Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 946
Haidian, Caoyuan.

With toon scrambled eggs, shredded kohlrabi, dry-fried small yellow croaker, mixed with almonds, Elder Sixteen drank several bowls of millet porridge before putting down his chopsticks.

"Look at your little life, it's really enviable." Brother Sixteen looked at Cao Yong, as if he had realized something.

Cao Yong leaned comfortably on the vine wood rocking chair, touched his stomach, and said: "Master Sixteen is easy to deal with, and I envy the porridge and side dishes."

Brother Sixteen snorted, and followed Cao Yong's example, and sat down on the rocking chair next to him.

"Today, what do you think?" Brother Sixteen said.

"Step by step" these four words flashed in Cao Yong's mind, but what came out of his mouth was another word: "The meeting of wind and cloud!"

"Governor Nian, I'm afraid it's going to be a waste of time!" Elder Sixteen squinted his eyes, and couldn't hide his sarcasm in his words.

Cao Yong was thinking about the 12-year-old Xiao Hongli, the future Emperor Qianlong, but he wanted to imitate his grandfather Kangxi, and ended up with a nondescript "Shiquan old man".

Seeing that Cao Yong stopped answering, sixteenth elder brother knew his worries, so he just sighed in his heart.Although he knew since he was a child that he is also a prince and elder brother, he is divided into three, six or nine ranks, but now that the emperor's father is late and the emperor's brothers are turbulent, he looks on coldly, and it doesn't feel good.

"Huang Ama can treat brothers and sisters generously, because he is young and has few siblings...Nowadays, Huang Ama has many sons, and if he is named a prince, he can still get a son; if he is named a prince, he will have a duke. If it comes At that time, life was tight, and Fu Ruo could help me. I also hope that one day I will open a mansion and take care of my mother." Elder Sixteen heaved a long breath and said.

The sixteenth elder brother is usually careless, so it is rare to talk about this. Now that he mentions it, it is obvious that Kangxi has started to choose an heir.

This time, it is no longer the elder brothers entering the game to fight, but Kangxi really wants to choose one of them.

"Didn't I say it? Sixteenth Lord has a full heaven and a round earth pavilion, which is the destiny of both wealth and honor. I'm still waiting for Sixteenth Master to take care of me. By then, no matter how high the sixteenth master's threshold is, I will have the cheek to seek shelter." " Cao Yong said with a smile.

Brother Sixteen was not the first to hear this. He rolled his eyes and said, "It doesn't make sense no matter how you say it from your mouth; if it comes from Blind Luo, I will let you go." Three days of firecrackers!"

Hearing Luo Xiazi, Cao Yong felt familiar: "The one who Nian Gengyao came back last year to tell his fortune?"

Brother Sixteen nodded, and said: "Everyone says he is a real expert. If it wasn't for the fear of taboo, I would also want to seek him out."

Cao Yong didn't believe in the theory of fate in theology in his previous life.

In this life, I have even borrowed corpses to resurrect my soul, so I have a fear of metaphysics.

Cao Yong's heart moved, if this Luo blind man is really proficient in metaphysics, then if someone uses Kangxi's horoscope to calculate the date of Kangxi's death, wouldn't he also be able to grasp the opportunity.

It's just that if you don't want others to know, unless you don't do anything yourself, then the risk can be called huge.As long as there is even the slightest leak, it is "rebellion", even if it is a prince, it may be difficult to save his life.

He only knew that Kangxi died this year, but he didn't know the exact month.

Just judging from the fact that Kangxi took Hongli back to the palace for half a year to raise him, it should be the second half of the year; because he died in Changchun Garden, it would not be before October, because Shengjia was in Rehe before October.

In this way, that is October, November, December, the ninety days.

Thinking of Kangxi's reprimand and the age spots on his hands, Cao Yong's heart was heavy.

No matter what other people say about this emperor, no matter what merits and demerits he has, he is indeed worthy of the Cao family.

Only when he is there can the Cao family stand tall among the dignitaries in the capital; when he leaves, the Cao family loses its foundation.

Only by taking the slack off and working hard can I make the Cao family stable...

*
Baiyun Temple, outside the west corner gate, is a value room.

This side was originally the concierge of the small Taoist priests, but later the west gate was opened, and the corner door was sealed, and the two value rooms were left unoccupied, and became a place for wandering Taoist priests.

The well-known Master Luo in the capital lived here.

