Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 859

This is the truth that makes Cao Yong feel bloody. Cheng's boudoir name is Yaofang, and because she lived with her mother when she was young, she followed her mother's surname as Qiu.

When she was eight years old, her biological mother died of illness, and Mrs. Gu of Chengmen sent her granddaughter to the niece of the Cao family.

Cao Yinfa's wife, Mrs. Gu, had been married into the Cao family for ten years and had never had children. She treated this pitiful cousin and niece as her own daughter.As a cousin, Qiu Yaofang stayed in Cao's house and was brought up by Gu's side.

Unexpectedly, within two years, Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Gu died of illness one after another.Qiu Yaofang's biological father already had a concubine daughter and a beloved wife, how could he remember that there was a concubine daughter outside, and of course he would not let anyone come to pick him up.

Qiu Yaofang was only ten years old, she lost her cousin and aunt to rely on, and was in an embarrassing situation in the Cao family.

Because Mrs. Gu is the daughter of a concubine's natal family, Sun Taijun has never treated this daughter-in-law very well, and he can't get close to his daughter-in-law's cousins ​​and nieces.

It was Cao Yin who cared about his wife's affection before his death and treated Yaofang as usual, which made the little girl feel at ease.

A year later, Mrs. Li came in as the continuation.

She is gentle and gentle, and has no ill feeling towards the cousin left by her husband's ex-wife.It's just that the relationship between the two of them, if they treat each other intimately, they may be suspected of currying favor with the husband's ex-wife and mother's family;

Therefore, for this little girl living in the Cao family, Li can only treat her politely.

Qiu Yaofang also knew that her uncle's stepwife was not as close to her as her aunt, and the little girl was trembling, so she could only rely on her uncle more and more.Cao Yinxi is lively and smart, but she really loves her.

Then, Cao Yan was born, and in the next two years, the Li family was infertile. In order to have a male grandson, Sun Taijun, Zhang Luo chose someone from the family to have a son, and wanted to add a concubine for his son.

At this time, Qiu Yaofang was approaching Jiji's age.

On Cao Yin's side, he has already discussed with his wife to find a marriage for Qiu Yaofang.It's just that Yaofang is a daughter of the Cheng family after all, and she has her own father, so Cao Yin is not easy to be self-sufficient, so she thinks about discussing this matter with Yaofang's biological father when she arrives in Yangzhou.

Unexpectedly, things changed.

A girl's mind is unpredictable.

Over the past few years, the reliance on Cao Yin has made the little girl unknowingly deeply rooted.

After learning that Sun Taijun has picked a maid who is about the same age as him, he wants to give his uncle a concubine.Yao Fang made a mistake, seduced the drunk Cao Yin by taking advantage of her cheap access to Cao Yin's study...

The little girl was naive. She thought that with her uncle's honest and gentleman temperament, as long as the rice was cooked and cooked, she could become a concubine of the Cao family.But they don't know that Cao Yin is not only weaving, but also the cronies arranged by the emperor to win over the literati in Jiangnan.

Confucian etiquette is fatal.

Cao Yinzhi was able to get along like a fish in water in Jiangnan. Apart from being half of the blood of the Gu family, he was regarded as one of his own by the Jiangnan scholars, but also because he acted squarely and had an excellent reputation.

Taking wives and nieces as concubines is nothing among bannermen.

Sister died and sister continued, aunt died and nephew replaced, since ancient times.The purpose of the women's family is to keep their nephews from being abused by stepmothers of different surnames, and the purpose of the men's family is to keep the dowry of the deceased wife or to preserve the in-laws of the two surnames.

The Han people place great emphasis on the ethics of seniority, and can accept "sister dies and sister continues", but they are insensitive to "aunt dies and nephew replaces", which is regarded as an act of incest and immorality.

Cao Yin had been in Jiangnan for more than ten years at that time, how could he not know what to do and what not to do.

Moreover, although he is a bannerman, he was educated in Confucian orthodoxy when he was a child, and he is ashamed of his behavior of "losing morality after drinking".It's just that he still doesn't want to blame a child he watched grow up, he can only blame himself for being immoral.As for accepting Qiu Yaofang as a concubine, that was never even thought about.

In shame and indignation, he temporarily left Jiangning on the pretext of business, and went to other places for business.

After more than a month of trembling and trembling, Qiu Yaofang did not see Cao Yin return home.

At this time, it happened that Li Shi was not feeling well, and the imperial physician diagnosed her as two months pregnant.

Sun Taijun has been looking forward to his grandson for many years, and when he heard that his daughter-in-law is happy, he was naturally very happy.The moment Qiu Yaofang got the news, she was in a trance and passed out.

It's not that she hopes that Li Shi will have no children, but that she is an inexperienced little girl after all.She mustered up the courage to do something ugly, and she felt uneasy. Later, when Cao Yin left and never came back, she also made her understand something.

Now that Mrs. Li is pregnant, she can't even keep the "childless and concubine", she is terrified.

When he woke up again, he was facing Sun Taijun's cold eyes.

