang rolled her eyes and said.

The cicadas on the trees gradually become sparse, the sky is full of stars, and the night is getting darker.

In the East Wing, at some point, a sigh floated out: "I have wronged you..."

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Rehe, the other courtyard of the Cao family, and the upper house in the east courtyard.

Cao Yong was wearing a middle coat, sitting on the edge of the Kang, looking at the girl sitting in the middle of the mattress, feeling a little depressed.Don't children sleep too much?How come my precious girl is still so energetic after sitting for half a night.

"Tianhui, let the mother coax you to resettle?" Although he had asked twice before, Cao Yong still didn't give up and couldn't help asking again.

Tianhui's idea was right, there was no room for negotiation, and she shook her little head resolutely.

Chuyu was sitting in front of the dressing table, putting her hair down. Hearing her husband's words, she really felt sorry for her daughter. She turned around and said, "My son-in-law, let me put her to sleep. After being picked up by Baogege for a few days, Tianhui really wants to me."

Hearing this, Cao Yong didn't know whether to be jealous of his daughter or his wife, he stretched out his hand to hug Tianhui, pinched her little face and said, "Do you miss Dad?"

"Mom..." Tianhui turned around and called out in Chuyu's direction.

Chu Yu had already put down her hair, and when she heard her daughter's voice was wrong, she got up and walked to the edge of the kang, and saw her pouted, as if annoyed.

Chu Yu remembered that Hang Seng said during the meal that his sister was angry because his father gave his brothers "delicious" food but not her.

Chu Yu couldn't help laughing, took her daughter from Cao Yong's hand, and said softly: "Tianhui, don't listen to your brothers coaxing you, your father loves you the most, and naturally he won't pull you down if there is something delicious. Mom over there I saved a good piece of pastry, but it’s not easy to digest it after eating it at night, so I’ll give it to you tomorrow.”

Tianhui didn't speak, but judging by the look on her face, this "resentment" was counted down.

Cao Yong was listening, raised his head and asked Chu Yu, "Is it because of anger that our precious girl doesn't sleep?"

"Forehead son-in-law, just don't say a few words..." Chu Yu said as she went to the kang, put her daughter down, and patted her to sleep.

After all, it was a child, Tianhui was too sleepy after suffering for so long.She gradually closed her eyes, and after a short while, there was the sound of even breathing, and she fell asleep.

Seeing Cao Yong, he went down to the ground, turned off the light, groped to the edge of the kang, and lay down behind Chu Yu.

"Forehead son-in-law, it's strangely crowded here, the mattress is not spread all the way..." Chu Yu whispered.

"It's okay, I want to sleep next to you..." Cao Yong touched his wife's arm and replied softly.

After hearing this, Chu Yu said nothing.When Cao Yong came over, he just pulled his little hands and kissed him.Although Chu Yu had been raised for almost a month, but the injury was on her chest, she was not good at it, and she didn't dare to mess around.

"Tianhui is so stubborn, and her little idea is so upright. Who does this look like?" Cao Yong thought about the little girl who just pouted and ignored him, and said, "Could it be like her second aunt? I looked at Er Gege's temper , with a bit of stubbornness."

After hearing this, Chu Yu argued in a low voice: "Second sister is not stubborn, but she has a sharper temper than me."

"That's like my sister? My sister had a good idea when she was young." Cao Yong said in a low voice.

Chu Yu couldn't help chuckling, turned her head to the side, and said to her husband: "Who else can I be like? I heard from my mother-in-law that when I was young, my son-in-law was also different from ordinary children..."

There is a reason for that, obviously the mind is already big and big, no matter how tender it is, it doesn't look like it.

But these children in my family are really weird and weird, they can't be coaxed as children, they have to present the facts and reason.

The husband and wife whispered a few words, then fell asleep drowsily.

There was nothing to say all night, when Cao Yong opened his eyes again, it was already the next day.

It was not yet white outside the window, Chuyu had finished grooming, and was sitting on the edge of the kang, dressing Tianhui.

Because it was a festival, Chuyu wore two sets of golden and blue Duofu Duoxitian on her hair, she was wearing a light green flag dress, a red velvet flower was pinned on her chest, and colorful silk threads were tied around her wrists.

Cao Yong got up to freshen up, remembered something, and said: "Yesterday's zongzi is for the festival?"

It turned out that after the zongzi was ready yesterday, it was served on the table for dinner.Although glutinous rice is still glutinous rice, and jujube is still jujube, but because the wrapping is not tight, the skin of the zongzi is sticky, which is really not good for sale.

"There's a lot of wrapping in the kitchen. Bao Gege and I made it on the table last night." Chu Yu replied.

"That's right, when Baoya learns to cook, the sun will come out from the east." Cao Yong said with a smile.

Afraid that Baoya would be bored by herself, Cao Yong and Chuyu sent someone to pick up their father and son yesterday, thinking of celebrating the festival together.

Baoya stayed here for half a day. He wanted to stay overnight. He didn't want to have Horqin's old concubine. She didn't live too far from Baoya, so she was a neighbor on the grassland.

The old concubine came to court with her husband, and when she heard that Baoya was in Rehe, she sent someone to invite their mother and son over.

Chu Yu took a foot-high box from the top of the kang, and took out a brand new sachet from it.It is half the size of a palm, and it is a gourd-shaped sachet with a royal blue background. It is embroidered with magpies and plum blossoms with apricot thread on it, and two tassels are sewn on the waist of the gourd.

Chu Yu tied it around Cao Yong's waist with her own hands, and said, "I know that my son-in-law doesn't like the strong smell of flowers, and the stuff inside is mint."

