Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 793 Conspiracy
In late May, the weather in the capital became insanely hot.Since the beginning of summer, there have been a few rains, and the lack of rain is not as bad as in previous years, but the heat is hard to dissipate.

In Wutong Garden, the yard is sprinkled with water several times every morning and evening, and an ice basin is placed in the room, but it is still too hot to sleep.

Cao Yin and his wife have returned to Haidian Garden after Cao Xiang's marriage.Cao Yong didn't sleep well for two days. Hearing that Chu Yu said that he missed his daughter and planned to send someone to Ping Wang's mansion to pick up her daughter, he said, "After picking up Tianhui, pack up and go to Haidian Garden. I'll go there too. I'm about to go into ambush, and I'll come back after June."

Cao Yong had to get up in the middle of the night for the past few days, his eyes were so rickety, Chu Yu saw the pain in his eyes, and was thinking about going to Haidian Garden.But thinking that Cao Yong has to work on errands every day, he is afraid that her husband will be tired.

After listening to Cao Yong's words, she gently waved the round fan to fan her husband, and said: "Can't the forehead rest for a few days? Going to and from the city sooner or later, I'm tired."

"Although Shengjia is not in Beijing, he has a lot of official documents, so he can't rest for a while. It's okay. If you go out in the cool morning and evening, you should exercise your muscles and bones." Cao Yong replied: "Stop fanning, your hands are sore .”

Only then did Chu Yu put down her fan, and the husband and wife gradually fell asleep...

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Dongfu, Dongkuayuan, Shangfang.

In the dark night, Jinghui was suddenly awakened by the pain, only to feel that her body was covered in cold sweat.She has already given birth to a child, so she naturally knows what the convulsions in her body are about.

"Qiu'er, Qiu'er..." Jinghui grabbed the mattress, endured the pain, and yelled vigorously.

I heard someone get up on the ground and said in a daze, "Grandma wants tea?"

"It's about to give birth, let someone tell... the wife and the fifth grandma..." After saying this, Jinghui couldn't help moaning.

Cao Song was on duty in the palace, and it happened to be night these few days, so he could only go home every morning.

Jinghui's dowry girl, Chun'er, is old, and matched with Cao Song's servant, Moshu. She is still working by Jinghui's side, but she is not here at night.

Qiu'er, who is on duty today, and Dong'er in the outhouse, are both the sons of Cao's family. They were originally the little maids of this yard. Seeing their honesty, Jinghui ordered the two of them to make up for the big maids. lack of.

At this moment, Qiu'er had already woken up, and hurriedly turned on the lamp.

Dong'er, who was outside, also heard the movement, and came in with her clothes on.Seeing Jinghui's face covered in cold sweat, she was taken aback.

Qiu'er has already picked up the curtain and went out to call for someone to deliver a letter to Zhao Jia's and Su Xin's yard.

At this moment, Yulong and Zilan in the East and West Wings also heard the movement in the upper room and made people hold the lamp.

Hearing Jinghui's groans, both of them followed suit.Two days ago, the imperial doctor was invited to see her, and she said that it was still half a month before the due date, and for some reason the fetus started to move tonight.

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Suxin's side is through the window, and when she heard the servant girl coming to report that Jinghui was about to give birth, she was also worried, and said: "Go to the second gate quickly, and ask someone to bring the midwife over. Let's go to the East Courtyard with Nanny Li."

While talking, she got up and got dressed.

Cao leaned over, heard the movement, got up and said: "Why is it going to give birth? The second brother is not at home."

Although Su Xin was older and never had a child, she became more and more worried after hearing what her husband said, but she knew that there was nothing to be messed up at this time, so she put on her clothes and replied, "I heard from the old man that nine months will be considered full-term." , don't get in the way."

At this moment, a servant girl has already entered the house to wait on her.

Seeing that Cao Fu hadn't put on his clothes, Su Xin said, "Master, I'll go to the East Courtyard first."

Cao Fu thought for a while, and said: "Let someone go to the fourth brother's courtyard and tell the fourth sister-in-law. She is young, but she is a sister-in-law. There is something at home, so it is not easy to leave her behind."

Su Xin responded, picked up the curtain and went out, while going to the east courtyard, and at the same time ordered someone to report to Fourth Grandma...

After a while, everyone in Dongfu gathered in Dongkuayuan.

Although the midwife outside hadn't arrived yet, both Nanny Wang and Nanny Li in the mansion had experience in delivering babies.For a while, the one who boiled the water boiled the water, and the one who hugged the cloth hugged the cloth, but they didn't seem flustered.

Hearing that Madam Wang said that Jinghui's side is just in labor pains and there is nothing serious about it, they can just wait for Nanny to deliver the baby, and everyone heaved a sigh of relief.

