Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 809 Fallacy (seeking a monthly ticket)

Fang Qiniang and Fang Zhonggong stayed in Changping Zhuangzi for one day, and returned to the city the next day.The third day was the eighth day of April, the day they went south with the ship of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Except Wei Hei and his wife, Cao Yong, and Chu Yu all prepared the ceremony, Niuniu and Tianyou, who knew that Qiniang was leaving, also gave small things as gifts.

In addition to the Cao family, Thirteenth Elder Brother's Mansion also prepared generous gifts, which made Fang's father and daughter have a lot more luggage when they boarded the boat.Fortunately, there were sixteen elder brothers who greeted him, and Mr. Fang Zhong still had the name of an official doctor from the Imperial Hospital on his head, and the officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs also took care of him.

Cao Yong did not make a special trip to see him off, this kind of parting melancholy is really not suitable for him.

On the Cao family's side, Wei Hei came forward and sent Fang's father and daughter to Tongzhou Wharf.

The Fang family's father and daughter went south for three days, and Sheng Jia also set off from Changchun Garden to Rehe to escape the summer heat.This year's princes are three princes, seven princes, nine princes, ten princes, fifteen princes, sixteen princes and twenty princes.

Although Cao Yong is on the side of the villa, the news is not blocked.When he heard the list of retinues for this year, he had a feeling, could it be that Kangxi has already selected the fourth prince?

In the early years, when Kangxi went outside the Great Wall, the prince who stayed in the capital to preside over government affairs appointed two elder brothers, the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother; Rely on.

Just like this year's list, apart from the princes who went to the outside of the Great Wall, only the fourth elder brother, the fifth elder brother, the twelfth elder brother, the thirteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother remained in the capital.There is only the fourth elder brother who is working seriously in the sixth department.

Could it be that the fourth elder brother eats vegetarian food and recites Buddha, which makes people's impression so deep, why can't others see this?Or is it because the fourteenth brother is wearing the hat of "The Great General King" to go out to fight, covering up all the sharpness, making others become supporting roles?

Cao Yong doesn't pay attention to anything else, but he is very concerned about Li Wei.At the beginning of the year, Li Wei was promoted to the household department and became a doctor.The fourth elder brother and Li Wei, a famous pair of monarchs and ministers in history, should also meet each other.

He didn't know that Li Wei's name had already appeared on the fourth elder brother's desk.

For Li Wei, who was born as a local rich man in Xuzhou, who was so flirtatious and also contracted a "hidden disease", the fourth elder brother didn't have the slightest affection at the moment.

The fourth elder brother had already brought the wives and concubines of the palace to live in the Wang Garden near Changchun Garden in early April. Before Sheng Jia left Beijing, he respectfully invited Sheng Jia to visit the garden.

After Shengjia left Beijing, the fourth elder brother did not let his wife and concubines return to the city, but stayed in the king's garden.

Nian Gengyao was already the Governor of Sichuan, so he played an important role in this Northwest War.Although the Nian family is the disciple of the fourth elder brother, they are not loyal, as can be seen from Nian Gengyao's repetitions in the past few years.

The fourth elder brother knows very well that if he wants to tie the Nian family to his side, the Fujin Nian family must not only pay attention to it, but also work harder. It will be a big deal if he has an heir.

The Manchus are different from the Han people. In addition to paying attention to "the mother is more valuable than the son", they also pay attention to "the son is more valuable than the mother".

The palace has no sons, and the Nian clan is second only to the Nala clan of Fujin. If he gives birth to an elder brother, he will be far more noble than the current elder brothers in the palace.

Although the fourth elder brother knows the importance of heirs, but after all, he is too old and has more energy than energy.

All of these are not easy to tell outsiders, they can only make people secretly search for secret medicines.

Cao Yong didn't know the "unspeakable words" of the fourth elder brother, even if he knew, this is not something outsiders can share their worries.

On his side, as the weather was getting hotter, he wondered whether to stay at the villa or move his family to Haidian Garden to escape the summer heat.

After asking what Li Shi meant, Li Shi has fallen in love with the cleanliness here.If they moved to Haidian, there would be summer gardens for the rich and powerful mansions in the capital, and it would be too troublesome to go and socialize at that time.

Cao Yong also loves the natural scenery here. Although the peach blossoms are thankful, it is also a special pleasure to watch the green peaches grow up little by little.

Most of the peach trees here were planted in the 48th and 49th years of Kangxi.Compared with other fruit trees, peach trees have early flowering and fruiting, usually blooming and bearing fruit in one to three years, and blooming after four years.

Today, the peach trees in Manshan Mountain are more than ten years old, and they can be regarded as the prime of life among fruit trees.When it blooms, the mountains are full of clouds; when it bears fruit, it looks like the branches are heavy.

The children study with their master in the morning, practice riding and archery in the schoolyard in the afternoon, or work with Cao Yong in the garden vegetable field opened up in Zhuangzi.

