Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 913 Meeting

Just as Cao Yong thought, when Elder Sixteen saw Prince Zhuoliketu's son, he felt "intimacy".

At the reception banquet in the evening, the third elder brother chatted and laughed happily, and had a happy meeting with Prince Zhuoliketu; the sixteenth elder brother "seemed to hate the lateness" with the prince, and exchanged cups and cups, which was very lively.

The two bachelors who followed were both elderly, smiling as decorations.

Several princes were there, and the Ministers of the Lifan Academy and the Ministry of Rites were not qualified to go forward, so they also accompanied them.

Among the crowd, Cao Yong, the servant of the household department, seemed a little prominent.

Cao Yong's seat is set under the princes and above the two great scholars.Originally, he was embarrassed to be the head of the two great scholars, but Brother Sixteen said that there was a difference in respect and inferiority, and he was not allowed to sit down.

The fourth elder brother and the fifteenth elder brother are adjacent to each other, and they are not as busy as the third elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother. They have gossips that gossip with each other, and occasionally follow the words of the third elder brother, talking to Butma Last sentence or two.

Mongolians don't use wine cups and glasses for drinking, they always use bowls.Right now, the chief is placing half a palm-sized jade bowl as a wine vessel
After a few bowls of wine, Batema was already a little bit smug.

Although it was stated that he would only be able to meet the emperor in the next day, but these princes and high-ranking officials accompanied the banquet, which was already very respectable.Every year in the court, this year's banquet is the most important.

It seems that it was right to write a book last month.

It has been four or five years since his parents ordered him to do so, and he still doesn't know what to do.I am afraid that someone from Beijing will come to urge you, and I am afraid that the emperor will think that it is the prince's mansion who is greedy.

Thinking of this, he felt a little ashamed.

Because Concubine Hui died early, and no one mentioned this property until the Empress Dowager passed away, so the Prince's Mansion began to embezzle one after another.

He had never met that aunt, who had left Horqin long before he was born.But when he was a child, he heard his mother mention the aunt who was brought up in the palace.

There are different stories about the aunt's life experience.

Some said it was his grandfather's biological daughter, and some said it was his grandfather's niece. Anyway, it was raised in Horqin earlier.

The two empresses of the first emperor were both from Horqin.The empress Yuan who was deposed was his aunt, his great-grandfather's cousin was his successor, and his younger sister Concubine Shuhui entered the palace at the same time as his successor.

It is said that these Horqin ladies were not favored by the late emperor.This concubine Hui was sent to the capital, and she was to be made a noble concubine when she became an adult, just to prevent the former emperor from abolishing the empress again.

At that time, there was the empress dowager, and the position of empress belonged to the noble daughter of Horqin.

That Concubine Hui's aunt has an unusual status, and the dowry she prepared is very rich.It is said that the empress dowager personally prepared it. There are countless gems and jades, antique calligraphy and paintings, and there are 10 taels of gold only.

These are just a few words left by the aunt that my parents mentioned by chance when they were alive.

Batma always felt that something was wrong. Since this aunt was destined to be a noble person, why did the Empress Dowager send such a large sum of money from the capital to Horqin?
Just to add a dowry to this aunt, to be more dignified?

He is a casual person, if he can't figure it out, he won't think about it.

He is an idle prince, with limited annual income and high expenses.

For fear that the palace would ask for the property, he did not dare to act recklessly with the precious jewels and jade.Only gold, embezzled clean.

Thinking of this, he felt his face burning more and more, holding up the wine cup, pretending to glance at Cao Yong casually.

Cao Yong's matter was being dragged by the sixteenth elder brother, and he fell to the seat of the son.

"Altan, don't you want to know Cao Yong? Let me introduce you." Brother Sixteen said with a bit of drunkenness, and then pointed at Cao Yong with a smile: "This is my niece and son-in-law, according to relatives Speaking of which, I should also call you cousin."

During the banquet just now, Ale Tangerhul mentioned Cao Yong several times intentionally or unintentionally.

Who is Brother Sixteen?How can we not see the "extraordinary" attention of this Mongolian prince's son to Cao Yong.

He already suspected that the emperor's father appointed Cao Yong to welcome the prince and his son, and he intended to let Cao Yong recognize his relatives. Now seeing the actions of Altange hul, he is not ignorant of Cao Yong, and he has the meaning of adding fuel to the flames. .

"Cousin?" Hearing this, Shizi looked at Cao Yong with a smile, but he became interested.

Although it is a property temporarily kept by the palace, it always makes people feel unhappy to hand such a large amount of money directly into the hands of strangers.

If you become a junior in your own family and have relatives, it will be easier to say.

In addition, he heard what his father said yesterday, and knew that this Cao Yong was valued by the emperor, so he was a little proud of his sudden leap to the elders.

