Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 78 Chrysanthemum Shadow
On October 48nd of the [-]th year of Kangxi, Cao Yong went to the Qianqing Palace to hand out a book of thanks for his kindness after class in the study.As a result, I heard that Shengjia went to Changchun Garden.

Elder brother sixteen did not return to elder brother's place, but followed Cao Yong.Last night, he heard the fifteenth elder brother talk about Cao Yong being rewarded, and he was very happy for Cao Yong.Hearing that Cao Yong was going to Changchun Garden to thank him, Elder Sixteen went to the Empress Dowager to ask for a decree, and found a reason to go out of the palace with him.

Bahunde, the chief guard on duty, transferred eight guards, and asked someone to transfer 50 guards from the barracks, and then arranged sixteen princes to leave the palace.

These people, plus Elder Sixteen and his personal eunuch, plus several masters and servants of Cao Yong, the team of about sixty people is quite large and mighty.

Cao Yong looked at the crowd guarding the sixteen elder brothers who were wearing ordinary clothes, and he thought in his heart that whether he watched those TV dramas or novels in his previous life, let alone the prince elder brother, even the emperor's father, he only brought a few taels Individuals roam the streets.However, Xiao Shiliu in front of him managed to get a chance to go out of the palace, and surrounded by these sixty people, he didn't have the slightest freedom to speak of.

The sixteenth elder brother was surrounded uncomfortably, and pulled the rein to Cao Yong's side.This time is good, even Cao Yong's master and servant are surrounded by the crowd.

Elder Sixteen complained a few words to the leading guard, but the other party just said "Life is hard to do", and refused to disperse at all.The status of the prince is precious, although there is no danger in the capital, but he is not afraid of [-], just in case, if something goes wrong due to laziness, then everyone's wealth and life are unnecessary, so they are naturally extraordinarily dedicated .

Fortunately, Changchun Garden is not far away, leaving the city from Andingmen, it takes more than half an hour to gallop northward.

The sixteenth elder brother was delivered safely, and the guards and officers and soldiers of the guard barracks were considered to have completed the task.Next, whether Elder Sixteen will stay in the Changchun Garden or return to the palace, it will be arranged by the adults here.

Cao Yong ordered Xiao Man and others to wait outside the garden, and he followed Brother Sixteen into Changchun Garden.According to the rules, he was not allowed to enter the garden. He had to hand over a Xie En book from outside the garden and wait for Kangxi to summon him before he could enter.However, the sixteenth elder brother thought it was troublesome, so he asked Cao Yong to accompany him and wait at the guard's office. When he went to see Kangxi, he would help Cao Yong pass the booklet.

Tai Puxuan, the Minister of Internal Affairs who leads the bodyguards is on duty in Changchun Garden. The Ministers of Internal Affairs who are on duty today are E Fei and Gui Sheng.When they saw Elder Sixteen coming, they both got up and saluted.

Cao Yong originally followed Sixteen Elder Brothers, but when he saw this, he quickly stepped aside.Both of them are first-rank officials, and one is from the imperial family. The sixteenth elder brother would not accept their gift, so he helped him up with a smile, and asked where Sheng Jia was, knowing that it was in the Danning Hall, so he went to see him first.

After Elder Sixteen left, Cao Yong greeted E Fei and Guisheng again. Although he is the accompanying student of Elder Sixteen, he is still in the position of guard camp. The two in front of him are his immediate bosses .

Both of them had met Cao Yong many times, among them Guisheng still had friendship with Cao Yin, Li Xu and others, so they asked him to sit down and talk.It's just that E Fei lost his composure when he saw Cao Yong for the first time, but he didn't feel any different after that.When I was outside the Great Wall, I met Cao Yong a few times, but he was neither cold nor hot, which was very in line with the attitude of a boss, but the eyes that I inadvertently looked at Cao Yong were always very complicated.

Guisheng is still kind as always, let Cao Yong have time to visit his house, don't be too outsider.

Cao Yong respectfully responded, saying that if the adults are free in the future, they will come to visit.

There was E Fei with a straight book beside him, Gui Sheng and Cao Yong kept silent after exchanging greetings, the atmosphere in the room was a bit strange.Fortunately, Kangxi sent someone to preach the decree, and called Cao Yongdan to meet him in Ningdian.

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Changchun Garden, Danning Hall.

This is one of the main buildings located on Yuanzi East Road. There are five main halls, with a gold-plated dragon chair in the middle.

Cao Yong followed the servant who passed the decree to the East Nuan Pavilion of Danning Hall to meet him.

Kangxi was dressed in royal blue uniform, sitting on the kang in Dongnuange.The sixteenth elder brother sat on a chair placed on the east side, and there were several ministers standing beside him.

"Slave Cao Yong has seen Long Live God!" Cao Yong saluted in accordance with the rules while slandering in his heart.Who said that you can't be called a "slave" if you wrap your clothes and raise the flag?The Eight Banners system implemented by the Manchu Qing was somewhat half-slave and half-feudal in nature, and the emperor was the co-lord of the Eight Banners.The officials of the Eight Banners are the emperor's slaves, no matter they are princes, dignitaries or ordinary people.Even the emperor's own brothers, as long as they set the title of monarch and minister, they are considered royal slaves. Sometimes they are called "ministers" in zhezi, and sometimes they are called "slaves".

"Get up!" Kangxi's attitude was very warm.

According to the rules, Cao Yong got up first, then knelt down again, and kowtowed to God on behalf of his father.Kangxi's exhortations were nothing more than that Cao Yin had been on duty for many years, was loyal and upright, and worked hard, so he should be rewarded.

