Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 690
Prince Jane's Mansion, the inner house, across the courtyard in the northwest.

Occasionally, a woman's hoarse cry can be heard in the room, and the maids and mothers-in-law who serve water in the corridor are very busy.

Yongjia sat in the main seat in the hall, with a calm expression on his face.Si Fujin Yiergenjue Luoshi sat at the bottom, with a smile on his face, talking to Yongjia without saying a word.On the chair opposite her, sat Na Min who was still dressed as a girl.

After all, it can't compare to Yongjia's calmness, nor can it compare to Yiergenjueluoshi's sophistication. Hearing the cry from the back room, Namin looked at Yongjia and Yiergenjueluoshi with complicated expressions, and couldn't hide the sourness on his face. .

Although it was already August and he had changed into silk clothes, Yiergenjue Luoshi still felt a little hot.

She smiled and said to Yongjia: "I heard that as early as half a month ago, the prince asked someone to select two prostitutes from the banner. Sister Cui is really blessed, since she landed six squares, there has been no movement in the mansion for the past few years. It would be a great kindness if we could add a younger brother this time."

Yongjia nodded slightly, and said, "Yes, it's really rare."

Yaerjiang A rarely stayed in the inner courtyard. In the early days, he occasionally stayed with Yongjia and Yiergenjueluo.

Cui's family is also lucky. She served Yaerjiang A for a few days in the twelfth lunar month of last year and became pregnant.

She came from a humble background and was one of Yongjia's dowry girls, so she had a body, but Yaerjiang had nothing to fear.

Yiergenjueluo's family didn't think so. Although Yaerjiang'a had been in love with the foreign house in the past six months, the two Fujins, the same descendants, always respected each other as guests and did not speak ill.

Now, Cui Shi is pregnant, and Yaerjiang is so bragging, she is a little worried.

If it's an elder brother, I'm afraid he will be raised under Fujin's name.In that way, her son's status will be lowered even more, and she will have to be more respectful to a baby who has just landed.

Wanting this place, Ergenjueluo cursed in his heart, while praying that Cui would survive.In that case, Fujin would be happy for nothing.

With Liugege around, who can surpass the prince's most spoiled concubine daughter?
A few women were sitting bored, when they heard the maidservant's voice of greeting from the yard, it was Yaerjiang Ah who came.

Everyone got up from their seats and greeted Yarjan Ah.

Yaerjiang waved his hand and asked everyone to get up, then asked Yongjia: "Yesterday, I was tossing and tossing for half a night, and today it's been a while, and I haven't landed yet?"

Yongjia replied: "Just now I asked someone to go in and ask, and I heard that the fetus is too big to land on the ground."

When Yaerjiang heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and said, "What should I do? You must keep the child."

Just as he was saying this, he heard a cry of babies coming from the room, and joy was already on Yaerjiang's face.

After a while, some mothers came out with swaddling babies.

Yaerjiang took a step forward and asked, "Is it Little Elder Brother or Little Gege?"

The lady belt was a little panicked, and said: "If you go back to the prince, it's... a little Gege..."

Yaerjiang'a heard the words, but he was not annoyed. He nodded with a smile and said, "That's Qigege, okay, okay, let's see."

The latter sentence was addressed to Yongjia.

On Yongjia's side, he turned around and ordered someone to take the silver seal that he had prepared. Before the reward was finished, he heard crying from the back room.

Before everyone in the hall realized what was going on, someone came out to report that Cui's blood collapsed after giving birth, and she was afraid that she would die.

Ergenjue Luoshi and Namin both covered their mouths in horror.

On Yongjia's side, she has already turned around and walked quickly into the delivery room.Yaerjiang looked at Yongjia's back, glanced at the infant baby, and followed into the delivery room.

Seeing this, the mother-in-law at the door hurriedly said: "My lord, the delivery room is filthy..." Before she could finish speaking, she heard Yaerjiang's cold snort.

The woman was so frightened that she was so frightened that she didn't dare to talk anymore.

In the delivery room, Cui Shi was lying on the kang, her face was bloodless, her hair was soaked in sweat, sticking to her face in locks and strands, and her lower body was covered in blood, which was very scary to look at.

The room was filled with a disgusting smell of blood, but Yongjia didn't notice it.She was already walking by the kang, holding Cui's hand, speechless.

Although she was usually cold and cold, but now her eyes are still red.

After a long while, Yongjia calmed down, turned around, and ordered Qi Gege to be carried over.

I don't know if he was rushed by the bloody smell, but after Qi Gege was carried to the house, he began to cry "Wow".

"Ruyi, wake up...Look at Little Gege..." Yongjia whispered.

She called several times in a row, only to see Cui waking up faintly.

The moment she saw Yongjia, tears welled up in her eyes, and she cried, "Girl... child..."