In the end, it was because he had never left Horqin, and under the protection of his father, he had no intentions.

Cao Yong looked a little stiff when he saw Brother Sixteen talking lively.

This really recognizes my relatives, what is this called?
In addition to being Heshuo's son-in-law, I am also a court official and a court official. If this is heard by any censor, and a hat of "secretly forming a foreign country" comes down, it will be a crime of "unpredictable intentions".

"Master Shiliu, you drank too much..." Cao Yong moved his body, approached Shiliu elder brother, and said in a low voice.

The sixteenth elder brother said "haha" twice, but he didn't hear it, and said to Al Tangerhul: "My son, don't look at Cao Yong's gentleness. He used to be a guard in front of the imperial court in his early years. He is the best in riding and shooting." I'm not bragging, you'll know when someone comes from Darhan's palace tomorrow. I heard Beizi Suhebalu's archery skills are also at the top in Horqin, and Cao Yong's archery skills are not inferior to him. "

Altanghul heard this, but he didn't quite believe it.

Although he and Sukhbaru were separated by two or three hundred miles, they had met several times during the Naadam League, and the two even competed.Sukhbaru's horsemanship and archery are well-known, only wrestling is slightly inferior to him.

Seeing that he didn't believe it, Elder Sixteen raised his chin and said, "Today is too late, tomorrow morning, let's go see Zhenzhang on the school grounds!"

"The sixteenth master said so, the designation is true. If Cao Erfu had no Mongol style, he would not be favored by the queen mother and the old man." Altange hul said with a big tongue.

This sounded a little interesting, the sixteenth elder brother poured a bowl of kumiss for Al Tangerhul in person, and said: "What the son said is exactly what the emperor's grandmother treated Cao Yong, the great-grandson-in-law, very much. Well, we emperors and grandchildren are going to stay behind."

Aletangehul seemed a little puzzled, looked at Cao Yong for a while, and then asked sixteen elder brothers, "Did Mrs. Cao's grandparents also come from Horqin?"

Elder Sixteen raised his eyebrows and said, "Why did your son think of asking this? I didn't pay attention to this. I only know that the Empress Dowager regards Mrs. Cao Tai as her own, and often calls her into the palace."

Altangerhul listened, nodded, thought he had the answer, and said: "That's right, she is designated as the blood of our Horqin. Horqin people are the most protective, if it is not for their own flesh and blood, the Queen Mother will not Leave a will to pass on the dowry left by Aunt Hui Concubine to Mrs. Cao Jiatai."

Saying this, when he looked at Cao Yong, he felt a little less alienated, stretched out a dustpan-sized palm, patted Cao Yong's shoulder vigorously, and said with a smile: "We are really relatives, maybe you should also call him I call my uncle."

He has a simple mind, and he just said it casually, but it is the answer closest to the truth.

Cao Yong looked as usual, but his mind was overwhelmed by the word "last order".

Brother Sixteen was also a little stunned. Although the story of Li's life experience had been circulated in Beijing for many years, because it involved the royal family's secrets and there was no clear evidence, many people just took it as rumors.

After all, except that the Queen Mother treated Li Shi differently during her lifetime, the emperor did not recognize her daughter, and no one from Prince Yu's residence came forward to recognize her relatives.

Now, why did Concubine Hui come out again?

That is obviously a person who has long since faded out of everyone's sight and been forgotten.Now, because of the so-called death of the queen mother, she was brought up before others, what is the purpose of this?

After Altangehul finished his warm words, he was looking at Cao Yong. Seeing that he didn't speak, his face couldn't be wiped away. He stared and shouted: "Master Cao, don't you want to recognize our relatives from Horqin?"

Originally, in the tent, everyone chatted about their own affairs, but his voice attracted everyone to look at this side of the table.

Prince Zhuoliketu frowned slightly, and looked at his son with a bit of blame.

The fourth elder brother had a gloomy expression, the third elder brother had a smile on his face, his eyes were already probing, the fifteenth elder brother raised the corners of his mouth, and sneered when he added something.

The two bachelors, who are used to pretending to be deaf and dumb, returned to normal after just one glance.

The two lord servants who sat at the end of the table couldn't help but have a taste in their hearts.

They are also second-rank servants, because of Cao Yong's high title, they follow the prince's side; but they can only be slaves.

Cao Yong had already woken up, took the jug from the sixteenth elder brother, and placed several empty jade bowls on the table in front of Aletangehul and himself, filled them up one by one, and then brought a piece of wine. Only the wine bowl, said: "My son misunderstood, Cao Yong didn't have the slightest frivolous heart, but he was so kind, Cao Yong was really flattered. I heard that in Horqin, new friends have to drink three bowls of wine. Cao Yong is a junior Just six bowls!" After speaking, he raised his neck and drank the bowl of wine in his hand with a few sips.

