Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 825 "Strict Father"

Cao Ying was quite surprised when she looked at Xia Chan, who had a low eyebrow and a pleasing eye.She thought she was a powerful person, and she didn't want to set rules in front of the main wife, so she ruled her husband to buy an outhouse, so she was still nervous, after all, she was not good at fighting with others since she was a child.

On Xia Chan's side, she was a little confused.

Before, she thought that Sun Jue didn't take her home because of "fear of internal affairs". A few days ago, she also deliberately mentioned the main house grandmother in front of Sun Jue, but Sun Jue always said "yellow-faced woman" and diverted the conversation open.

Looking at this grandma now, although she is not beautiful, she is also gentle and beautiful, and she is amiable.

Cao Ying glanced at the jewelry on Xia Chan's head and the material of the clothes on her body, looked around the room a little, and frowned.

It's not like spending 9000 taels of silver to buy an outhouse?

"Sister, don't stand still, let's sit down and talk." Cao Ying said with a faint smile.

Xia Chan was in the brothel and heard too many stories about sisters who were redeemed as concubines being abused to death by their first wives. Even though Cao Ying was kind in front of her, she did not dare to be presumptuous in the slightest.

Nanny Zhou, who was waiting next to Cao Ying, had already reminded Cao Ying in a "whispered voice": "Grandma, my aunt hasn't served tea to grandma yet, how can I sit down?"

Although it was a "quiet voice", everyone who should be heard heard it.

She is Cao Ying's companion. She has been angry at the Sun's family all these years, and she has long been impatient and wanted to file a complaint with Cao's mansion. .

A few days ago, when serving Cao Ying to go to the Duke's mansion, Cao Yi deliberately called her aside, rewarded her with a pair of gold bracelets, but also reprimanded her.It is to let her know that she is from the Cao family, so that no one can bully the eldest girl.

Now, when Nanny Zhou touched the heavy gold bracelet on her wrist, she also felt quite stiff.

There is Cao's family behind grandma, so it's all right to follow my uncle. Could it be that even a few aunts can't surrender?

Cao Ying looked at Xia Chan after hearing what Nanny Zhou said.

The other nanny surnamed Qin, an old man of the Sun family, saw that the new aunt was pretty, and she might be the uncle's darling, so he didn't dare to offend him, so he took a cup of tea, put it in her hand, and said in a low voice: "Auntie, serve tea to grandma." While speaking, he took a cushion from the chair next to him and placed it on the ground in front of Cao Ying.

Cao Ying was fine with her courteousness, and Nanny Zhou was furious.

In front of grandma, flattering the new aunt, what is this called?
At this time, out of the corner of her eyes, she saw the little maid who was following Xia Chan, retreating towards the door with her head lowered, and immediately shouted: "Stop! Little hoof with no eyes, grandma hasn't ordered you yet, who will allow you to run around?"

For a moment, everyone looked at the door.

The little servant girl blushed and said in a low voice: "I see that the tea in the teapot is no longer hot, so I went to the kitchen to boil water."

Nanny Zhou has already lived half her life, seeing the flickering eyes of this little maid, she still can't guess her intentions.It's just that I am afraid that the new aunt will be wronged, so I want to go out and find someone to report to my uncle.

Since she had already received Cao Yi's reward, she wanted to protect her own girl, how could she ask the little maid to fulfill her wish.

She said coldly: "Come here quickly, help my aunt to serve tea to grandma."

Everyone watched, but the little maid had no choice but to retreat to Xia Chan's side, helping Xia Chan to kneel down and offer tea to Cao Ying.

Cao Ying didn't mean to embarrass Xia Chan, so she asked Madam Zhou to make a meeting gift for Xia Chan with a pair of hairpins and a pair of earrings.

Then, she helped Xia Chan herself, and said with a smile: "Let my sister live outside, I really wronged my sister. Although we are a poor family, our life is ordinary, and it is cheaper than outside. The house at home has already been tidied up." , I'll take my sister home..."

Xia Chan only thought that Cao Ying was "hiding a knife in her smile", and she was so terrified that she wanted to take her back to clean up, she couldn't even speak.

Whether she was a prostitute earlier or a concubine now, she already knew that her life was not in her hands.

Sun Jue was in her thirties, and she treated her very well these days. She thought that the good days would last for a few more years, but who would have thought that the good days would come to an end in less than half a month.

Hearing the words, the little maid said in her heart, "Oops", but she didn't dare to be presumptuous when she was stared at by Nanny Zhou. She pulled Xia Chan's sleeve and whispered, "Miss, are you waiting for the master to come back..."

Seeing Cao Ying, the smile froze on her face.

