Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 837
Cao's house, Xifu, study room.

Cao Fu said with joy and dancing: "Brother, you didn't see that Sun Jue was kicked out of the house, and his eyeballs seemed to pop out. Haha. After these days, I finally let out a bad breath."

Seeing Cao Xiang shaking his head beside him, this farce in Sun's house was refreshing, but it was also uncomfortable.Not to mention others, even when the eldest sister decided to go back to pay her respects to her mother-in-law, she never thought that she would be so decisive.

Since ancient times, people have been persuading peace but not renunciation.

Even Cao Yong, although he hated Sun Jue earlier, never thought about breaking up his cousin.Now that he has come step by step to today, although he can distance himself from the Sun family and avoid future entanglements, but thinking about Cao Ying, he still feels quite heavy.

"How is big sister now? What about nephew?" Cao Yong asked.

"Big sister explained a few words to those concubines, she just told them to stay here as usual, and wait for Sun Jue to have a new house before moving out. On the other hand, my nephew, who is not very old, is impressive. .Even if Sun Jue scares him, he is not afraid at all, and just follows the big sister." At the end, Cao Fu was really moved.

These days, the children of the Sun family live in the East Mansion. The girl is okay, she is raised in the inner house, and learns red needlework with the two little aunts; They read together with Qian Chenqun.

It really echoes the old saying, "Good shoots come out of bad bamboos".

I don't know if it's because the children are young and haven't caught the father's pedantic, narrow-minded, and bitterness, or because Cao Ying has taught them well, so that the three brothers and sisters Sun Li are sensible and courteous.

Among them, the eldest son Li is the most outstanding.

I don't know how to behave politely and do well in class.As soon as he entered school, he immediately won the favor of Qian Chenqun.According to Qian Chenqun, Sun Li's qualifications are outstanding, not only far surpassing Tianyou, Zuo Cheng, and Zuo Zhu, even Niu Niu.

Cao Yong was quite surprised when he heard this, because Qian Chenqun used to admire Niu Niu very much.I once sighed with Cao Yong that if Niuniu was a man, he would be the number one scholar.

Even if he doesn't like the Sun family, Cao Yong can't vent his anger on a few children, let alone two of them still have the blood of the Cao family.

Listening to Cao Fu's praise of Sun Li, Cao Yong couldn't help nodding and said: "Although he is not very old, he seems to be a sensible person. In the future, big sister will have to rely on this son."

Cao Xiang was beside him, thinking of something, he frowned slightly and said, "Brother, Li'er and Xian'er are alright, they are nephews of our Cao family, and it is reasonable for us to protect them. Big sister means that even Sun Chu will stay by my side." , if the Sun family refuses to follow, it is necessary to talk... In the past, there were a few bastards in Sun Jue's family who were not conspicuous, but now the two younger ones are gone for no apparent reason, and Sun Chu is the only bastard. ..."

For this matter, Cao Yong is not surprised.

As early as a few days ago, before An and Sun Wenqian went to Beijing, Cao Ying had already mentioned this matter with Cao Yong.

"Fourth brother, don't worry, the eldest sister is just living away from Sun Juexi, not divorced. She is still the eldest daughter-in-law of the Sun family, and Sun Chu is also her son. She is brought up by her side, afraid of the cousin in Hangzhou. Can't wait." Cao Yong said.

Cao Fu echoed, "That's right, that's right. With an incomprehensible father, how can you feel comfortable with your elder sister? How can you humiliate him as our Cao family's nephew?"

Cao Xiang just thought of his own life because of Sun Chu's life experience, so he asked one more question.

While Cao Fu was overjoyed, he couldn't help feeling a bit worried, and said, "Brother, this farce today, the eldest cousin of the Li family and his son are also in front of him. Seeing what he means, he wants to intervene in this matter. They didn't come today , I will come over tomorrow, if Auntie is dragged out..."

Although he knew about Li's soft-heartedness, Cao Yong knew about his mother's temper and had always been measured.

For so many years, even though she had been dirty with Mrs. Zhaojia, Mrs. Li has never interfered with the housework of the second bedroom by pretending to be the elder sister-in-law.

Cao Ying voluntarily "give birth and live separately", Zhao Jia also nodded, and Cao Yong also supported it, so even if Li disagreed, she would not say anything.

"This is not about the Li family's business. If the Li family wants to join the alliance, it's better to say that you can't fall behind." Cao Yong didn't take it too seriously, but said to Cao Xiang and Cao Fu: "Go back and comfort big sister, now it's at this point , all that is left is for the Sun family to write the evidence obediently. Tomorrow, I am afraid we will have to fight a tough battle. Tell the eldest sister that there is no need to rush."

It was getting dark outside the window, Cao Xiang and Cao Fu said a few more words with their elder brother, and then went back to the East Mansion first.

Sitting behind the desk, Cao Yong went through the matter from beginning to end, and he was relieved that there was nothing to blame on human feelings.

The Li family wants to join forces?Is Li Nai trying to clean his son's "beauty bureau"?