Then, he put down the empty bowl and drank the remaining bowls of wine one by one.

Mongolians are bold, and like friends who are bold.

After drinking these six bowls of wine, not only did Altangerhul's annoyance disappear, but even Prince Zhuoliketu's expression became more appreciative.

"Good man, I said the wrong thing, so don't piss me off. Don't talk about seniority, you friend, I'll make it up!" Al Tangehul drank the three bowls of wine in front of him , with a bit of excitement, Le said with dancing.

These nine bowls of wine emptied the two jugs on the table.

Brother Sixteen waved his hand to signal the waiter to serve the wine again, and then looked at Cao Yong, fearing that he might be drunk.

Although this kumiss is not as spicy as shochu, it is not as soft as rice wine. Cao Yong drank it in one breath, and he was a little top-heavy.

But Ale Tangerhul was interested. He wanted to pay back to Cao Yong, and naturally he had three bowls at a time.

If it was at the wine table in the capital, Cao Yong wouldn't fall ill and fight for wine, and he would have found a reason to get off the table.But if you interact with the Mongols, if you can't do it on the wine table, you will be despised.

Cao Yong would not show timidity, he raised his wine bowl boldly and said: "Thank you, son, do it!"

After going back and forth, Altangehul looked at Cao Yong's eyes, just like looking at his own brother.After drinking happily, his reluctance to give Concubine Hui's dowry to Cao's family is gone, and his thoughts of occupying Cao Yong's mind have also rested.

Elder Sixteen, however, was worried when he saw that there were two empty wine jugs in front of him, and if he drank any more, even if this son could stand it, Cao Yong couldn't stand it either.

Thinking of this, he hastened to intervene, turning Altanger's attention from Cao Yong to himself.From the one-on-one drinking mode just now, it has become two-on-one between him and Cao Yong.

When Altanghul's front was wet, his arms could no longer be lifted, and he lay down unsteadily, there were a few more empty jugs on the wine table.

At this time, the other people in the tent had already dispersed.Probably because the three of them were having a good time drinking and didn't bother them.

Brother Sixteen and Cao Yong looked at each other the same way, both of them had wry smiles.

After drinking the wine all at once, the two of them also became weak.

Brother Sixteen still maintained a trace of clarity, so Zhao Feng changed a few people and sent everyone back to various places.

In the grassland in early August, the temperature is much lower than that in the capital, especially at night.

Cao Yong was supported by two people. He was only weak in his feet, but his mind was still clear.When he came out and saw Night Breeze, he felt like his stomach was overwhelmed. He couldn't help it, pushed the two of them away, squatted on the ground, and vomited wildly.

At dinner at night, he mostly drank, didn't use a lot of chopsticks to cook, and there was not much filth.After vomiting for a while, there was nothing.

When he was lifted up, he only felt that his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and he had already opened his eyes.

The voices of Xiaoman and Wei Hei came from next to his ears, Cao Yong felt at ease and let himself fall into a deep sleep...

When Cao Yong opened his eyes again, it was already noon the next day.

He didn't think about it at first, but there was a constant "buzzing" in his ears, and he felt his head was swollen, his mouth was dry, and his throat was about to burn.

He had no choice but to stand up, but he was facing the sixteenth elder brother.

Brother Sixteen was sitting on a chair beside him, rubbing his forehead. Seeing Cao Yong raised his head, he said angrily, "I've been calling you for a quarter of an hour. If I'm sorry, I will serve you with cold water."

Cao Yong's head was still a little dazed, he pulled a robe from the bed and put it on, yawned and said: "Why is Master Sixteen free, come here early in the morning?"

The sixteenth elder brother couldn't help laughing when he saw him in a daze, and said: "It's going to be Shen Chu ([-] o'clock in the afternoon), it's still early. You pack up quickly, Prince Zhuoliketu is still waiting for us to go over and count the belongings .”

At this moment, Xiaoman has already prepared the washing things.

After Cao Yong washed with cold water, his mind became clearer, and he asked, "Is that what the prince said yesterday? Concubine Hui's dowry?"

Elder Sixteen nodded and said, "It's that one. You slept all morning, so you don't know the excitement just now."

"Oh?" Cao Yong listened, a little uneasy.

Although he doesn't know the value of the so-called Concubine Hui's dowry, he is not short of money.He was worried that the Empress Dowager's whim would cause his mother to be involved in right and wrong again, disrupting the current peaceful life.

Elder Sixteen had a strange face, and said: "The Emperor Ama said that following the will of the Empress Dowager, she wanted to pursue Concubine Hui as empress..."

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I begging for a guaranteed monthly pass. .

(End of this chapter)