Sun Taijun is in charge of the internal affairs of the mansion, and his thoughts on the little girl cannot be escaped from her eyes.It's just that seeing his son didn't mean that much, Sun Taijun didn't take it to heart.She still knows about her son's conduct.

Although my son is away, plays on every occasion, and has some "pink confidants", he never messes around at home.

In addition, the study is in the front yard, and they are all Cao Yin's people. Sun Taijun didn't know that Qiu Yaofang had done "ugly things".

This time Yaofang fainted, Sun Taijun came to check, only to find that the little girl's brows had loosened, and her body gradually became round.The old man knew something was wrong, and after hearing what the doctor said, he was only surprised.

The old man has been in the palace for many years, and he is the most respectful of rules. How can he bear this kind of incident that happened in his own house?

Not to mention, she knew Yaofang's real life experience, and knew that her biological mother was a fireworks girl, so she was even more displeased.

If the son is not at home, don't let a big girl get pregnant at home.The old lady arranged for someone to send Yaofang out of the house under the guise of the Cheng family's name.

Mrs. Li put all her heart into raising the baby, so she didn't have any doubts.Because she heard from her husband that it was time for this cousin to marry.If there is no one in the Cheng family, he will marry from the Cao family; if there is someone in the Cheng family, he will be sent back to Yangzhou.

Although she doesn't like Yaofang, Yaofang has Cao family blood in her stomach.

Sun Taijun was thinking about it, thinking that if he gave birth to a male grandson, he would make arrangements at that time.So, he enlisted a few confidantes to put Yaofang under house arrest.

When Cao Yin came back, Yaofang was not seen, Sun Taijun reprimanded his son with a straight face, saying that he had arranged for Yaofang to marry, and told his son not to worry about it.

No matter how much Cao Yin believed it, he traced Yaofang's whereabouts within a few days.

However, he didn't think about how to arrange Yaofang, and he was shocked that both of them were pregnant, so he didn't go to meet her.

This delay will be delayed until the two delivery dates are approaching.

It's just that Yaofang was under house arrest for several months, and she was terrified. Instead, she gave birth a few days earlier than Li.

After the child fell to the ground, Yaofang fell asleep without seeing her. When she woke up, she was told that the child had died.

Yaofang thought it was true at first, and she was in pain.Later, when she accidentally learned that Li Shi had given birth, she couldn't help thinking about it.I always feel that my child is not dead, not to mention the one in Zhizao Mansion...

Thinking of this, she put away her desire to seek death and life, and only wanted to take care of her body, so she could go back to Cao's mansion as soon as possible, and take a look at the young master.

Unexpectedly, when she was just confinement, she was drugged, put on a passenger ship, and sold as a concubine to a Sichuan businessman.When she woke up, it was already two days later, and the boat had left Jiangning hundreds of miles away.

Although she was crying unbearably, she was a weak woman and could only be taken to Sichuan.

Later, in Sichuan for several years, it was not easy to live with a concubine.Even though the businessman loves this young concubine very much, Yaofang always remembers her son in her heart.

That's right, even if she didn't see it, she knew that she gave birth to a son.

During the delivery, although she was exhausted, she did not lose consciousness, and the baby cried loudly.She remembered the midwife's "Little Pepper" clearly.

The eldest son of the Weaving Mansion... Maybe she is the son born in October of her pregnancy...

Because of this miss, after several years, she finally found an opportunity to escape from Sichuan.

When he arrived in Jiangning, he spent a lot of money and wanted to enter Cao's mansion, but he couldn't find it.

She was a young woman, alone, so she attracted hooligans, knocked her unconscious, and wanted to sell her into a whorehouse.

The one who saw her at that time was the lady Lv, the owner of Ruyi Huafang.

It's just luck, the green lady came from Yangzhou, and she handed handkerchiefs to Yaofang's biological mother in her early years.

After Yaofang grew up, she took a portrait of her mother, and looking at her age, the green lady suspected that she was the daughter of an old friend.When she woke up, she asked, as expected.

After hearing about Yaofang's fate, Lady Lv not only lamented that the house cannibalize people, but also told Yaofang a piece of news.

The eldest son of the Cao family may have been plundered by the enemy.Although Cao's family did not search for people with great fanfare, the news is the best in the place of fireworks.The Cao family is the leader in Jiangning, and there are quite a few people staring at their family.

Many gentry already wanted to find Meiji and Cao Yin as concubines.

Although Yaofang was very anxious, she could only wait.Fortunately, not long after, there was news that Mrs. Li returned with her son.

Although Yaofang wanted to see the child, she was persuaded by Lady Lv.

For the rich and powerful, the distinction between the concubine and the concubine is a world of difference.An illegitimate son who can't see the light, or a son from the royal family, are two different futures.

Although Yaofang is eager to think about her son, she also knows that what Lv Niangzi said is right.She is an illegitimate daughter, she didn't enter Cheng Cheng's house, she either lived in a small courtyard with her biological mother, or she was living under someone else's fence, she couldn't bear to let her son suffer like this...

Hearing this, Cao Yong recalled the experience on the Qinhuai River that year, and said: "I can't blame you for falling into the water when you were painting the boat. It turned out that it was not because you were afraid of being implicated, but because you thought I was your flesh and blood."