Tianyou has read a lot of books, and his mind is full of ancient "six grains", "six animals", "six birds" and so on.Sometimes I came to ask Cao Yong, and Cao Yong mostly followed the scriptures. The father and son had done some serious discussions on the issue of "agriculture".

The older Hang Seng was, the more difficult it was for memorizing books. On the contrary, drawing bows and archery had far surpassed Tianyou and Zuozhu and the others.He has grown very tall, the tallest among boys.

As the elder brother of the twins, Zuo Zhu acted more steadily.Now, he is obsessed with reading, besides Cao Yong, Cao Xiang from Dongfu is the one who loves him the most.I have vowed several times that I want to learn from my fourth uncle to take the Jinshi exam.

Zuo Chengyin Fang Zhonggong prescribed medicine for conditioning in the past few years, his body bones have become stronger, and he looks like an ordinary child.

Cao Yong paid more attention to the brothers Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng because of the cotton-padded clothes in winter there. When he was free, he took their brothers by his side and talked about Ning Chun's early years.

The two brothers are already eight years old, old enough to understand words.

They also know that their father died early, and there are several friends of their father's generation, besides their adoptive father Cao Yong, there are also Yongqing and Ma Jun who often come to visit them.Among them, Ma Jun is Zuo Zhu's father-in-law.

Cao Yong thought of the children of rich and noble families. He didn't know the difficulties of making a living, so he assigned "homework" to a few children and asked them to keep the monthly expenditure of silver.

The few little ones just thought it was fun, but obeyed orders. Each of them kept a small ledger, and clearly remembered their monthly expenses of two taels of silver.

Unexpectedly, the youngest Tianhui did the best job.

Tianhui didn't come to Changping with everyone earlier, and was taken over by Prince Pingjun Fujin.It was sent back in mid-April.

Even Chuyu was a little worried. In the past two years, her daughter has spent most of her time at the palace, so don't alienate her parents.But thinking that King Pingjun is not in the capital, and the elder brother of the palace, Fupeng, was brought up in the palace, Cao Jia's life is not easy in the palace, Chu Yu really can't say anything.

In the 56th year of Kangxi, when Cao Jia gave birth to the Seventh Elder Brother of Pingjun Prince's Mansion, who was also her fourth son, she was born prematurely and hurt her body. The imperial physician had already said that she could not conceive again.Fortunately, the palace already has four legitimate sons, so they don't worry about the issue of heirs. It's just that Cao Jia's desire to have another daughter has been completely shattered.

On Cao Yong's side, after knowing this reason, he also feels distressed about his stronger sister.In addition, Tianhui is also attached to her aunt, so even if Cao Yong is reluctant to part with her daughter, it is not easy to stop the palace to pick her up.

Because of her eye disease, Tianhui didn't like to talk to people in her early years, and after her eye disease recovered, she didn't like to be lively.After staying by Cao Jiashi's side for a long time, she is much more lively than before. When the little girl put on a straight face, she is extraordinarily imposing.

According to Li Shi, Tianhui's demeanor is more and more like her aunt's when she was a child.

Seeing their daughter like this, Cao Yong and Chu Yu were pleasantly surprised. At the same time, they also reflected on whether their past education was inappropriate.

Because of this, Cao Yong made a special trip back to the city and went to Pingjun Wangfu to meet his sister, and what he said was Tianhui's upbringing.

Cao Jia knows that her younger brother loves Tianhui, and she is willing to pass on her own experience in raising children, saying: "Girls should be pampered, and you husband and wife dote on it, but the word 'jiao' is not very good. In addition to holding your child as the jewel in your hands, you have to make the child "precious". You have always been kind and temperamental, and your younger siblings are too soft. The child is also short of momentum. Who is she? It's from the Earl's Mansion Qianjin, the granddaughter of the prince's mansion, and the great-granddaughter of the current son. Only when the child has the momentum and leaves you when he grows up, can he support himself. Otherwise, he will develop a girl's weak temperament and leave you in the future. What should I do if I am bullied? A girl is different from a boy. A boy who is promising or not has the support of his family; as for a girl, if she gets bored, she will sometimes be angry."

"I didn't say these words. They were said by the old lady when she was alive. At that time, you didn't remember anything. The old lady saw that my father and mother were just pampering me blindly, so I said these things to my father and mother. I I still remember clearly that if it wasn't for these words, I wouldn't be able to survive these years in the mansion. Although I am not as noble as Tianhui, I still think that I am also the heart and soul of my parents, and I am the imperial concubine. , the confidence is enough."

Speaking of which, she picked up the teacup in hand, moistened her throat, and then said: "Shadow, I heard that the big sister is not doing well in the Sun's house. Last month, Sun Jue took a concubine again. It's not that the big sister has no natal family. , there are many brothers, and there is a son-in-law by his side. If it were someone else, who would be angry if they had already started a fight? But the big sister has the temperament of "three obediences and four virtues", and she will not go to her mother's house to talk about her grievance. Look The third younger sister also had twists and turns in her early years, but now that she has the Duke's Mansion in her hands, no matter whether it's their old lady or the clan, no one can fault them."

