Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 791 Worry
On the eighth day of the fifth lunar month, avoid, break ground, open a business; Yi, raise a beam, get married.

Outside the gate of Cao Mansion, there are two strings of red lanterns hanging, reflecting the redness of the ground.In the air is the smell of gunpowder smoke.Today is the official day of Cao Xiang's marriage.

The wedding shed has been set up long ago, and from the sixth day of the sixth day, the east and west houses of the Cao family have set up banquets to entertain guests.

Cao Yin put on new royal blue clothes, and his spirit improved a lot.When the bride enters the door, the nephews of the second room will complete the family affairs, and they will be able to see the underground brothers after his death.

Cao Xiang went to greet him in person, Cao Song accompanied Cao Yin to an banquet, and Cao Yong took Cao Fu to meet the guests at the door.

In Cao Yong's heart, he was a little stunned, not to mention what kind of person the bride's father was, but the bride was younger than when Chuyu passed the door, she was fourteen years old and less than thirteen years old.

Cao Yong originally thought that his father would find a way to quit the family, but he did not expect him to admit it.Then Cao Yin became an official and Cao Xiang was in danger in Henan. It was time for Cao Xiang to marry his wife.

Seeing that his cousin was lacking in energy, Cao Fu stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Is elder brother tired? Why don't you go to the concierge to take a rest first, before you get back from the sedan chair."

Cao Yong turned his head and saw that Cao Fu's face was hard to hide, and said: "I'm fine, but Xiao Wu, I'll be busy for a few days, can I bear it?"

Because both Cao Yong and Cao Song were on errands, Cao Fu, the youngest, was doing the most to manage related affairs these few days.

Cao Fu shook his head and said with a smile: "I'm not tired, it's mostly the housekeepers doing things, I'm just a name." Speaking of this, he looked back at the yard and said: "It's the uncle and the aunt who are in the end. Older, elder brother still persuades me more. It’s really tiring for the elders, it’s because we are not filial.”

He is only 17 years old, and now he looks like a young adult, Cao Yong can't help but sigh.

At this moment, the steward will report back quickly, the bride has already boarded the sedan chair, and it will take about two quarters of an hour to arrive here...

After a while, the inner courtyard of Dongfu also received the news.

Mrs. Zhao Jia and Mrs. Li are both dressed in formal attire, and Chu Yu is also full of jewels, which is a bit more gorgeous than usual.

Tanhualang got married, many of the guests were former classmates of the Imperial College, and this year's fellow Jinshi, and both the number one scholar and the second place have arrived, which attracted many people's attention.Even the female guests in the backyard are all "champions".

Before Cao Xiang greeted him personally, Mrs. Zhao Jia couldn't bear the swaying of the women's family members, so he sent him to pay their respects to everyone.Among the guests, there are several senior elders, and it is appropriate to greet them.

Seeing Cao Xiang's appearance and appearance, the number one scholar, really attracted everyone's praise.Even Zhao Jia's cousins ​​couldn't help complaining privately that Zhao Jia shouldn't have made an appointment early.

If you didn't get engaged early, it would be more considerate than marrying Gege from the general's mansion.

Although they were all good words, Zhao Jia also listened to them with a smile, but he felt a little complacent in his heart.Fortunately, Cao Xiang was betrothed early. An idle general of the clan, except for a rich family, has no influence.

It is true that the eldest daughter-in-law is from a wealthy family, but as an orphan, she has no father to rely on, which is not beneficial to her husband's career; the youngest daughter-in-law, although there are many uncles and brothers in her natal family, is under the name of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and she is a slave in the eyes of the nobles .If the daughter-in-law married by the concubine overwhelmed these two daughters-in-law, Zhao Jia would not tolerate it.

Today is such a happy day, and the married aunts of the Cao family will naturally come back to cheer.Cao Jia's status is limited, so he can't leave the house at will, but he was given a heavy gift.The two sisters Cao Ying and Cao Yi came here early.

Cao Ying talked with several in-laws from Zhaojia Mansion, while Cao Yi sat beside Li Shi, listening to Li Shi chatting with several old wives.

There were many people in the room, and there were many people waiting on him. The smell of all kinds of hair oil and rouge made Cao Yi unable to sit still.She whispered to Li Shi: "Madam, before the sedan chair arrives, I'll go visit my second younger sibling."

Mrs. Li patted her hand, and whispered: "Go, tell your sister-in-law, don't worry about outside things anymore. Eight months, the most critical time, take care of her quietly."

Cao Yi complied, got up and confessed to everyone, and came out.

Just after arriving at the door, I saw a big maid in gold and silver leading the ladies over holding Tianhu, Tianyang and Nongchao.Seeing Cao Yi, everyone leaned over and called "Auntie".