"Newly sewn?" Cao Yong looked at it, frowned and said, "Isn't it for you to take good care of it? It's fun if you're tired?"

"It's okay, I'll lie down or sit all day, fiddling with a needle and thread in my hand, it's better to endure." Chu Yu said with a smile.

It's all just an excuse, and it took a lot of thought, otherwise I wouldn't have done this without telling the truth, just because I was afraid that Cao Yong would stop me.

Cao Yong knew his wife's temper, and he didn't listen to persuasion in his bones.After all, it was a thought, and I couldn't bear to say it any further.

The Dragon Boat Festival was also called "Daughter's Day" in the early years. Girls at home have to wear new clothes, and daughters who go out often return to their natal homes at this time.

Sitting on the edge of the kang, Tianhui is brand new from the inside to the outside. On her neck and right wrist, there are "longevity threads" made of blue, white, red, black, and yellow silk threads.

Looking at her daughter's beautiful appearance, Cao Yong couldn't help but hugged her, and kissed her little cheek hard.

After a night's sleep, Tianhui Xu's anger dissipated, and she laughed "giggle" after being tickled by Cao Yong.

Chu Yu had already taken a "Longevity Thread" for her husband and tied it around her left wrist, saying, "My son-in-law, the sun is about to come out, we should go to greet the master and wife."

Cao Yong nodded, hugged Tianhui, and went to the main courtyard with his wife.

Under the corridor, there are already maids and mothers-in-law shuttling back and forth. Seeing Cao Yong's family of three coming over, those who bowed down bowed down, and those who greeted each other saluted.

In the room, Tianyou's voice came: "Grandma, why didn't you let me talk just now?"

"This is an old rule. You can't talk when it's a 'longevity thread', or you have something to say." Li replied.

A servant girl has already entered the house to report, and came out to pass on a message, saying: "Master, grandma, master and madam, please come in."

After entering the room, I saw Tianyou and Hengsheng climbing down from the kang.

Both Cao Yin and Li Shi finished grooming, Li Shi, like Chu Yu, also added jewelry on his head and velvet flowers on his chest, looking very festive.

Cao Yong put Tianhui down, and together with Chu Yu, he greeted Cao Yin and his wife.

Because it is a holiday, breakfast is served here for the whole family to share.

The rules of other people's families are mostly that women's family members can't sit on the table, and daughter-in-law can't sit on the table.The Cao family has a small population, and Chuyu, a daughter-in-law, has a noble status, and she can't eat at the same table a few times throughout the year, so there are not so many restrictions.

As the head of the family, Cao Yin sat in the front seat alone. On the east side were Li Shi and Tianyou, on the west side were Cao Yong and Chuyu, and at the bottom were Tianhui and Hengsheng.

In addition to meat and vegetable side dishes, and a few congee dishes, there are also three or four kinds of rice dumplings.

There are triangular zongzi and four-cornered zongzi. Mrs. Li peeled one for her husband and then peeled it for her two grandchildren.On Cao Yong's side, he did it himself, while Chu Yu wanted to feed Tianhui.

Three generations of grandparents and grandchildren sat at the same table. Cao Yin saw it, and his face softened a lot.

After breakfast, Cao Yin was going to the Yamen, and Cao Yong sent his father outside the gate.On the gate, mugwort has been planted, it is green and full of vitality...

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Rehe Palace, Xiyu, Songhe Qingyue.

Since Kangxi, the princes and grandsons who came with the retinue gathered in the Empress Dowager's Hall to greet the Empress Dowager.Even the third elder brother who lives outside the palace is no exception.

The harem who came here was headed by Concubine Yi, who was standing by the side, looking at her in full bloom, beaming with joy.

The queen mother was also in a good mood, and accepted the gift from her children and grandchildren with a smile.

Among the retinue princes, 11th elder brother Yinyi is the youngest, only [-] years old, half shorter than his elder brothers.The queen mother saw it, greeted him with a smile, and asked him a few words.

The prince was in the study room, and he was speaking Manchu and Mongolian in elementary school, so Yin Yi could speak fluently when he spoke back.

After hearing this, the queen mother became more and more happy, and explained to the third elder brother and the fifteenth elder brother that she should take good care of her younger brother and so on.

Standing behind the concubines, Gao Guiren, the birth mother of the [-]th elder brother, was also very happy to see the Queen Mother getting close to her son.

The sixteenth elder brother was in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so he asked Kangxi in a low voice: "Huang Ama, the third elder brother of Prince He Shuojian's residence was ordered by his father to come to Rehe from the capital to pay respects to the queen mother and Huang Ama. And send the Dragon Boat Festival tribute, is it summoning now, or changing the time..."

Yongqian is the eldest son of Ya'a Jiang'a, who was born of Prince Jian's Di Fujin who died of illness. Although he ranked third, he is the actual eldest son of Jian's palace because his two elder brothers both died of illness.It's just that because of his young age, he hasn't invited the crown prince yet.

After Kangxi heard this, he turned around to report to the queen mother, and sent someone to tell Yongqian to come to the queen mother's hall.

After a quarter of an hour, a servant reported that the third elder brother of Prince Jian's residence had arrived.

Along with Yongqian is the tribute of the Dragon Boat Festival this year from Prince Heshuo Jian's Mansion, a huge and colorful rice dumpling.

The zongzi was several feet long and half a person's height, and there was a wooden lifting board under it, which was carried by two strong servants.

Seeing the empress dowager and the family members staring straight at him, even Kangxi was a little curious.

This is Jiujiu's 81-jin "Jiuzi Zong", which consists of 81 "Jiuzi Zong" of the size of a catty, and a total of 720 nine Zongzi...

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