Cao Yong pulled open the drawer and took out a letter.There are only a few lines in it, besides saying hello to Cao Yong, it is about Sun Jue's fate of being impeached.

Unless "extrajudicial grace" is granted, Sun Jue's status will be lost.

In addition, the case at the Nine Admiral's Yamen has not yet been settled, even if the Sun family is willing to spend money, it depends on whether the sufferer is willing to let go.

It is said that the behind-the-scenes boss of Huanxilou is a dignitary in the capital.

This abducting of the nobles is a big taboo, maybe they want to kill chickens and scare monkeys, how can they take into account the little Sun family?
If the Sun family was safe and sound, they might not let go of the matter of "living away from home"; things have come to this day, and they have no choice.

Cao Yong called people to hold the lamp and burned the letter in his hand...

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Inside Dongzhimen, Li's house.

Li Nai looked at the paper in his hand, looked at the familiar handwriting, stared at his son and said, "What is this? Why is it in your hands?"

The matter is very important, and Li Cheng didn't dare to hide it, saying: "The son doesn't want uncle to embarrass his father because of the two cousins, so he stayed behind, thinking that if uncle is arguing about the two cousins, it's also rely on..."

Seeing his son's innocence, Li Nai felt blue veins popping up on his forehead, and said angrily, "Since it's also an IOU, when your uncle gave the money, he should have taken back a share from Cheng Mengxian. If it's true, then Is the copy copied?"

Li Cheng nodded and said, "Exactly."

Seeing that he didn't take it seriously, Li Nai couldn't help being furious and said: "Stupid! Cheng Mengxian can copy one copy, but he can also copy two copies. If he copies two copies out of selfishness, he will be choking your uncle's throat. Even if the affair with a woman is not counted, the loan of 9000 taels of silver is still a future trouble."

Unconvinced by the scolding, Li Cheng defended, "Father, no. The Cheng family has always relied on our family, and they are very hard-working. They will not offend our family for this matter."

Li Nai snorted coldly, and said: "As long as he holds the original work in his hand, when the Li and Sun family's power declines, and if they fall into trouble, they will kill someone."

Living in Jiangnan for decades, Li Nai also saw prosperity in his eyes.

Let's talk about Li's family. Ever since the Dagali case happened, Li's family has also experienced ups and downs.

Li Cheng was sweating when he heard this, and said, "No way, even if there is trouble, it is the trouble of uncle's family, not our family?"

Li Nai shook his head and said, "Why don't you do the Li family's business? You are still young, and your grandfather and I rarely talk to you about family affairs. As early as a few years ago, your grandfather's job as the chief secretary was transferred to Your grandfather's body. Now your grandfather's family seems to be insignificant. In front of the emperor, I am afraid that it is more sacred than our Li family. These years, your grandfather has been working in the south of the Yangtze River, and he must have offended some villains. If you are a villain When you are in trouble, you have to rely on the Cao family and the Sun family to help. If this thing is placed in front of the Sun family and you uncover the situation you set up, your uncle and grandfather will hate our family to death. It is good to deal with our family , where else will help?"

After hearing this, Li Cheng's face turned pale, and he said embarrassingly, "Father, does our Li family really need the support of the Cao family and the Sun family?"

Li Nai sighed, nodded, and said: "Your grandfather is old, and I have achieved nothing. A person is good for a hundred days, but a flower is not popular for a thousand days. Now your grandfather is still in office, and no one dares to neglect. When your grandfather resigns one day, I have no talents, I can't support the family, and I have to rely on others."

Li Cheng was really shocked when he heard this.

Although he is somewhat clever, after all his experience is limited, he originally thought that the Sun family was just unknown, the Cao family relied on their royal status, and only the Li family was a family of officials and eunuchs.

Unexpectedly, in the end, the Li family was an empty shell.

Li Nai glanced at his son, asked someone to call Qian Zhongrui over, and said lightly: "Housekeeper, I don't know what my father ordered you, but Cheng'er is still young, and some things can't be seen clearly, and he will not be kind in the future." He's messing around. Tomorrow, no matter how hard you try to send someone out, you must find Cheng Mengxian's whereabouts. Whether he was involved in the matter of the Huanxi Tower, you have to figure it out."

Just a few words, Qian Zhongrui only felt his scalp tingling.He would rather be scolded by Li Nai to feel more at ease.

After all, everything he did following Li Cheng's orders before was done behind Li Nai's back.In this way, it is no wonder that Li Nai is not annoyed.

However, Li Nai did not intend to settle accounts with the big housekeeper, after all, beating a dog depends on the owner.He didn't know that standing behind the butler was his father who was far away in Suzhou.

After Li Nai gave Qian Zhongrui his orders, he waved his hand and told him to go down.

When only the father and son of the Li family were left in the room, Li Nai said: "No matter what you think about the Cao family and the Sun family, you are not allowed to reveal it in the future. The old lady likes you, and now she has moved out of the city from Changping. Yes, you will go there a few more times in the future."

Li Cheng gritted his teeth and agreed, thinking about the matter of the Sun family, he said, "Will father accompany Uncle Master to Cao's house tomorrow?"