Cao Yi frowned slightly when he saw Tianhu and Tianyang.The number of times she went back to the East Mansion of Cao Mansion was limited, and she saw that the servant girl looked familiar, and said, "You are serving by the second wife's side? What's your name?"

The servant girl leaned over and replied: "Returning to Grandma Sangu, the maidservant's name is Hongmei, and this lady is waiting by her side."

While he was talking, he saw a young woman walking quickly from a distance.It's not green chrysanthemum, which one is it?
At first she didn't see Cao Yi, she rushed to Hongmei and said anxiously: "Miss Hongmei, the fourth young master feels a little uncomfortable in the afternoon, please tell the lady to tell his wife, don't let him see guests today... ..."

Hearing her voice, Tianyang stretched out his little hand from his bosom, calling out: "Auntie, Auntie..."

On Hongmei's side, she had already put on a straight face, and said: "What did my aunt say? Will my wife harm the fourth young master? The servants are here on order, so if my aunt has anything to say to my wife."

Cao Yi was by the side, seeing the mess and looking unseemly, it was just upset.Seeing Hongmei's frivolous appearance, she couldn't help being a little annoyed, and snorted coldly.

Only then did Lu Ju look at Cao Yi, seeing her looking at her unkindly, she also felt a little afraid of this aunt, so she forced herself to bend down, and said, "Maidservant, please be well, aunt."

Cao Yi said indifferently: "What day is it today, you are not staying in your own room, what are you doing?"

Although Cao Yi was unwilling to marry the general's mansion, his married daughter could not control the family.However, Cao Yi has been paying attention to Chunhua Gege in the past two years because he thinks that she will be his brother and daughter-in-law in the future.A little immature, but with a good temper, she looks like a lucky person, but she is much better than her aunt.

It was already a wrong step for Cao Xiang to take a concubine before marrying a wife; this also gave birth to the eldest son ahead of time, and in the future, the husband and wife would get along with each other, and there would inevitably be rifts.

As an older sister, Cao Yi felt pity for Cao Xiang, a half-brother, and naturally hoped for his well-being, and didn't want him to suffer any more in the future.

In addition, Lu Ju is Zhao Jia's servant girl, not much older than Cao Xiang, in Cao Yi's eyes, she became Lu Ju's restless and spoiled her master.

Although Cao Yi's voice was not harsh, it made her heart tremble when it fell into Lu Ju's ears.She is not a fool, she naturally understands Cao Yi's meaning, today is Cao Xiang's big day, there is no room for her as a concubine to come out to meet people.

She was full of soreness, but she suppressed it, bowed her head and said: "Auntie, the slaves dare not overstep. I really didn't expect my wife to send someone to pick up the fourth young master, so I lost my sense of proportion..."

When Cao Yi heard this, he took a look at her.

That's right, on this day, although it's not good for Luju to appear in front of people, it's not good for Tianyang, a concubine, to hug her relatives in front of her. Isn't this embarrassing for the bride?

Cao Yi looked at Tianyang and Tianhu again, and he could only blame Zhaojia for being confused.On the day of great joy, take the posthumous child to relatives and let everyone say what is good.

Cao Yi thought for a while, and said to Hongmei: "Take the girl to see your wife. Go back to your wife quietly, and tell the two young masters to follow me to Dongkuayuan."

Hongmei was still hesitating, but she didn't dare to disobey Cao Yi's order, she complied awkwardly, and brought Nong Chao into the yard.

Seeing that Hongmei had left, Lvju was relieved, and she heard Cao Yi say, "You are older than the fourth master, so you must persuade him well in the future. Don't forget to abide by your duty, and it is serious to serve the fourth master and fourth grandmother well. "

Luju responded in a low voice, and Cao Yicai led the crowd to Dongkuayuan.

As soon as she arrived at the door, she saw Su Xin coming out of the upper room with her maid.Cao Yi hesitated for a moment, called her aside, and ordered in a low voice: "The second wife is a little out of control, the eldest wife and the eldest grandmother are in the next room, and it is difficult to talk. As a daughter-in-law, you should be careful, and you can Persuasion is persuasion, if you can't be persuaded, please talk to the second master, don't let people see the joke."

Su Xin was at a loss when she heard this, and she was still puzzled when she saw that the girls carried Tian Hu and Tian Yang out.

After Cao Yi finished speaking, he led the people into the upper room.Su Xin left behind a woman who followed, and asked why in a low voice.

After the Cao family split up, even though Cao Yi had been to the East Mansion, it was mostly just a formality, and he seldom talked so much.Sitting beside Jinghui's bed, she just thought it was a little funny, maybe she was too idle, but she took care of herself.