Mrs. Zhao Jia turned her head and said to Brother Cao Xiang: "A woman's family is giving birth, what are you doing here? Go back to sleep quickly, don't make trouble here."

Seeing that Cao Xiang and Cao Fu were not dangerous, they also let go of their breath.Only at this time, who can fall asleep.The brothers came out together, Cao Fu said: "Fourth brother, sit in the front yard?"

Cao Xiang agreed, and Cao Fu said again: "It would be nice to have a nephew, and the second sister-in-law can be more at ease."

After Cao Xiang heard this, he remembered that he heard his birth mother and Lu Ju unintentionally say that the second grandmother's complexion was smooth and hot, and that this fetus looked like a girl, so he felt a little heavy.

It is difficult to be a man of the Cao family, and it is also difficult to be a daughter-in-law of the Cao family.In particular, Jinghui is still the eldest daughter-in-law of the second household. She not only has to manage the family affairs, but also is responsible for the reproduction of children.

The two brothers went to the front yard, just chatting with each other.I heard that the midwife has arrived, and the second sister-in-law's side is not considered a dystocia, so they support their spirits and wait for the news of the baby's landing.

After two or three hours, the sky outside the window had turned white, and the two brothers had drunk a pot of tea to the point where they lost all color, and then saw the mother-in-law come to report, saying that the second grandma had added a girl...

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"Girl?" Chu Yu sighed inwardly when she heard that the second wife came to announce the good news and signaled Xiyan to give a red envelope.She knew that Jinghui was looking forward to her son, and she was afraid that she would be sad, so she couldn't wait any longer, and wanted to go over to comfort her immediately.

Cao Yong was eating breakfast when he heard that he had added a niece, and his face was filled with joy.

He didn't have patriarchal thoughts, and he was already very happy when he heard that it was a normal delivery.After all, in this day and age, giving birth to a woman is like going through the gates of hell, trying to escape death.

Seeing Chuyu's expression, Cao Yong said: "Girls are also fine. The second child is only as old as the second child, and the siblings are even younger, and they will have children in the future."

Chu Yu said: "Don't worry about anything else, I'm afraid that the second wife will feel uncomfortable. The second wife has talked about her grandson, but it's been a while."

Thinking of Zhao Jia's broken mouth, Cao Yong also had a headache for Jing Hui, frowned and said: "Second Wife is not satisfied, it's a good day, it must be messed up every three days or two days, it makes people unhappy."

"Brother-in-law, why don't you tell someone to tell the wife to take the second wife to live in Haidian Garden for a few days, so that Jinghui's confinement will not be safe." Chu Yu thought for a while and said.

Cao Yong nodded when he heard the words, and said: "That's right, the second brother and sister are worried. Even if the second wife doesn't say anything, I'm afraid it will be uncomfortable; if the second wife says something else, I don't know what to think about. "

Having said that, Cao Yong didn't want to see Zhao Jiashi in his heart.Wanting her to go to Haidian Garden, Cao Yong's idea of ​​escaping the summer heat has faded a bit...

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The Forbidden City, the yamen of the House of Internal Affairs.

Brother Sixteen only felt comfortable all over, and walked lightly.He just came out of the bank of the Guangchu Division. It has been ten days since May 100th, and the [-] million taels of snowflake silver has been put into the bank.

When the Ministry of Internal Affairs made such a commotion, the dignitaries of the capital had already looked sideways.It's just that it's only for the clan, others can only stare blankly.After the remaining [-] shares are sold out, they will be divided among the families of the royal relatives and relatives every few days.A few companies got the news late, missed it, and complained a few times with Elder Sixteen.

Today, the bank's staff is in the process of training, and the place where the bank is opened is the two properties under the name of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.That's right, two places.One in the East City and one in the West City are planning to open together.

When selecting personnel from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the sixteenth elder brother always chose those with weak family backgrounds, young and submissive, worried that the Han Jiang family would not be able to surrender.However, after the selection was over, Elder Sixteen couldn't help laughing at himself, thinking he was a bit of a mother-in-law.

If the Han Jiang family doesn't even know how to manage people, how can they support a lot of things?
According to his plan with Cao Yong, this "Bank of Great Qing" could not help but open in the capital, and later develop into the provincial capital.At that time, the foreign exchange business can still be operated to facilitate commercial circulation.

Brother Sixteen's eyes were bent, and he was counting the opening date of the bank, thinking about the gimmicks Cao Yong mentioned, when he saw Zhao Feng stooped in and said, "Master, you have a letter from Rehe." While speaking, he put his hands together Here comes the letter.

Brother Sixteen took it with a smile. There were two letters in total, one for Brother Seven and one for Brother Fifteen.He was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect Brother Seven to send a letter.Opening the letter and reading it, there were only a few words in it, just admonishing Elder Sixteen to be cautious in his words and deeds, not to bother and give people the reputation of "taking profits from the people".