She naturally knew that if her husband came back, she would not be able to make decisions by herself.It's okay for him to accept maidservants and concubines at home, and it won't affect her life. Outside, it can't be said that he really swallowed her husband's salary, making life even more difficult.

It doesn't matter to her, whether she enjoys good fortune or suffers hardships, it doesn't matter, how can she be willing to wrong her children?

Thinking of this, Cao Ying also put away the drama of "sisters' heart-to-heart" and said to Xia Chan: "It's not early, and it's better for my sister to go home for the first time. Here..." At this point, she read Look at Nanny Zhou: "The new aunt's things here, please ask Nanny to take two people to clean up."

On Zhou's side, she hurriedly bent down to respond.

On Cao Ying's side, she already took Xia Chan's hand and said, "Sister, let's go..."

Xia Chan showed a bit of panic and helplessness, looked at the little maid beside her, and called out in a low voice: "Kuer..."

Seeing that Cao Ying was about to take her away, the button was also anxious, so he said bravely, "Grandma, the master is not here now, and there is no old servant of the Sun family in the house..."

After hearing this, Cao Ying looked at the little maid twice, smiled and said to Xia Chan: "My sister has a good girl who knows how to protect the Lord loyally, but she is a little younger. It is true, sir. Treat my sister like a baby, and don't add two girls to my sister."

Although she is soft-tempered, she is not stupid, how could she fail to understand the implication of this button.

It's just that she was annoyed, and she didn't bother to talk to a little maid, so she changed the conversation and took Xia Chan's hand out of the room.

That Kou'er wanted to stop him, but she was grabbed by Nanny Zhou, and she heard Zhou Nao say, "Where are the new aunt's things, I think Kou'er knows best..."

Kou'er couldn't break free, and didn't dare to be too presumptuous, so he had to watch Cao Ying take Xia Chan away...

Her heart was already in a mess.

She is not Xia Chan's maid, but the son of Li's family, who has been serving Li Cheng since childhood.Because he is from the south, he looks thin and small, but he is actually 14 years old.

In spring, she and another servant girl served Li Cheng to Beijing.A few days ago, Li Cheng ordered her to follow Xia Chan and return to Li's house when Xia Chan became pregnant.

Unexpectedly, Xia Chan was picked up by Cao Ying.

If she followed into Sun's house, she didn't know when she would be able to come out; although she wished she could sneak back to Li's house immediately, but without Li Cheng's order, she wouldn't dare...

It was Cheng Mengxian who got the news first that there was a change in the house here.

From the day Sun Jue set up the outer house, Cheng Mengxian arranged the manpower.The cook of the house here is the one inserted by the Cheng family, just to see what Li Cheng's next step is.

Hearing that the grandma of the Sun family came to pick up Xia Chan in person, Cheng Mengxian was quite surprised. According to the information from previous inquiries, this grand aunt of the Cao family was a soft-tempered person who "married and obeyed her husband".

However, thinking of Cao Yong, Cheng Mengxian no longer dared to despise the Cao family.

It seems that if you want to find a way to do it, and help this grandma, it can be regarded as atonement.

It's just that the Li family still has power in the south of the Yangtze River, so I have to be a bit scrupulous, and I'd better think of a comprehensive solution...

*
Dongzhimen, Li's residence.

Qian Zhongrui did not follow Li Nai's wishes to escort the twins back to Suzhou.Because Li Xu had a letter, Qian Zhongrui was asked to build a cemetery for Mrs. Wen.

The old lady is over ninety years old, and her health has not been very good in the past two years, so she should prepare for her funeral.

Filial piety is the greatest, and Li Nai sent the other two confidantes to bring their twins back to Suzhou.

Although the twins are clever, they are children after all. They don't understand why "uncle" has become "uncle".After all, he was young and single, and was carried by two women on a boat heading south.

Li Nai is a little confused now. After all, Li Ding's sudden death happened in Kangxi's 53 years, and it has been five years.After checking and checking, things were different from what he had imagined.

Most of the men who came in and out of Li's Shicha overseas residence were taken by his younger brother.The silver building under Yang's name was transferred by his father.

Having been a father and son for over forty years, Li Nai certainly knew that his father had been romantic all his life and would never be generous to a woman for no reason.If it is said that Yang's family is valued by his father just because he is his younger brother's concubine, that is self-deception.

Therefore, Li Nai was confused.

Thinking of the younger brother who was added to the family a few years ago, he felt his throat was dry, and he didn't dare to think about the real cause of his brother's death...

He is not in good spirits, but Li Cheng is living a good life.

Li Cheng had already persuaded his father to spend some money and send himself to Zhengbaiqi Official School.

Originally, he wanted to take this opportunity to get close to Cao Fu, the fifth master of the Cao family, but he didn't expect that when he arrived at Shangguan School, he would catch up with Cao Fu and leave the school on vacation.