The room smelled of medicine, and Cao Yi showed his face in front of Jinghui, and Cao Yi sent the girls back with Tianhu and Tianyang in their arms.

Jinghui was about to get up, but was held down by Cao Yi: "You rest, my wife just gave special instructions to you to rest in peace. I just came to your place to escape because of the noisy people in the room over there. "

Jing Hui felt quite self-blame in her heart, being sick at this time was not just adding to the chaos.

Cao Yi looked at her expression and said with relief: "Who doesn't know that this house is all supported by you, and now it's exhausted helping my uncle's marriage, who will blame you. Just take a vacation, take a good rest, and give birth to a brother. It's a great blessing."

While the two were talking, a little maid came to report that the sedan chair had arrived at the entrance of the alley, and the wife asked the aunt to go back...

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That night, Cao Yin was so drunk that he took Li Shi's hand in the middle of the night and said: "This life is over."

Hearing that Li Shi was angry and funny, he pushed Cao Yin and said, "Master only has his nephew in his eyes, he forgot about longevity..."

Cao Yin closed his eyes and said: "Xiao Qi's marriage is his elder brother's business..."

That night, Cao Yong quietly said to Chu Yu: "The bride is really a bit younger."

Chu Yu was a little disappointed: "It's Hua Guduo's age... Forehead, am I getting old..."

Cao Yong listened, only speechless.Chu Yu is 23 years old. In future generations, she is just a college student who has just graduated. Now, as a mother of two children, she feels that she is no longer young.

"What are you talking about? I'm two years older than you. Could it be that the lady despises me..." Cao Yong blamed, and the quilt was full of lingering.

That night, Mrs. Zhao Jia lay on the kang and ate several bags of cigarettes, which filled the room with smoke.

Hongmei was lying on the ground, she was so exhausted, she was still stiff, afraid she would fall asleep, so she pinched her thighs twice.In a daze, she heard Zhao Jia's saying: "She likes to worry, hmph, now I know who my real brother is, and I won't climb high..."

That night, Lu Ju heard the slight snoring of the maid on duty, got up and walked to the window, looked at the lights in the upper room, and stood until dawn.His heart was cut like a knife, but he didn't shed a single tear.It's not that there are no tears, but I dare not cry.In this position, I am not qualified to say "grievance".If something happened because of her, there would be no place for their mother and child in the mansion.

That night, Baodie sat guarding the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva all night, secretly praying that the bride would have a good temper.Knowing the son is better than the mother, although the son obeys the family's order and marries his regular wife.But he is not a ruthless person, and he will not bear to let the mother and daughter of Green Chrysanthemum be wronged.If the bride is accommodating, it's fine, and the family lives in harmony; otherwise, I don't know what will happen.

That night, enduring shyness and pain, Chunhua became Cao's bride from Gege in the General's Mansion...

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The next day, the bride followed Cao Xiang across the West Mansion to pay homage to the ancestral hall.

Sun Jue and his wife, Seshtu and his wife came over.Chunhua is tall and tall, but looks bigger than children of the same age.It's just that when he talks, he still has a bit of childishness, which is very cute.

Not to mention Li Shi and Chu Yu, even Cao Yong was quite satisfied after seeing him.Although she looks immature, she behaves in a well-behaved manner, with a round face, quite delicate.No wonder Cao Yi praised him a few times in private. Compared to those arrogant Manchu princesses, Chunhua is not bad.

Not to mention how a 14-year-old bride accepts tea from her husband's concubine's room, and how to prepare a meeting ceremony for her concubine.On Cao Yong's side, after taking care of the family's happy event, he began to devote all his attention to helping the sixteenth elder brother plan the bank.

There are only a few days left before the time for purchasing the shares indicated on the post, and Elder Sixteen is too busy to see anyone all day long.Invitation from this royal mansion today, and invitation from that Baylor mansion tomorrow, naturally the questions are all about the "bank".

Elder Sixteen is the most tactful, since he wants these people to pay for the money, he also doesn't want to make a fool of himself, speak in a cloudy manner, and fool everyone into a daze.

The last time I had a relationship with the clans was the matter of exchanging gold for the House of Internal Affairs. I did it twice, and got 20% profit after deducting various expenses.This time the bank is making more noise, and it's [-] years of income. Who wouldn't be tempted?

Be tempted to be tempted, not every palace and Baylor's mansion is rich, there are many people who live beyond their means and cannot make ends meet.

Brother Sixteen, besides those who want to find out the details, there are also some who want to make a name and slowly raise money.

For such a family, Elder Sixteen can only act helplessly, it is really helpless.