Having said so much, Yao Fang had already burst into tears, she lowered her head and wiped her tears, and said: "Yes, I heard that it was you, and I was so happy that I was crazy. I still remember clearly, when Lord Ning introduced the uncle, he said yes "Both civil and military, even the Long Live Lord praised you." But seeing that you are wearing brocade clothes, and you are friends with the commander-in-chief and the magistrate, and have a bright future, I can only stick to my duty even more, for fear of losing my composure, Make others suspicious..."

I don't know if it's because of the long time, or because the person in front of me is Zhiran's biological mother, Cao Yong can't feel contempt for Yaofang.

"Since you misidentified me, how did you find Zhiran later?" Cao Yongjian thought for a while and asked out his doubts.

Yaofang smiled wryly when she heard the words, and said: "Actually, I saw you on the boat that time, and I thought you were kind, but I thought it was because of the bond between mother and child, so I didn't think about it. I was in the crowd and wanted to see you. I happened to see you helping your mother out... You are three-pointed father, seven-pointed mother... Even if I want to deceive myself, I can't..."

After hearing this, Cao Yong could only sigh.

Thinking back to that year, because a concubine brother was added to the family, the father treated the concubine generously, and the mother was wronged and fell ill because of this.At that time, Cao Yong was under his mother's window. When he heard his mother complain, he mentioned that his father was not happy when he was born.

Coupled with Li's mention of giving birth to her own dystocia, Cao Yong really thought about whether he was the "civet cat" in "civet cat for prince".Because the mother died of dystocia, the father brought the child outside to comfort his wife.

However, afterward, everyone said he looked like his mother.He looked in the mirror and found that he was indeed somewhat similar to his mother and sister, so he no longer doubted his blood relationship.

After all, there is an old matriarch with sharp eyesight.If she wasn't her own grandson, the old lady wouldn't be able to spoil herself that much.

Now that I think about it, I realize that my father had "the pain of bereavement" when I was born.Seeing the concubine at home and thinking of the concubine who "died young" outside, I must feel bad.

"In my whole life, I have spent more than ten years focusing on you in the weaving mansion. Knowing that you are Mrs. Li's son, not mine, I really didn't know how to make it through. It's just that I didn't want to give up. I wondered if it was possible. , you were just brought up by Mrs. Li, just a coincidence. When you entered Qingliang Temple, I went to Qingliang Temple to offer incense on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year. Unexpectedly, until you returned to Zhizao Mansion, there would be no chance to meet you. Later , I accidentally met Zhiran and his master... Before his master became a monk, he was a servant of the Cao family. He used to pay his respects to the old lady in the early years. I met... just one glance, and I recognized Zhiran as my child... "Speaking of this, Yao Fang was already sobbing: "But we met each other in a hurry, and when I was thinking about going to Qingliang Temple to find someone, I realized that their master and apprentice had gone wandering..."

Cao Yong will know what happened in the future.

Yaofang entrusted the name "Qiu's family" to buy a house and land near Qingliang Temple. When Zhiran came back from her wanderings, she often visited Zhiran.After going there many times, Zhiran sensed that something was wrong, and the mother and son probably knew each other.

Afterwards, Cao Yin was promoted to the Minister of Rites, and his family went north. Zhiran accompanied Cao Yin and his wife on the pretext of "visiting friends".

"Whether in Jiangning or in Beijing, I have persuaded him to return to vulgarity. But he is only willing to treat the world of mortals as a calamity. He has come and gone after calamities, and he has never been willing to return to vulgarity." Thinking of his childhood friend , Cao Yong said with a bit of regret.

Although he disagreed with his father's behavior back then, Cao Yong did not intend to vent his anger.Zhiran grew up in Buddhism, with a pure state of mind, that indifference is what Cao Yong has always envied.

At the beginning, he knew that he was the concubine of his father, but because of selfishness, he didn't want to embarrass his mother. Cao Yong never revealed it, but his intimacy remained undiminished.

Yaofang choked up and said, "Yes, I sold Ruyi Painting Boat and bought a hundred hectares of land near Qingliang Temple, just hoping that he could return to the vulgar life and keep him safe for the rest of his life. He only had Buddha in his heart. For the rest of my life, I was really cruel. I thought that if he was willing to be the abbot, he would do it, and I would follow and watch outside Qingliang Temple. But he only left a letter, and then abandoned his position as abbot and wandered away... By chance, I went back to Cheng's house..."

Looking at the woman in front of him, Cao Yong couldn't bear to think about her bumpy half life, and said: "Zhiran doesn't want to return to vulgarity, you have to be served...Brother Wu Qiao is a sincere person, and this place is considered to be on top of old age." select……"

Yaofang nodded, and said with tears in her eyes, "Yes, he treats me very filially, and his granddaughter and grandson are also obedient...I'm afraid of being alone..."

Thinking of his father's last words, Cao Yong sighed in his heart, and said: "Father has a last word, let me find you and take care of you... He also mentioned that if you wish, you can be buried in Cao's cemetery in a hundred years..."

Yaofang was stunned for a while when she heard this, and finally couldn't help crying...

(End of this chapter)