Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 710

Changchun Garden, the Palace of the Empress Dowager.

After all kinds of tedious ceremonies, the place gradually became quiet.The Empress Dowager was supported, and went to the Nuan Pavilion to change into a large dress and homely clothes, sat down on the kang, and looked at everyone in front of her with a smile.

That appearance, without the airs of the mother of a country, looks like an old lord of an ordinary family, looking at his children and grandchildren.

Concubine De and Concubine Yi looked at each other tacitly, with some doubts in their hearts.He Shou's edicts have all been withdrawn from the Empress Dowager's Palace, leaving only Li's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Pingjun Wang Fujin Cao Jia's, and Duke Seshitu's wife Cao.The married women are also called Kneeling An, leaving only the imperial concubine Tong Jiashi, Defei and Yifei.

The concubines couldn't help being puzzled, and Li Shi and the others were also a little apprehensive.The few people left behind are either the daughter-in-law of the Cao family or the daughter of the Cao family. I don't know what the queen mother intends.

However, looking at her gentleness, she didn't seem to want to reprimand her, so Li Shi felt more at ease.

Chu Yu, Cao Jiashi, and Cao Yi have all heard the rumors about Li's life experience, and although they don't believe it all in their hearts, they have their own thoughts.In the past two years, seeing the empress dowager treat each other differently, it doesn't seem to be groundless.

It's just that one is a daughter-in-law and the other two are daughters. No matter what the rumors are, it doesn't affect their respect and love for Li Shi in the slightest.In addition, after all, it is a matter for the elders, and it is not easy for the younger generation to chew their tongues, so the few of them took the initiative to mention this matter instead.

The queen mother is a person who is used to being at ease, so she has other intentions to keep some noble concubines.She didn't hold back her affection for Mrs. Li at all, let her sit by the kang, took her hand and said: "The Ai family has lived for these years. The emperor's filial piety, the life is quite comfortable. Even if Changshengtian summons Aijia at any time, Aijia has nothing to complain about. Child, how are you doing? Is there any place where you feel wronged?"

Several concubines are all speaking Mongolian; Cao Jia's side has been in the palace for many years and has learned a little bit, while Cao Yi only listens and guesses, knowing half of it.

Whether you understand it or not, you can see that the Empress Dowager treats Mrs. Li very differently.Even if Concubine Horqin came to court, she did not see such kindness from the Queen Mother.

This speech was too long, and Li Shi didn't know how to answer it.When Chu Yu saw her, she imitated the old habit, walked up behind Mrs. Li, spoke Chinese in a low voice, and said it again.

In front of several concubines and her daughter-in-law, Li was a little embarrassed, smiled and replied in a slightly blunt Mongolian language: "I'm not wronged, thank you Queen Mother for asking."

The Empress Dowager stroked Li Shi's hand, and said with a bit of distress: "It's pitiful to be under the fence of a small family. If you had gone to Beijing earlier, the Ai family would definitely not let you suffer these grievances."

Behind Li Shi, Chu Yu learned in a low voice.

Hearing this, Mrs. Li's heart felt hot, and her eyes turned red.Speaking of which, she lost her father before she landed, and lived with her mother, Gao Shi, at her uncle's house.Although they are close relatives, they are not their own family after all.In addition, Mrs. Gao has a strict temperament, which is not the style of a loving mother. Mrs. Li was also quite lonely when she was young.

Fortunately, Li Ding's wife, Han Shi, is gentle and amiable, and she is also very kind to this sister-in-law who is not a few years older than her daughter, so it relieves Li Shi's loneliness.This is why Li's nephew Li Nai is very close to him, and it also means to thank his sister-in-law for her kindness in raising her.

Seeing Li's expression like this, the queen mother patted her hand lightly, her face becoming more loving.

Even Tong Jiashi, who usually eats vegetarian food and recites Buddha's name, and ignores foreign affairs, feels surprised when he sees this scene.Looking at the way the Queen Mother treats Li Shi, no matter how she treats her, some people will believe that she is bringing her own flesh and blood.

Chu Yu knew the same version as Cao Jiashi and Cao Yi, and she was already wondering whether the Li family really had royal blood as rumored outside.But I also wondered in my heart, even if the mother is really the queen mother's lost granddaughter, it's too late.

Except for the fifth elder brother who was raised by herself, I haven't heard of any grandchildren who are so pampered by the Queen Mother.

Only Concubine De and Concubine Yi knew the hidden story, so they naturally knew why the Empress Dowager was so close to Li Shi.The blood of Aixinjueluo and Horqin on Li's body is the granddaughter of the Empress Dowager.

Although this involves paradoxes and cannot be put on the bright side, as the daughter of the emperor and the eldest princess, Li's true identity is indeed extremely noble.