In this capital city, there are about a dozen princes, more than a dozen county kings, dozens of Bei Le and Bei Zi, and nearly a hundred princes and generals.The shares of this bank are limited, and there are not enough shares at all. How can there be credit?

If you can't raise money, you can only wait.In the future, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will have other errands, and it will be the same if they are mixed.

Among other things, there was a lot of commotion on Brother Jiu's side.I heard that he has already raised a lot of money, and Cao Yong and the sixteenth elder brother have discussed this matter specially. I don't know how courageous the ninth elder brother will be.

Not to mention others, there are five princes, eighth princes and ten princes, and nine princes can contribute capital and collect six points of shares if they are named.For the other generals and beizi in the clan, brother Jiu borrowed two more names, and they could make up some more.

No matter how much, Sixteen Elder Brother and Cao Yong don't dislike too much.It's just that I'm a little worried that if brother Jiu is too concerned about the bank, he will interfere with the affairs here.

After all, he is the king of the prince. In the paper on the [-]th elder brother this time, the ninth elder brother and Yaerjiang Ah are both co-organizers.If brother Jiu wanted to intervene, it would be justifiable.

"If Ninth Brother is smart, he won't directly intervene. If there is a mistake involving the Ministry of Internal Affairs and so many clans, he will not please him inside and out, so he might as well just wait for the dividend." Sixteenth Elder Brother pondered for a long time and said.

When Cao Yong heard this, he was a little worried about Elder Sixteen, and said: "Then the responsibility is all on Master Sixteen?"

Brother Sixteen looked at Cao Yong with a smile, and said: "Even Prince Jian can say that you can do things without worry, so what else should I worry about?"

After Cao Yong heard this, he could only touch his forehead, he became more careful in his actions, and his thinking became more meticulous, for fear of missing something.

After all, everything is "on paper", and if he is asked to pat his chest and guarantee it, he has no idea.

Fortunately, there is also Han Jiang's "expert", who has given Cao Yong and Shiliu elder brother a few days of ancient financial knowledge, so that the two of them have a bit of confidence when they talk.

The sixteenth elder brother was serious in front of Han Jiangshi, but he talked to Cao Yong many times in private.

He not only blamed Cao Yong for not living up to expectations, such a beautiful woman had not been eaten for several years; he also lamented Han Jiang's temperament, a good woman, acting so old-fashioned, not pleasing at all.

With such a good appearance, even Prince Fujin would be a prince if he changed his background.It's a pity that Fenghuang fell into the chicken coop, and the smell of copper changed his taste. In the end, he fell to the bottom and lost the charming and suppleness that a woman should have.

Brother Sixteen is a sentimental character, Cao Yong was worried that he would miss Han Jiang's family again after a long time.Unexpectedly, Han Jiang's temper made the sixteenth elder brother stop.

Regardless of ancient and modern times, most of the women men like are small birds.Being able to cling to oneself and make oneself display the charm of a man is a good match in a man's heart.

Self-reliant and self-reliant like Han Jiangshi, who can do a little more than ordinary men, makes people daunting.

Cao Yong is also an ordinary person, beauty is the first, and he has to sneak a few more glances.But it's just a few more glances, and I can't think of folding flowers.

To be able to leave a name in front of the imperial court, does the Han Jiang family, a merchant, also count as a success?

*
Inside the Anding Gate, Prince Yong's Mansion.

The fourth elder brother looked a little more loving, looked at the young man sitting in front of him, and said: "I have already made up your errand in the inspector's office. After you recuperate for a while, if you feel better, you will go to work as an errand."

After hearing this, the young man hurriedly stood up and said, "Nephew thanked the lord."

The fourth elder brother waved his hand and said: "It's all from my own family, sit down and talk. I know that you are arrogant and want to be admitted to Jinshi. You feel uncomfortable if you are not allowed to participate in the examination. It's just that you should cherish your body, It’s unbearable. It’s not filial for a Jinshi to pass the exam and break his body, causing his parents to worry.”

That young man was Nian Xi, the eldest son of Nian Gengyao, he lowered his head after hearing what the fourth elder brother said, and said: "Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about your nephew, your nephew has already thought about it."

The fourth elder brother nodded, and said: "Just think about it, let's go down. Write a letter to your ama, and you will officially become an official, and your ama will be happy to hear it."

Nian Xi went out in response, the fourth elder brother was silent for a while, and called the servant to pass Dai Jin over.

"About the bank, is there any movement in the third elder brother's house and the fifth elder brother's house?" the fourth elder brother asked.

"Returning to the Lord, I heard that the third master's house is raising more money, but there is no movement in the fifth master's house." Dai Jin replied...

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