Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 916 "Preparation"

Mongolia, Shengjia is here.

Because the next day was about to leave, Elder Sixteen and Cao Yong didn't care about not closing their eyes all night, and they were busy working for half a day.Not for anything else, just for the eight boxes containing 10 taels of silver.

The eight boxes are not big, but each weighs more than 800 catties, and only five or six young and strong can lift them.For Prince Droliketu, he brought many Mongolian slaves to carry these,
Those slaves couldn't even speak Chinese, and few of them would think about what the master's house was pretending to be.

The Eight Banners Guards sent this batch of belongings back to Beijing. Even if they loaded the car first and did not need them to carry it, but a car only pulled a box, everyone would feel strange.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong and Brother Shiliu took out more than 20 boxes from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and packed the gold separately. The empty places in the boxes were filled with bricks.

In this way, a box of two or three hundred catties, even if others think it is heavy, they will only think of it as silver.The amount of 10 taels of silver roughly matches what sixteen elder brothers told the outside world.

Although Cao Yong received the emperor's order to return to Beijing, he was not the previous bodyguard after all, and the household department still had some errands to hand over.

Therefore, after he returned to the tent, took a shower and changed clothes, and had lunch, he went to the fourth elder brother's tent to do business.

The fourth elder brother was not in the tent, I heard that the third elder brother was invited to go, and together with several ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they arranged for a siege in the near future.

There is still half a day's work left and right, Cao Yong is not in a hurry, so he will go out from the account of the fourth elder brother and return to his own account.

Xiaoman was standing at the entrance of the tent, talking sleepily to the two young eunuchs beside Eunuch Tian.

Eunuch Tian sat on the stool in front of the tent, hunched over, basking in the sun with his eyes squinted, like a lazy old cat.

Only then did Cao Yong remember that he forgot to return to Eunuch Tian when he was in front of the emperor in the morning.He couldn't help stroking his forehead, it was all caused by the Kangxi guards who sent him off and Zuo Ling's subordinates.

When Eunuch Tian saw Cao Yong coming, he stood up and bowed to pay his respects.

Cao Yongxu gave him a hand, asked him to get up, thought for a while, and said: "Director Tian, ​​the emperor ordered Cao Yong to escort this batch of property back to Beijing tomorrow morning. On the way, maybe we have to hurry. If the father-in-law If there is no other arrangement, you can go with Cao Yong first, and then slowly return to Beijing after arriving in Rehe, can you make it?"

He originally wanted to entrust Eunuch Tian to Elder Sixteen and take him home after Shengjia returned to Beijing, but in that case, he would refute Kangxi's arrangement, fearing that he would be unhappy.

If he took it home directly, he was afraid of scaring his family; besides, he had to prepare the house in advance, and then asked his father-in-law and sister to see what requirements and taboos there were for the servants to support them.

Eunuch Tian shuddered, his face was full of folds, he didn't see that he was sad or happy, and said in a sharp voice: "My uncle should be more sympathetic to this old slave, and I will respect my uncle's orders."

After saying this sentence, he didn't say any more, and took the two little eunuchs back to tidy up and salute.

Looking at the crooked figure, Cao Yong had to suspect that the old eunuch blocked the door of his tent just to wait for this sentence.

He twitched the corners of his mouth, and said to Xiao Man, "Go find Master Sixteen, and ask him to help you get another carriage."

Xiao Man went away, Cao Yong called him again, and said: "After seeing Brother Sixteen, you can go back and have a rest."

Xiaoman rubbed his eyes and said: "Master, the little one should wait here? Mr. Wei and the others are all guarding over there under the tent. You must always leave someone to wait by your side, otherwise it will not be cheap."

Cao Yong waved his hand and said: "It's okay, you go and rest yourself, just get up at dinner time. I'm tired too, so I have to squint."

Xiao Man went to look for Elder Sixteen without mentioning it, Cao Yong entered the tent, feeling dizzy.

He was drunk the night before, stayed up late last night, and worked hard for half a day today, and now he is a little impatient.

He lay down on the bed, closed his eyes, fell asleep after a while...

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Going to the Northeast, the third elder brother runs the account.

The fourth elder brother sat on the chair, picked up the teacup, brought it to his mouth, and took a sip.The tea had lost its color, and he felt a little impatient, so he raised his head and looked at Brother San.

The third elder brother asked people to come over to discuss the siege.After sitting for half an hour, there is no seriousness in this sentence, and it has been a long time since I entered the "topic".

Xingwei is just a cover, if this topic is as expected, it should be the matter of Concubine Hui chasing the empress.As for the so-called "gift" of Li's property by the queen mother, even if the third elder brother wanted to mix it up, he couldn't say anything.

5000 taels of gold, 10 taels of silver?

The fourth elder brother put down the teacup, thinking of his sister, Princess Gu Lun Rongxian, who had the same mother as the third elder brother.

That imperial sister has always had the Sacred Heart, not to mention Princess Feng Gulun, who was born out of her concubines, and her family background is quite rich.

If Li's identity is true, then the "gift" he received should be no less than that of Princess Rongxian.

The 5000 taels, 10 taels, etc., should be revealed by the sixteenth elder brother in order to deceive people's eyes and ears.After all, those who inquired about the news inside and outside the palace would not be able to talk to the Cao family for a while, and it would be much cheaper to start with the servants around Elder Sixteen.

Although he knew that it was a lot of property, but the fourth elder brother was not jealous.Several generations were involved in this, and there was also an elder sister who was living outside. The fourth elder brother didn't have such a thick skin to stare at this property.

The fourth elder brother got impatient, and the third elder brother finally couldn't hold it anymore, cleared his throat, and said, "Fourth brother, Huang Ama said yesterday that chasing Concubine Hui as a queen, what do you think?"