Thanking Wan En on behalf of his father, Cao Yong thanked Zhuangzi again, "the boy is naughty, the heavenly family is very kind, I am grateful" and so on, all Mr. Zhuang Xi helped to draw up last night.

After Cao Yong's performance, it belonged to Kangxi, but it was "work hard, learn more, and don't shame the family" or something.

After thanking him twice, Cao Yong finally got up and heaved a sigh of relief. It seems that in the future, if you can avoid it, you will avoid it. A good man, he knelt down three times in a blink of an eye.The evil feudal society, the evil feudal hierarchy, he muttered in his heart.

Cao Yong thanked him for his kindness, and Kangxi called him back.Cao Yong retreated to the door and heard several ministers in the room report the arrangements for Ming'er Shengshou Festival. It seems that these are officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Rites.

Cao Yong just came out for a while, and the sixteenth elder brother also came out. He will stay here tonight, and tomorrow he will return to the palace with Shengjia.The two said a few words, and they left separately. The sixteenth elder brother went to his residence in the garden, and Cao Yong went out of the garden and returned to the city.

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Xicheng, Cao Mansion.

When Cao Yong's master and servant came back, it was already Shen Zhengchu (four o'clock in the afternoon).Since the imperial decree was issued yesterday, it took only one day, the plaque of Cao Mansion has been changed, and the gate has been repainted.

Knowing Cao Yong's return, Cao Zhong greeted him, followed by a middle-aged man, who was He Maocai, the manager of Changping Farm.A few days ago, when Cao Yong just came back from outside the Great Wall, He Maocai went back to the government to report the matter.However, the current spirit is obviously better than then, it seems that he is happy to know that the Cao family has Zhuangzi again.

Cao Yong went out early in the morning, and rode out for nearly two hours, feeling a little sore all over, so he asked He Maocai to wait a while, and went back to the yard to change clothes.

When passing by the front hall, Cao Yong was taken aback by the various gifts piled up half the room. After listening to Cao Zhong's explanation, he realized that starting from the morning, there were congratulatory gifts from all the prefectures, and more people came in the afternoon .Among them, Shuping County Prince's Mansion had the heaviest courtesy, in addition to all kinds of clothes and materials for Cao Yong, high-quality pens, inks, papers and inkstones, and boxes of silver scorpions.In addition, Ping Wang Fujin also prepared a gift for his cousin who was temporarily living in Cao's mansion.

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Sunflower Courtyard, the main house.

Cao Yong called for hot water, took a shower, and changed into clean clothes to relieve his fatigue.It seems that in the future, I still need to take some time to exercise every day, otherwise I will spend a long time in the study room, and my body will become weaker and weaker.

Although he was a little hungry, because He Maocai was still waiting, Cao Yong said to Zijing: "I will set up the meal later. Uncle Cai is waiting in the front yard. I will tell him about Zhuangzi before eating."

Zijing said: "In addition to seeing Uncle Cai, I'm afraid that the uncle will have to meet another guest first. It's not appropriate to wait until it's late!"

"Meet the guest? Who is here? I didn't hear Uncle Zhong talking about it!" Cao Yong straightened his cuffs and asked.

Zijing replied with a smile: "It's Miss Biao from Chrysanthemum Courtyard. Today Fujin sent Tingqin to bring a few wives to give presents, and even visited the Chrysanthemum Courtyard. Miss Biao's body is getting better after a few days of recuperation. I heard that there is a happy event in the house, I want to congratulate the uncle in person! It is rude to say that I have been bothering for many days and I have not yet met the master!"

"This..." Cao Yong had some concerns: "Is it appropriate to meet without elders in the mansion?"

Amethyst pondered for a moment, and said: "Please meet me in the hall, I shouldn't lose my manners." Speaking of this, she looked at Cao Yong: "In this way, the uncle is going to change his clothes, this fine cloth homely clothes , Seeing guests seems a bit neglectful, let's change!"

Cao Yong nodded in agreement, changed his clothes, and went to see He Maocai in the front yard first, and asked Zijing to take two maids to the chrysanthemum courtyard to invite the cousin to meet in the main hall of the inner courtyard.

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He Maocai took out the small abacus he carried with him, and began to calculate the total land under Cao Yong's name, he was very happy.Having dealt with the land all his life, he has some unusual enthusiasm for the land.Cao Yong was still thinking about his hot spring plan, and repeatedly ordered He Maocai to continue looking for barren mountains and fields with hot springs near Xiaotang Mountain, and strive to buy more.

Because it was not easy to keep the cousin waiting, Cao Yong said a few words with He Maocai, and then went to the back hall.

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Inner courtyard, main hall.

Cao Yong had just entered the inner courtyard, and there were two little maidservants under the corridor who were opening the curtain and passing a message: "Sister Zijing, the uncle is here!"

Cao Yong looked at it but it was unfamiliar, thinking about it, he really didn't know the other little maids in the inner courtyard except for a few in the sunflower courtyard.

Entering the house, there are four or five women at the door, some familiar and some unfamiliar, they all bowed down: "Old slave, please greet the lord!"

Cao Yong nodded and looked towards the hall, only to see a woman sitting in the hall looking towards him.

The woman has a small oval face with fair skin, thin red lips, narrow eyebrows, and eyes full of water vapor. At first glance, she is not very beautiful, but upon closer inspection, she has the unique gentle charm of women from water villages. amiable.The whole body is plain, with a moon white floating cloud pattern crepe skirt, a moon white hairpin dark flower silk skirt, and an outer stone blue Kesi gown. There is no ornament, and a green jade bracelet on the right hand lifts up the whole body. The color is still elegant and refined.

(End of this chapter)