The concubine De is still good, and there is nothing to worry about in my heart; the eldest son and adopted son have a good relationship with Cao Yong, and the youngest son has frequent contacts with the king of Pingjun.Concubine Yi, on the other hand, was worried.

The news of Eighth Prince's death is still hidden from the Empress Dowager's Palace.Even if she was afraid that the old man would be recovering from a serious illness and would be sad to hear the bad news, so she kept it from her, and planned to tell the Queen Mother when she was better after the Holy Birthday.

Today, the Empress Dowager paid close attention to Mrs. Li, so she didn't notice that one of the eight blessings was missing from her granddaughter-in-law.

Bafujin has a lot of filial piety, so it is not easy to enter the palace to celebrate his birthday.

Seeing how the Empress Dowager cared for Li Shi and treated Cao Jiashi and Cao Yi sisters like granddaughters, if she knew that Cao Yong was picked up by Brother Jiu, it might be Brother Jiu who would have a fit.

Thinking of this, Concubine Yi became upset for a while, and said to herself: "In the final analysis, she is just an illegitimate daughter, just like her mother, she is not visible. Could it be that the queen mother is too confused? Could it be that she wants to announce that she is so grandiose? Under heaven, there is still a Princess Heshuo in this Cao family?"

"Is the youngest son going to be one year old? When he is one year old, Ai's family will not prepare a gift. Ai's family asked for a reward from the emperor. First-class captain of light chariots. Guarding a title. When you are older, you will not have to worry about it." .” The queen mother said warmly, not taking it seriously at all.

It suddenly occurred to Chu Yu that the title her husband was awarded when he was a child was also First-Class Light Car Captain.

According to the law, Princess Heshuo's son-in-law will have a title of knighthood, that is, the first to third-class captain of Qingche.

Although Cao Yong won this title in the early years, it took up the dignity of his father and grandfather for two lifetimes. In addition, he was the only son of Cao's family, and he was granted the title when Cao's family took over, so he was not conspicuous.Now, Changsheng is still in his infancy, and he has received this award, which is really too heavy a reward.

Although Li Shi was not explicitly asked to confess his guilt and return to the clan, this reward unintentionally verified the previous rumors.

Only Mrs. Li only felt the kindness of the Queen Mother and didn't think so much.Hearing that the third-rank title was awarded, I also thought that it was the same as the elder son's earlier one, it was a gift from the royal family to the Cao family, so I stood up and respectfully thanked the Queen Mother for the gift.

The queen mother asked Chu Yu to help Mrs. Li up, and said with a smile, "That's nothing. The Ai family still has something good for you." Then, she turned around and whispered an order to an old mother.

After a short while, I saw the old mother holding a yellow silk bundle in both hands.

The Empress Dowager took it and opened it herself. Inside was a chi-long rosewood box.She opened the wooden box again, and everyone looked at it in unison, and saw three palm-length white jade ruyis inside.

The Queen Mother took out a wishful stick from the box, and said to Li with a smile: "A few years ago, when you were not in front of Ai's family, I didn't talk about it. In the future, you will not be wronged. Here are three wishful sticks. You keep it. In the future, if someone dares to bully you, or make you feel wronged, you should tell the reason, and together with this Ruyi, send someone to the imperial court, and naturally the emperor will decide for you."

After saying a word, except for Li Shi who was puzzled, everyone's expressions changed.

Although it is not an iron scroll alchemy book, it is the Queen Mother's order, and even the emperor cannot disobey it.This is similar to the effectiveness of the Iron Juan Danshu. In a woman's family, who doesn't regard her husband as the sky and live by her son.

With these three wishes, even if Cao Yin and his son commit a capital crime, they can still survive.

Although the queen mother is a bit paranoid, she has lived in the palace for most of her life, and she is not so confused as she looks.If this can be obtained here, it can be rewarded in the hands of Li, and the designation is approved by the emperor.

The face of the Cao family is bigger this time.

*
In Qingxi Bookstore, several students have already retired after finishing their errands in college.

Kangxi rested his arms on the kang table, not knowing what to think, and remained silent for a long time.It wasn't until Wei Zhu came in to report that the sixteenth elder brother was ordered to meet him, that he nodded and said, "Tell me."

He sent people to summon the sixteenth elder brother to find out about the "sickness" of the ninth elder brother and the funeral of the eighth elder brother.

People's hearts are very strange, even if they know that their sons will be resentful, Kangxi also has his own bottom line, and he can't stand his sons' festivals.Therefore, he ordered the sixteenth elder brother to visit the eighth elder brother's and ninth elder brother's mansions yesterday.

Brother Sixteen also knew a thing or two about the emperor's thoughts, but there was no room for him to speak, so he could only follow orders.

If it were someone else, it wouldn't be possible for selfishness to add insult to injury and add fuel and jealousy to make Brother Jiu unable to stand up.