The fourth elder brother raised his eyelids, and said calmly: "As a courtier, younger brother, it's not easy to speculate on Huang Ama's mind."

The third elder brother was so choked that he swallowed and spit, straightened his neck and said: "The emperor has no family affairs, Borzigit's family is raised in the palace to wait for years, and died before entering the imperial court. Concubine Hui was originally a concubine. Now I am chasing her again. It is really inconsistent with the etiquette to grant the title or pay the post."

After hearing this, the fourth elder brother remained calm and watched how the third elder brother spoke later.

He is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and the matter of chasing after the empress is an errand of the Ministry of Rites, so it would not be offensive if he had something to say.It's just that he really wants to be a direct minister, and it's his ability to make a statement before the emperor; what's the use of saying this behind his back now?

Seeing that the fourth elder brother didn't answer, the third elder brother couldn't continue, so he could only curse a few words in his heart.

The tent was silent, the fourth elder brother took out his pocket watch and looked at it, got up and said: "Third brother, this is an errand for the Ministry of Rites, and my younger brother can't talk. When the third brother has the charter, the younger brother is listening to the third brother's teaching."

The third elder brother looked a little stiff, stood up, and said with a smile: "It's all my fault, the fourth brother is a busy person, I shouldn't delay the work of the fourth brother."

"Third brother is polite, then younger brother will go first." Fourth elder brother bowed slightly, turned around and left the tent.

The smile on the third elder brother's face froze, and there was a sentence that lingered around his mouth twice, but he still didn't dare to say it.

That is the matter of "conferring". Not only does this harem not have a queen, but there is only one concubine, and there is a shortage of concubine.

The old man is getting old, and he wants to chase after the queen, and what is he doing as a son, why would he just pretend to be that stunned young man, and stop him in the first place.

Concubine Hui didn't enter the imperial court, so naturally it is even more impossible to have a prince. Whether to pursue the conferment or not is just a face-saving matter, and it can't get in the way of him.

What he was thinking about in his heart was that he wanted to take advantage of this "empress seal" to let the concubines of the harem follow him to the throne. That would be another pattern.

"The son of the imperial concubine", the third elder brother felt a little excited when he thought of these words.

Manchurians pay attention to "mother is more valuable than son" and "son is more valuable than mother". If you can make your mother and concubine promoted to "noble concubine", then your status will be higher than other brothers.And long and expensive, isn't the storage position justifiable?

However, among the four concubines in the harem, Concubine Yi and Concubine De seem to be more holy, so the third elder brother refrained from showing his words in front of the fourth elder brother.Otherwise, if he ended up taking advantage of others, wouldn't he be shooting himself in the foot.

"It would be great if the imperial sister was here!" The third elder brother thought about it, but still couldn't think of a comprehensive way, so he remembered his sister who moved back to the Princess Mansion in the capital last year, and sighed.

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Regarding the "Secret Empress", the fourth elder brother didn't have the calculations of the third elder brother in his heart, but he was not in a good mood these two days.

He knew the true identity of Concubine Hui, and he didn't agree with the royal father's vigorous pursuit of the title.

This concubine is different from the empress, the empress is the mother of the country, and the concubine is just the concubine's wife of the emperor.In the history books, the imperial concubine was just mentioned, but the queen couldn't explain it in a few words.

Although in the past 50 years, there are many people who know the secret, but it always makes people feel uncomfortable.

Even so, he did not vent his anger on Cao Yong. Instead, he felt closer to Cao Yong because he was a nephew and uncle who had "passed half the time".

Therefore, when I got back to the tent, knowing that Cao Yong had come over, the fourth elder brother wandered around and arrived at Cao Yong's tent alone.

There was no one at the door of the tent, so the fourth elder brother called twice, but seeing no one answered, he frowned slightly.

He has already got the news, knowing that Cao Yong will set off tomorrow to escort those belongings back to Beijing.

Are you going to the Mongolian camp?
The fourth elder brother hesitated for a moment, thinking that it was justifiable for him to come here, but it was not cheap to go to the Mongolian camp to find Cao Yong;

He was hesitating when he heard someone say: "The little one has seen the prince, please greet him."

The fourth elder brother raised his head, and saw someone coming towards him, saluting himself. He was 24 or five years old, and he looked familiar, as if he was waiting by Cao Yong's side.

He nodded and said, "Where did your lord go?"

"Going back to the lord, my lord is in the tent. He stayed up late last night, so he may be lacking energy at the moment, and he didn't hear the lord coming, so I'm going to pass it on to the lord." The man bowed.

The person who came was Xiao Man, he came back from the sixteenth elder brother, just entered his tent, when he heard the fourth elder brother calling for someone, he hurried out to answer.

The fourth elder brother waved his hand and sent Xiaoman to pay.

When Xiaoman entered the tent, he saw Cao Yong sleeping soundly on the couch.Even in his dream, he frowned, it seemed that he was worried about the past few days.

Xiao Man was a little hesitant, thinking about how respectful his grandfather had always been to the fourth elder brother, and it was the fourth elder brother who came to visit on his own initiative, he still stepped forward to Cao Yong's bedside, and said: "Master, wake up, Si elder brother Grandpa is here."

He didn't dare to call too loudly, for fear that the fourth brother outside would hear disrespect, so he called several times before Cao Yong opened his eyes in a daze.

Cao Yong rubbed his face vigorously, got up and flicked the folds of his clothes, and went out to welcome the fourth elder brother in...

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The monthly ticket dropped fifth, and Xiao Jiu cried and begged for the monthly ticket. .

(End of this chapter)