Despite this, Li Cheng still gained something, and also made several classmates and friends.

One day, when he came back from school, Li Cheng met Li Nai, and was invited to the side hall by the servant.The big housekeeper Qian Zhongrui waited here and said to him: "Third young master, the villain has already ordered someone to do what you ordered before."

Li Cheng looked at Qian Zhongrui with a smile, and said, "What does the housekeeper mean, did your grandfather agree?"

Qian Zhongrui replied respectfully: "Master is just asking the villain to obey the orders of the third young master."

Li Cheng snorted coldly in his heart, and didn't take Qian Zhongrui's words seriously.In the final analysis, the big butler still only listened to the instructions from Suzhou, and he didn't have the father and son in his eyes.

However, right now is not the time to worry about this, he said: "There are still more than three months to work, ask people to be more careful, bring money, and go to the south to purchase, so as to show the sincerity of the Li family."

"It's still the third young master who is very considerate. The master said that you don't need to touch the money from the capital. The Wei family in Jiangning accepts a sum of money from the master and just ask someone to pay it." Qian Zhongrui replied.

After hearing this, Li Cheng said, "How about the 9000 taels of silver? Did your grandfather give you any orders?"

"The master said, if in a few months, the uncle can't make up for the real shortage of the fourth rank, then use the money to entrust the sixteenth elder brother to fill up the vacancy in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and then go back to the south, and help the master in the yamen. It's justified." Qian Zhongrui replied.

The sixteenth elder brother's mother, Wang Pin, was a cousin of the Li family, and was enshrined in front of the imperial court by the Li family. Wang Pin's mother also died in the Li family in her early years.Although they don't have the same surname, speaking of it, the Li family is considered to be the half-family of Elder Sixteen, so it would be cheap to ask Elder Sixteen for this matter.

Li Cheng nodded and went back to his room to change his clothes...

*
Changping, Caojiazhuangzi, study room.

Seeing Qian Chenqun with a solemn expression different from the past, Cao Yong was a little surprised, got up and said: "Master, do you need me?"

Qian Chenqun looked at Cao Yong with a somewhat puzzled look.

Logically speaking, how a father educates his son does not have the room for a teacher like him to speak.However, after several years in Cao's house, he had a deep affection for several students, and he really couldn't stand by and watch.

"My lord, the students didn't bother you for no reason, but they came here to clear up the confusion." Qian Chenqun said loudly.

"Lord, you are joking! Lord, you are a great talent. There is no need for me to talk." Cao Yong was a little uncomfortable by his solemnity, and he was already thinking in his heart, whether his little five ran into Qian Chenqun's yard Too much, it delayed his study, otherwise the master seemed to be a little bit resentful.

Thinking in his heart, his face was still warm, pointed to the side of the kang, and said to Qian Chenqun: "Master Jing sat down and talked, and just got half a catty of good tea, and Master Jing also had a meal." Then, he called a servant Serve tea.

Qian Chenqun sat down and couldn't help but look at Cao Yong more.

After arriving at Zhuangzi, Cao Yong wandered around the fields every day, his face turned from fair to rosy due to the sun.He didn't look hostile, and his spirit looked better than when he was in the city. His figure, which seemed thin earlier, was much stronger.

"Has anyone offended my lord recently?" Qian Chenqun hesitated again and again and asked.

"Ah?" Cao Yong was a little unclear, and asked inexplicably: "I was in Xiaozhong, and I stayed behind closed doors in Zhuangzi for several months. I seldom interacted with people, let alone grudges with others. How did Lord Jing remember?" Ask this?"

"My lord has been telling God Bless them allusions every afternoon recently, isn't it because of resentment?" Qian Chenqun finally asked out the confusion in his heart.

On Cao Yong's side, his expression remained unchanged, but his heart was astonished.

I did have resentment in my heart, for the sake of the best relatives of the Li family and the Sun family.I just want to prevent problems before they happen, and teach children to develop the habit of "the heart of harming others must not be there, and the heart of prevention must not be absent".

Unexpectedly, it took only a few days to attract the wife at home.

"Having resentment? The Lord is joking. I am not a woman, and I can generate resentment without leaving home. How can there be so much resentment?" Cao Yong said with a smile.

Seeing Cao Yong's magnanimity, Qian Chenqun was a little embarrassed, and said embarrassingly: "The students are rude. It's just because the allusions that adults teach the young masters these days are mostly evil. The young masters are young, and the students are afraid that they will go astray. , I came here to find an adult to clarify my doubts."

On Cao Yong's side, after listening to Qian Chenqun's words, he didn't intend to blame him at all.

He stood up and made a long bow to Qian Chenqun.