These words are my sister's experience for half her life.

Thinking of her going to Beijing to get married when she was a teenager, and staying away from her parents and relatives, Cao Yong felt distressed for this sister.Speaking of elder sister, she was actually the little girl he had watched and grown up since he was a child, and he also treated him as a younger sister.

However, when he heard about Sun Jue, Cao Yong felt disgusted again when he thought about the matter of the Li family that Li Nai mentioned last month.

Perhaps Li Nai was concerned about his daughter's marriage and did not want to make it public.So far, nothing has been heard. It seems that the Sun and Li families are still wrestling.After all, it is related to the important matter of the heirs. According to Sun Jue's solitary temper, if there is no step, I am afraid that he will not give up easily. I don't know what will happen.

Cao Yong just made people pay attention to Li and Sun, but he was not interested in getting involved.

Thinking of Sun Jue's drunken ugly appearance in Li's house in the capital, Cao Yong really couldn't respect his cousin and husband-in-law.

He still doesn't know that on Li Nai's side, getting back his younger brother's flesh and blood has long since ceased to be a major issue, and instead focused all his attention on investigating the past few years ago.

Li Nai has been inquiring for more than ten days, and has fallen into a strange circle.

Because he thought it was "killing someone for rape", he searched in this direction.Some old people in the Li family knew a thing or two about Yang Ruixue's activities in the Li residence.

Since what he knew was one or two, Li Nai's ears had another meaning.

Li Ding arranged for people to come over as "guests", and became Yang Ruixue's colleagues, relatives and friends who did not abide by their duties and "hooked up" with her younger brother.

Even Sun Jue's two concubines, Li Nai had people check and check.If he didn't know that his brother-in-law was just a nerd without courage, he would even suspect Sun Jue.

On Cao Yong's side, he still doesn't know that his big cousin who looks "honest" is now looking for enemies all over the world.

When he returned to Zhuangzi, he told his wife what his sister had said, and he felt that he had benefited a lot.

On Chu Yu's side, remembering how her aunt raised her before she got married, she also began to reflect on her past shortcomings.

When the boy went crazy with Cao Yong, Chu Yu took Niu Niu and Tian Hui with him, or asked someone to teach them female reds, or let them watch him manage the house.

Tianhui is six years old, and she is still a little confused about these things; Niuniu is nine years old, with big round eyes open, and she is very curious.

Li Hanyu's wedding date has been set, it will be fixed in late April and married in late May.

After all, she was not a daughter of the Cao family, and it was not good for her to be married in the Cao family, so when the date was settled, Li Nai came to Changping to pick up her daughter.

Although it has been ten months, Cao Yong clearly noticed that his cousin was different.

Li Nai's clearness has decreased a lot, and his eyes have become more chaotic. He doesn't have the appearance of a gentle gentleman before, but he seems to be full of hostility.Could it be that Sun Jue is not moved by money, and the Li family has no chance of winning this flesh and blood battle?
"Why is my cousin so clear? Did he get sick a few days ago?" Cao Yong thought of the news he had received before, and he was a little puzzled. Could it be that the people who were sent to watch Li's family were careless, why didn't they explain that Li Nai was abnormal.

Seeing Cao Yong's concerned question, Li Nai's expression was a bit conflicted, he hesitated for a while, and then said: "Cousin, do you have a very close relationship with Yi Duli, a doctor in the House of Internal Affairs?"

"Yidu Li?" Cao Yong didn't know how Li Nai mentioned this person, and said: "He is Cao Song's uncle, and he is also Cao's in-law. When he was in Taipu Temple in the early years, he was a colleague of mine, but he had some contacts. How did my cousin mention him?"

"In the early years, he was jealous of others in the market and beat him to death; when he was in Zhangjiakou a few years ago, he also discounted the other's legs because someone molested his concubine." Li Nai looked at Cao Yong's expression while talking. .

Cao Yong was a little confused when he heard that, about Yi Duli's early love affairs, there were many rumors outside, saying that the other party was killed by Yi Duli, but in fact the other party couldn't help being a womanizer after being injured, and got the wind on the horse.As for the incident in Zhangjiakou, what they encountered were local hooligans, and Yiduli's long-attached guards were not vegetarians, so they fought.

I just don't know why Li Nai mentioned this?

Seeing Cao Yong's confused look, Li Nai thought it was the first time he heard these scandals.

It's really that Cao Yong's reputation is too good, and he didn't do any evil outside, which made Li Nai feel a little guilty. He shouldn't suspect this cousin just because Cao Yong has a good relationship with Yidu...

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Rehe, the summer resort.

Sheng Jia arrived in Rehe today, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has a lot of trivial matters to take care of.

It was not until dusk that Yiduli came out to report the matter from Elder Sixteen.Walking on the edge of Haizi, he felt a chilly feeling, he tightened his clothes and muttered, "It's weird, it's the end of April, how can it still make people feel cold..."

(End of this chapter)