The sixteenth elder brother has a generous temper, he doesn't want to make troubles, and focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of the imperial physician, showing a bit of worry.Nine elder brothers are too angry and suffer from eye diseases. Now their eyes are so red and swollen that they can hardly see.

Kangxi was sure that Brother Nine was "pretending to be sick". Hearing Brother Sixteen's words, he couldn't help but frown and said, "I tell the Supreme Hospital to treat you with all your heart, and don't delay the illness."

Speaking of delaying his illness, he thought of the eighth elder brother who had passed away, and felt uncomfortable. He said to the sixteenth elder brother: "The eighth elder brother fell ill after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and died. During the period of a month or so, what are you doing at the Tai Hospital?" What to eat? Which imperial doctor gave the diagnosis and treatment there, and handed it over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for verification. If there is any negligence, it will be dealt with decisively!" At the end, his face was already full of frost.

The sixteenth elder brother sighed secretly, it seems that there will be an unlucky imperial doctor again, who will bear the anger of the emperor's father.

He also knows the general outline of the matter, so how can he pursue it?Going forward, either to find out Concubine De, or to find out Yaerjiang, or to catch up with Cao Yong and Dong Dianbang.

No matter who they chase after, there will be some turmoil, so they can only end up in the Tai Hospital, and push all the faults to the Tai Hospital...

*
Coming out of the Empress Dowager's Palace, Li took his daughter-in-law and daughter back to the city.After entering the city, Cao Jia and Cao Yi did not return to their in-laws' house immediately, but followed Li back to Cao's mansion.

In the upper room of Lanyuan, the young ones looked at the box containing the white jade wishful thinking, feeling a little uneasy.

On Li's side, she looked at the box for a long while, and asked with some concern, "Did it scare you too. I was also scared. It seems too precious. When the old matriarch was alive, he didn't get it." Such a reward."

Scared by her mother, Cao Jia shook her head and said with a smile: "This is a happy event, there is nothing to be scared about. It seems that the Queen Mother really likes my mother, otherwise she would not have given this gift. According to me , this can only be used as a decoration. The younger brother and younger sister-in-law are filial people, and the father and mother are affectionate, so how can there be any wronged time?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Li felt better, nodded, and said: "Yeah, life is comfortable now, how can I be angry? But it's strange to say that just now I came back with this Ruyi all the way, it seems that I have an extra backbone It's like having an extra mother's family."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Li looked around the room and said: "This thing is too expensive, where can I offer it...

*
There are many eyes and ears in the palace, so there are no secrets.In less than half a day, many people got the news that the Empress Dowager gave Mrs. Li a wish.

Outside Anding Gate, Prince Yong's Mansion, Study Room.

The fourth elder brother looked at the news in his hand, and was speechless for a while, his face was cloudy and indisputable, and he couldn't tell whether it was happiness or anger.Dai Jin bowed and stood in front of the desk, but his lips were tightly shut, and he didn't say a word.

He is a smart man, the empress dowager treats Mrs. Li, and the royal family's secrets are involved, so it is not something he can intervene alone.

"Ruyi, can you really follow your heart in everything and live your life as you wish?" The fourth elder brother kept counting the beads in his hands, and his greed was hard to hide in his heart.

He couldn't help despising himself, thinking about something wildly.

Even if it is bestowed by the queen mother, it depends on whether the emperor is willing to approve it.The Li family is a legacy of the royal family, so they cannot publicly recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors. Such kindness can be regarded as compensation.

This Ruyi, only in the hands of Li Shi, is "Ruyi"; if it is held by other people, it is just a beautiful stone.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but wake up.With the death of the eighth elder brother, he seems to be a little slack.Could it be that that position could fall on his own height out of thin air?
The Sacred Heart is unpredictable, and we have to speculate.

Whether the Cao family's "ruyi" or his own "thoughts" are all tied to the emperor's happiness and anger.

Brother Nine here received a handwritten letter from Concubine Yi, which also truthfully wrote down what the Empress Dowager Ci Ruyi said.

Brother Jiu's eyes were red, he looked over and over several times, frowned and said: "What do you mean? That kid Cao Yong has a life-saving talisman, so he is not afraid of death..."

Compared with those well-informed clans, Cao Yong's side was the last to get the news.

After returning home in the evening, when he went to Lanyuan to greet his mother, Cao Yong didn't know these things.Like the reactions of Cao Jiashi and Chu Yu, Cao Yong was also stunned.

Although he knew that there was a change in the queen mother's side, there might be a reward today, but he never thought that it would be such a "heavy reward".

I was really flattered, and Cao Yong was so shocked that he couldn't speak. Looking at the three wishful hands, his thoughts no longer knew where to fly.

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.Falling out of 20, urgently ask for monthly ticket support. .

(End of this chapter)