Yongjia put down Cui Shi's hand, turned around and took the swaddle from the mother-in-law's hand, brought it to Cui Shi, forced a smile and said: "It's a little Gege, look at her small nose and small eyes, how painful it is."

The Cui family in front of her is Yongjia's dowry maid, Ruyi.Both she and Jixiang have served Yongjia for many years.

Ruyi's eyes turned to Yaerjiang who was behind Yongjia, and he babbled, wanting to say something, but finally withdrew his eyes.

She reached out and grabbed Yongjia's skirt with all her strength, tears were already coming out, her face and eyes were full of prayers.

Yongjia is already a mother, so she knows that what mothers in this world care about most is their own flesh and blood.She took Ruyi's hand and said: "This is the prince's flesh and blood, and she cannot be wronged. You can rest assured that it is important to take good care of your body."

Ruyi's tears flowed harder and harder, but she still refused to let go.

Yongjia looked down at the baby in the swaddle, and then at the dying Ruyi, couldn't bear it, and said softly: "She will call me Erniang in the future, she is also my child..."

Before she finished speaking, Ruyi had already let go of Yongjia's skirt, her arms drooped weakly on the side of the bed, her eyes were closed, and she was out of breath...

The house was in chaos, and a woman was burying Ruyi.

Yongjia and Yaerjiang returned to the hall, Yaerjiang hesitated for a moment, and said: "For Cui's funeral, Fujin will take care of the cooking first, and this king..." At this point, he looked at his mother's arms. The baby said: "This king will send Qi Gege there."

Yongjia's face was pale, as if he had drained all the strength from his body, he held on to the arm of the chair beside him to support his body.

After hearing what Yaerjiang Ah said, Yongjia was not surprised.

What else could make Yarjan Afei worry about ordering someone to choose a woman, other than to please that new favorite?
It's just that I don't know if it's Yaljan's own idea, or that person's intention.

If it is that person, it is not good to deliberately take away the flesh and blood of others.Now, Xu is unable to give birth to a child, and wants to have an elder brother and princess by his side; when he has his own flesh and blood, he still doesn't know how to treat his adopted son and daughter.

Thinking of this, Yongjia said in a deep voice: "It is also the prince who loves Qi Gege to be raised by him. It's just that the child's fate is not good, and he lost his mother-in-law when he landed. After adding little Elder Brother and Little Gege to the side house, Qi Gege will be sent back to the palace, so as to save the caretaker from being too tired."

Yaerjiang A had just seen the situation of Ruyi Tuogu, and he was worried that there would be troubles, but he was relieved to see that Yongjia didn't intend to stop him.

He smiled and waved his hands, and said: "You just said that Qi Gege is the king's flesh and blood, and he can still be wronged. Yang can't have children, so there will be no time to dislike Qi Gege, Fujin can rest assured."

Seeing that he was impatient to leave, Yongjia stretched out her hand, took off a thin gold chain from her neck, with a gold chain piece hanging from it, and put it on for Qigege herself.

Yaerjiang gave Yongjia a complicated look, called the phone, and followed him.

Yongjia sat on the chair, thinking about the dead Ruyi, and felt a little regret in his heart.In the past few years, if you meet her, you have always been cautious, for fear of being blamed.

Yongjia just thinks that women have a lot of things to do when they get together, and they are really impatient to socialize with everyone in the house, so no one pays attention to them...

*
Imperial City, the Yamen of the House of Internal Affairs.

Cao Yong sat behind the book case, and Dong Changhai, a member of the construction department, took the account and reported to him the progress of the repairs of several pavilions over Changchun Garden.

Today, in the eyes of everyone in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Dong Changhai is considered a celebrity in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He is not only the nephew of the newly appointed chief executive, but also Cao Yong's confidant.

He was originally the head of the sixth grade, but because he followed Cao Yong to Rehe to repair Zhuangzi, he appointed Yuanwailang.After Zhuangzi finished repairing and returned to the capital, he was promoted to Shique.

In September, the weather turns cold, and some projects cannot be moved.So now we have to speed up the progress so that we can finish it before the end of the month.What Dong Changhai meant was that he wanted to learn from the example of repairing the Rehe Palace in spring, and then transfer manpower from other places to work in two shifts.

In addition to manpower, money and materials should also be prepared first, so as to avoid delays in applying for approval for the same thing.

In addition to this, there is another thing, that is, the Buddha statues in several royal temples need to be gilded.Also, as the Empress Dowager ordered earlier, gold is needed for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to rush to produce a batch of gold utensils for worshiping Buddha.

However, there is a lot of gold in the treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and I am afraid that it is not enough.

Cao Yong in the front can still call the shots, but when gold is mentioned in the back, Cao Yong has no idea and can't think of a countermeasure for a while.

The treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is indeed the private treasury of the emperor, but various expenditures make the Ministry of Internal Affairs unable to make ends meet, and money is very tight.

"Over there at Xiuyuanzi, you can go and ask Mr. Dong. If he has no other opinions, he will do as you say. As for the gold needed, how many taels are needed in total, how much is in the treasury, and how much is left in the middle? You make a list for me." Cao Yong said after a little thought.

Dong Changhai responded and went out to find Dong Dianbang.

Cao Yong sat behind the desk, touched his chin, and wondered if there were any other places where gold was hidden in the palace.

Does the emperor also have a private house?
Otherwise, the emperor would be too embarrassed.

At present, in the several vaults discovered in various places, the gold that finally came out was all returned to the internal vault. How could the amount be so small?

Thinking of this, Cao Yong felt more and more that there was a treasury designated in the palace, but people outside didn't know it.Otherwise, even the emperor lacks gold, so the gold in the palace is not good.

In this way, it was impossible to deal with Yarjan's business earlier.Thinking that Yarjan A was still in high spirits and waiting for his own idea, it would be really embarrassing if he didn't deal with it.

What are you really afraid of, what are you coming to.

Just when Cao Yong was thinking about the gold issue, he heard someone laughing and saying: "What is this thinking about? I am so engrossed, I don't even know that this king is here."

Cao Yong looked up, which one is it?
He hurriedly got up, came out from behind the desk, took two steps forward, and said, "My lord..."

Yaerjiang was wearing ordinary clothes and looked in a good mood. He strode into the room, pulled a chair and sat down, and said: "It's a good day today, and this king is here to see you. This king told you before , Do you have any clues. You should also use your heart, I don't want to rush you too much, so you should also give me some face."

On Cao Yong's side, he explained in detail the Guangzhou silver-for-gold plan that he had mentioned with the fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother.

Hearing that gold in Guangzhou can be exchanged for thirteen or forty taels of silver, Yaerjiang couldn't help but his eyes lit up, he gave Cao Yong a thumbs-up, and said, "As expected of a boy of good fortune. If the 20 taels of silver is in If you exchange gold in the capital, you can exchange 2 taels. When you arrive in Guangzhou, you can count it as 13 taels. After one trip, you can make a profit of 5 taels. After all kinds of throwing fees are removed, you can still have [-] taels of silver, which is enough for the clan's government to envoy. It's been a while."

Cao Yong recalled that there was no gold in the inner treasury, and said: "My lord, most of the gold is used to store wealth, but there is little circulation in the world. It may not be easy to get together 2 taels."

Yaerjiang raised his eyebrows and said, "What's the trouble? Isn't there a bank? Just exchange it from the bank. According to the difference in gold quality, maybe you can exchange more gold."

Under the brand of the imperial court, it is indeed a good idea to exchange gold.

But on Cao Yong's side, although he was also worried about the lack of gold in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he couldn't learn from Yaerjiang A to rob the bank.

No one has any background in the bank in the capital.

Yaerjiang is a high-ranking juexian who can act unscrupulously in the capital, but Cao Yong's identity can't be casual...

*
Fang's Hutong, the outer residence of Prince Jian's Mansion.

Looking at the baby sleeping soundly on the kang, Yang Zimo sighed, and said softly: "I'm sorry, I lost my mother, and I don't even think about it when I grow up."

Sitting opposite her, Han Jiangshi looked at the half-day-old baby with a look of curiosity on his face.

She came to visit Yang Zimo at the request of Yang Zimo today, but she didn't expect Yaerjiang to send her child here.

Han Jiangshi wanted to leave and avoid him, but Yang Zimo forced him to stay.Fearing that she would be uncomfortable, Yang Zimo also "drives" Yaerjiang out, leaving only the "sisters" to speak.

"Next time you come, remember to bring Hui'er. I finally got a niece, but I only saw her once." Yang Zimo said.

Han Jiangshi nodded in agreement, his eyes still looking at Qigege on the kang...

*
Cao's house, Dongfu, inner courtyard.

Zhao Jia looked at the dowry list in his hand and a box full of jewelry, and was quite satisfied.In addition to a Zhuangzi in Fangshan, there are two shops in the city.

Before, the few thousand taels of money in business, although it cannot be said to be lost, but it has also lost a lot.Inside and outside, plus the delayed rent money, made Zhao Jia's heart ache.

Today, Zhao Jia has no idea of ​​doing business, but wants to rent out the property and collect money.

She wondered whether the previous two pastry shops should be tidied up and stopped...

*
I'm half an hour late, I'm going early tonight, the monthly pass has fallen out of the top [-], I'm begging for a few monthly passes and recommendation tickets. . .

(End of this chapter)