Brother Sixteen couldn't help laughing when he saw this.My seventh brother doesn't like to be long-winded, so I told him that he was afraid of hurting his good son-in-law.

Now anyone with a discerning eye can see that the success of the "Bank of Great Qing" is due to Brother Sixteen's credit;

Thinking of this, Elder Sixteen couldn't help but stop laughing, feeling heavy in his heart.The idea of ​​wanting to take the opportunity to make some contributions and earn some money disappeared.

Brother Jiu has a brother of the prince to rely on, and there is Concubine Yi as a backer in the palace, who can do whatever he wants;

The third elder brother and the fourth elder brother are both prince's mansions, and their annual salary is ten thousand taels, plus Zhuangzi's income when the mansion was divided, they have silver in hand, this time they only paid 2 taels.

My 10 taels is a bit too much.

Thinking about this, Elder Sixteen decided to sell the five-cent shares under his name for three-cent, just to appease a few people who complained, and also reduce the debt he owed to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. .

As for the money, anyway, all the expenses are paid by the palace now; if you go out in the future, the title is low, and the money is not enough, you can learn from Cao Yong to open a shop.If the title can be on Baylor, then it's enough to live by yourself.

The sixteenth elder brother let out a long breath, pondering the four words "one can be strong without desire" in his heart, and felt that he was much calmer, so he opened the fifteenth elder brother's letter happily.

After reading a few words, Elder Sixteen's expression changed.

In the letter from the fifteenth elder brother, he expressly thanked him for adding 1 taels of silver to the fifteenth elder brother's shares. In fact, he said that he used the emperor's father's silver as a favor, which is very majestic.The sarcasm in it is very mean.

After the letter, Brother Fifteen also mentioned that of the previous 1 taels, 7000 taels were borrowed from others and needed to be repaid as soon as possible; and the imperial concubine was enthroned, and he had no money to prepare a congratulatory gift.Adding one of these two items will cost 1 taels of silver, please ask the sixteenth elder brother to "help" for the sake of brotherhood.Otherwise, brothers from the same mother, one proud and the other down, would be a joke.

Elder Sixteen clutched the letter in his hand, feeling cold in his heart.

My height is planning in every possible way, thinking of brotherhood, I would rather bear a debt of 1 taels of silver than myself.He even felt guilty because he didn't expect to take care of his elder brother before, what did he get in exchange?
Not even a word of thanks, only full of sarcasm and greed.

For a moment, only Xiao Suo remained.

When the ninth elder brother came in with a fan, he saw the sixteenth elder brother who was so lonely.He glanced at the letter in Elder Sixteen's hand, and said, "What is Little Sixteen thinking about? I've been here for a while, but I haven't seen it yet."

Brother Sixteen finally came to his senses, put the letter in his hand aside, got up and said, "What's the wind blowing today, Brother Nine is here to see my brother?"

In addition to loving money, Brother Nine also loves appetite.Among the princes, his figure can be called plump.After the eighth elder brother passed away the year before last, he lost a lot of weight; now that time has passed, he has returned to his former appearance.

Because he is fat, he is afraid of the heat.Although he stayed in the capital due to bank affairs, he seldom went out when the weather was hot.

Brother Jiu didn't wait for him to give up his seat, he found a comfortable place to sit, and said: "I haven't seen you for a while, and you are a busy person, so I can only stroll over."

Brother Sixteen saw that his forehead was sweating profusely, so he hurriedly called Zhao Feng and said, "Hurry up and have someone bring two more ice basins up."

After a while, the ice basin was brought up, Brother Jiu took out his handkerchief, wiped his forehead, and felt more comfortable on his body.

At this moment, Elder Sixteen had recovered his usual expression, and said: "If elder brother can still have herbal tea at elder brother's place, at the yamen, I can only invite Brother Ninth to drink Longjing."

Brother Nine said: "Brother Sixteen, stop rambling, I'm not looking for you to eat."

Brother Sixteen served tea, then sat down in front of Brother Nine, and said, "So, Brother Nine has something to tell younger brother?"

Brother Jiu took a sip of tea and said: "Well, let me tell you, I plan to write a booklet for Huang Ama and go to Henan Mansion."

Brother Sixteen was quite surprised when he heard the words, and said, "Why did Brother Ninth think of going out of Beijing? It's so hot to leave at this time."

Brother Jiu shook his head and said: "It's not this time, I have to wait until the beginning of autumn is cool, otherwise it will kill me? I heard that the artificial land over there is much cheaper than the capital. If the cigarette factory is set up there, it will be cheaper than Beijing saves money. But how the roads are and how the transportation works, you have to see it with your own eyes, so you can have a bottom line."