Li Nai nodded and said, "Of course I'm going, you can't let your uncle continue to make trouble."

"Father..." Li Cheng hesitated for a moment, then raised his head and said, "Father, it's not good to go into too much detail about the housework that uncle has caused this time. Otherwise, we will have to hide the twins and the drinking party before." It's..."

"Ah?" Li Nai obviously didn't think of this, and was surprised.

"If uncle wants to ask Cao's family to forgive him, he has to tell his grievances. He was set up by someone to accept Xia Chan, and what happened later." Li Cheng whispered.

Hearing this, Li Nai's expression froze, and he gave his son a hard look...

*
That night, everyone in the Sun family did not rest well.

Sun Jue was annoyed and lost face, and now he was kicked out of the house, how should he deal with it? Could it be that he really had to be an official?Sun Wenqian was angry, a good nephew, he was still a bit of a person in Hangzhou, how could he know how to spend his life and drink, and didn't learn well when he arrived in the capital; An's resentment was somewhat trembling,

Sun Jue beating his wife can be regarded as a family tradition.

The same is true for Sun Wencheng, gentle and elegant in front of outsiders, but he is the master of the nest.It's just that Sun Wencheng is not as lustful as his son, and the number of times he really waves his arms at his wife and children is limited.

An's regretted it a bit. If she had known this would end up like this, she shouldn't have traveled all the way to the capital.

After tossing and turning all night, everyone got up at dawn.

Sun Jue was ridiculed by the brothers of the Cao family only yesterday, and now he refused to go to the Sun family even if he was beaten to death.

Accompanied by Li Nai and his son, they sent An and Sun Wencheng to Cao's house.

Cao Yong has already been prepared, just waiting for Sun Li's family to come.Even on Li's side, he also administered the vaccination to prevent Li from showing any "good intentions", but the two families would not let him go.

Not to mention Cao Ying's marriage, even from the old matriarch's side, the two families are also cousins.

"Cousin!" Seeing the dignified and amiable Li Shi, An's eyes were already red.

Mrs. Li was a little surprised. She glanced at Chu Yu who was standing beside her, and said to An, "I haven't seen my siblings for more than ten years, and my siblings are still so uninterested..."

An Shi shook her head and said, "Shaoxing, my grandson is going to marry a wife. My cousin is still young, she doesn't look old at all."

Mrs. Li stroked her silver temples, smiled and said nothing.

The atmosphere was a bit cold, and An's voice was heard mourning: "Cousin-in-law, this time my sister is here to beg my sister-in-law to make the decision..."

*
Front yard, living room.

Whether it was Sun Wenqian or Li Nai, they all pleaded with Cao Yong in different ways.Cao Yong couldn't help being the patriarch of the Cao family, and he always took good care of his cousins. As long as he was willing to say something, there was no room for repayment.

In Cao Yong's heart, Li Nai couldn't help scoffing.

Seeing Li Cheng standing behind his father, his eyes flickering, Cao Yong raised his head and looked at Li Cheng.

At the beginning, when Li Cheng calculated his own uncle, he might not have the idea of ​​discrediting the Cao family. After all, Sun Jue was the eldest son-in-law of the Cao family.Now being stared at by Cao Yong, I feel guilty and have to look away.

Cao Yong was bothered by Li Nai and Sun Wenqianyang, and was about to say something, when he saw Li Cheng's reaction, he felt hesitant.

"It stands to reason that the elders have a life, and they must be respected. It's just that this is the housework of the Dongfu now. The older sister has a mother and a younger brother. It's really not my turn to say more." Cao Yong took a few points. Could it be.

Sun Wenqian and Li Nai were overjoyed to see that he did not die.

"Nephew, our Sun and Cao families have been friends for several lifetimes, and there is no reason to break the friendship because of this. Otherwise, even if the ancestors are alive, they will not feel at ease." Sun Wenqian said.

Cao Yong heard that he moved out "Sun Taijun" again.I really feel helpless.What's the use of friendship even for a few lifetimes?

Even husband and wife, it is still difficult to fly separately in the end, let alone relatives.These two swords are usually relatives.

"Fourth Cousin, let's not talk about anything else, let's try to settle the lawsuit against brother-in-law first. After all, it's not a good name, even when I'm at home, I've heard a lot of gossip." Cao Yong said sincerely.

The reason why Sun Wenqian didn't want to break off the relationship with the Cao family was because he wanted to wait for the Cao family to take care of him. Now, Cao Yong wanted to help, and hurriedly said: "What my nephew said is true..."

"I don't believe that my brother-in-law abducted the Qing courtiers. My brother-in-law has always respected the way of Confucius and Mencius, how could he act like this? There must be something hidden in this..." Cao Yong thought for a while and said softly.

Narrator: Li Nai, Li Cheng and his son heard the words, and secretly complained in their hearts. It seems that the Cao family is going to pursue the old matter.No, you have to go through the catastrophe before you first...

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People's hearts are available, quack. .

(End of this chapter)