Qian Chenqun didn't expect him to be like this, so he hurriedly stood up and wanted to avoid it, but he couldn't dodge in time.He hurriedly bowed back and said: "My lord, don't do this, students are terrified!"

Cao Yong got up and said: "Now, in front of the Lord, there is no 'Master Cao' and no 'Master', but a father. The Lord respects the person who loves his disciples, and Cao is very grateful. Cao did not intend to induce The children deviate from the way of a gentleman, but they think of what I have experienced in the past ten years in Beijing in my spare time, and I want to let the children know the four words of 'humanity and warmth'."

Qian Chenqun was quite moved when he heard "Human feelings are warm and cold".

He lost his father when he was young, and lived with his widowed mother, and suffered a lot.Otherwise, with his cold temper, he wouldn't be so obsessed with imperial examinations.Among them, most of the reasons are to fulfill the wish of the widowed mother, to stand out and get promoted in the imperial examination.

"Your Excellency, I'd like to ask you to act with discretion, so as not to overwhelm the seedlings, which is not beautiful." Qian Chenqun thought of his mother's teachings in his early years, and thought that the emperor's parents are pitiful, and said with a sigh in his heart.

Cao Yong nodded, already thinking about himself three times in his heart, and began to think about whether he was too naked to show the dangers of the human heart to the children and frightened them.

However, he is also at ease.

With rich Chen Qun, a kind and gentle gentleman, the children have been fascinated by it, so they don't have to worry about getting bad habits.

As for his own "darkness" education, he still had to carry on.Let children learn happily, without affecting their mental health, but also allowing them to understand the complexity of interpersonal communication more deeply.

It seems that this task has a long way to go.

A qualified father is not so easy to be...

*
In the capital, outside the front gate, Sun Jue's house.

Looking at the empty room, Sun Jue only felt cold hands and feet.Today was the same as the previous few days, when he came out of the yamen, he still came to the front door.

Unexpectedly, after getting off the horse, I heard the porter mention that my aunt was picked up by my grandma.

Sun Jue still didn't believe it, so he quickly walked into the inner house, walked around the room twice, and only after seeing Xia Chan and Kouer, master and servant, was he sure that the news was true.

In his heart, he couldn't help scolding his mother.I really can't imagine why my wife, who has always done her duty, would be so troublesome.

Raising Xia Chan here instead of bringing her back home was not because she wanted to "golden house to hide the beauty", but because she listened to Cheng Mengxian's words and took care of Prince Heshuozhuang's mansion.

He slammed his feet hard, feeling that his eyes were about to burst into flames.

Riding on the horse, his heart was on fire. If it weren't for the rules in the capital that don't ride horses, he would gallop on horses.

When he finally got home, his face was so dark that he was afraid of people.

"Grandpa... Grandpa..." Seeing this, the doorman tremblingly stepped forward to take the reins.

Just as Sun Jue was looking for Cao Ying, he didn't care to teach the boy a lesson, so he snorted coldly, raised his whip and strode into the yard, heading directly to the inner house.

In Cao Ying's room, besides Xia Chan, Sun Jue's other three concubines were also there.

Because Xia Chan entered the door today, Cao Ying specially ordered the kitchen to add more dishes, thinking about how to welcome Xia Chan tonight.

Looking at the time, Cao Ying guessed that her husband would come home, and Cao Ying felt a little uncertain.In these years of being married to the Sun family, it was the first time that she did not go through her husband, and took the lead by herself.

Thinking of her husband's temper, Cao Ying only felt afraid; but thinking of a pair of filial and sensible children, she straightened her body and talked calmly with several concubines.

Hearing the hurried footsteps outside and the servant girl's greeting, Cao Ying got up with a smile and said, "Sisters, it's the master who is back..."

When the others saw her get up, they all stood up to greet her.

Before the words were finished, Sun Jue had already picked up the curtain and came in. Seeing Xia Chan standing aside, she couldn't bear the anger anymore, swung the whip in her hand at Cao Ying, and shouted angrily: "Bitch, who wants to do that?" What are you busy with?"

The whip was long, and when it landed on Cao Ying, the tail of the whip swept the gall bottle on the table, and there was a bang sound, and the blue and white gall bottle fell to the ground and shattered.

This turn of events shocked everyone in the room dumbfounded.

In Sun Jue's heart, the fear of offending Prince Zhuang's mansion turned into anger towards Cao Ying. He only felt that this was an enemy who urged her to die, and her eyes were already red, and the second whip was already slashed at her...

Cao Ying was frightened by his ferocious appearance, and was already stunned, not knowing how to dodge.

"Mother!" With a shrill cry, a figure jumped in front of Cao Ying, blocking the whip...

*
The number of monthly tickets has not changed, so Little KMB asked for a monthly ticket.

(End of this chapter)