Ninth elder brother is a person who values ​​enjoyment. He is not afraid of the hard road. He thought of going to Luoyang to check it out for himself, which made sixteenth elder brother admire him a little. It is difficult, but if it can benefit the people of one side, it will be the blessing of Brother Nine."

Brother Jiu picked up the corner of his mouth and said: "It's hard to say whether I'm lucky or not. It's rare that Huang Ama trusts me. If the errand is messed up and I lose face, Huang Ama's temper can still be good." Does it make me feel at ease?"

Brother Sixteen recalled the establishment of the Eight Banners garrison in Henan Province, and said: "Look at what Huang Ama means, if there is a military incident in the west, Henan Province will also use it, otherwise it would not be the first to deploy chess pieces."

Brother Nine smiled, lowered his voice and said, "Old Fourteenth, but he insisted on encouraging me to go."

The sixteenth elder brother was a little puzzled when he heard the words, so he heard the ninth elder brother say again: "Tibet is too far away from the capital. If we really send troops to Tibet, Henan Province will become a distribution center for grain and grass. The money from the northern provinces will be directly distributed. To Henan Prefecture."

Hearing Brother Ninth speak so unscrupulously, Sixteenth Brother also felt a little curious, and asked in a low voice: "Ninth Brother, is it true that Fourteenth Brother is going to lead the army?"

"If it's not true, can that person in Xian'an Palace go crazy?" Brother Jiu's face was a little more sarcasm: "Didn't you hear that Er Fujin was ill? The poor one doesn't know his own weight and is making a fuss." It's so joyful. I'm afraid that in Huang Ama's eyes now, this waste princess concubine who has been picked out of thousands of people is more important than his waste prince."

Elder Sixteen had also heard about Er Fujin's discomfort recently, but he didn't take it to heart.Since the second elder brother was imprisoned in Xian'an Palace, Er Fujin's health has been up and down, which is not unusual.

Now Brother Jiu's words seem to have other inside information.

Brother Nine had already put away his sneer, and said wistfully, "Huang Ama has always been partial to that one, and the daughter-in-law she picked is also a good candidate. There is really nothing to say about how the second sister-in-law behaves."

For the matter of seizing the heir, the ninth elder brother stood on the eighth elder brother's side, and the harsh treatment that the eighth elder brother received during his lifetime was probably due to the emperor's father trying to blame others for the second elder brother.Therefore, the ninth elder brother has always regarded the second elder brother as a sworn enemy.Even so, he couldn't say anything wrong with the abandoned crown princess, which shows that Er Fujin does have the demeanor of a sister-in-law.

"Is it really bad?" Elder Sixteen couldn't help frowning.

Speaking of which, he was taken care of by Er Fujin a lot when he was a child; even Concubine Wang, she also received the favor of Er Fujin in her early years.

"Lingling sick for many years, Ao has already dried up, so how can he bear that torment. Just now I heard the old fourteen mention that the clan's mansion is going to go to Rehe. They dare not delay any longer, for fear of being affected by Huang Ama. Blame it." Speaking of which, the reason for wanting the eighth elder brother to die was also related to the delay of the Tai Hospital at that time, and the ninth elder brother was a little dazed.

For a while, the atmosphere was a little heavy.

After a while, I heard Brother Jiu laughing at himself: "Why did you mention this? It's so boring, but I forgot to talk about the business."

Brother Sixteen heard this, and said, "What else is there for Brother Ninth?"

Brother Nine forced a smile and said, "Happy event."

Elder Sixteen couldn't help being curious, and listened attentively, and Elder Ninth said, "Brother Sixteen, this year is the year of the draft!"

Elder Sixteen nodded and joked, "Could it be that Elder Ninth fell in love with someone's beautiful girl and plans to add two sister-in-laws?"

Brother Jiu shook his fan, snorted coldly, and said: "The girl from the Banner family is as tall as a wooden stake, who cares? But I want to take advantage of the opportunity of the draft to ask Huang Ama for a reward. "

Elder Sixteen listened, but felt that something was wrong in his heart, and vaguely guessed something, but he was a little afraid to ask.

Brother Nine glanced at him, with a half-smile, and said: "Brother Sixteen doesn't want to ask, which one caught Brother's eyes?"

Brother Sixteen laughed twice, and said: "Brother Ninth has always loved beauties, and those who can catch Brother Nine's eyes are naturally beauties with good looks. It's just that we still have the empress dowager's filial piety, so there is no exemption this year. Most of them are married for the clan. Huang Ama is the most filial, but it is inappropriate for Brother Jiu to mention this this year..."

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The second category sat for a long time, the third sat for a long time, and now the fourth.Tears, Xiao Jiu begged for a guaranteed monthly pass.

(End of this chapter)