According to the legend, this Master Luo is a master of metaphysics and knows life and death. He hexagrams every day, which is extremely effective.Moreover, he is also a hexagram that he is not a second hexagram, and he regards himself as an outsider, and does not accept gold and silver, but only accepts food.No matter what other people gave him to eat, he would eat it all in one meal.It is said that he has a huge appetite, he eats rice and three hundred eggs in one meal.

Someone once played a prank by giving him two buckets of ginger after the hexagram, and he ate it all in a short time.

In short, in the eyes of the world, this is a person with great magical powers.Everyone called him "Luo Blind" behind his back, because his eyes were closed tightly and he had never opened them in front of others; but in front of him, everyone called him "Luo Shenxian" and "Luo Zhenren".

This night, there was a person sitting opposite him.

Blind Luo is not interested in counting a hexagram, because his hexagram for today is over, in the early morning.

"Renren Luo, the villain is following orders, please don't embarrass the villain." The man on the opposite side was struggling for a long time. Seeing that blind man Luo couldn't get in, he obviously lost his patience. He pulled out the steel knife from his waist and threw it down heavily. On the table, fiercely and authentically.

"East seven, south three, north six, west four, southeast fifteen, northwest fourteen, southwest eighteen, northeast thirteen." Blind Luo said slowly.

"What?" the man on the other side asked angrily.

"Jie, layman's robbery!" Blind Luo spat out these words, and stopped talking.

Seeing the flickering candle shadows on the table, the man trembled, and finally understood what Blind Luo meant.

He couldn't complete the task assigned by his master, and he didn't have a kill order for Xiazi Luo, so he was helpless against Xiazi Luo.

Blind Luo is a "blind man". How do you light the lights in this room?Obviously, he spent half the night in the middle of the night, and also stared outside for half the night.

The total number reported by blind Luo just now is eighty, so that is the number of eyeliners lurking around?

How to break out of the siege, how not to involve the master, what is this if it is not robbery?
The man slowly picked up the steel knife on the table, looked at the dirty Taoist priest in the gray robe in front of him, left with a bit of annoyance, and quickly disappeared in the night...

The candles on the table went out all of a sudden, and the room became dark immediately.

Blind Luo got up and lay down on the kang, his fingers fluttered between his left and right hands.

Within nine days, if he cannot escape, it will be his death...

Before the ninth day, Blind Luo waited for the person he was waiting for.

This is a birthday horoscope, please blind Luo to tell the fortune.

The visitor was a regular visitor, he had been here a few days ago, obviously he knew Luo Xiazi's rules, "the same person is not the same person", so he asked a young man who came with him to come forward and ask about the hexagram.

Blind Luo didn't open his eyes, so he asked someone to read the horoscope, counted with his fingers for a while, and then said: "Brush and ink."

The visitor obviously had already prepared, prepared the pen and paper, and put it on Luo Xiazi's right hand.

Blind Luo picked up the pen and wrote on several sheets of paper in a row, and even dipped ink in the inkstone a few times in the middle, and the young people among the guests were amazed.

When he finished writing, the old man among the visitors carefully put away what Luo Xiazi had written, including the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and put it in the bag, saying: "Shenxian Luo, I have paid the money in Guixiang Village, and I will pay you later." Somebody sent the pastry over."

Blind Luo didn't say anything, but nodded slightly as an answer.

When the visitor went out, there was already a blue cloth carriage waiting outside.When the two of them got into the carriage, the young man finally couldn't help it, and asked in a low voice: "Grandpa, don't you usually dislike 'Guixiang Village' and 'Coupling Flower Village'?"

In addition to the pastry in the imperial dining room and the pastry outside the palace, the Nandian of Daoxiang Village is the most respected by the servants in the palace.

It's just that the palace is strictly guarded, and eating out is a taboo.These servants can only eat a few pieces after leaving the palace.As for the later shops, none of them seemed authentic.

"Grandson, I've talked too much..." the mature man said in a low voice.

In the carriage, it was immediately quiet...

*
In a blink of an eye, it was March [-], Longevity Day.

Because the "Thousands of Seniors Banquet" has already been held on the sixth day of the first lunar month, this Longevity Festival seems much deserted.In addition, from March [-]th, the Ministry of Rites prayed for rain, and the capital stopped slaughtering animals for three days, and the market was much quieter.

Although Kangxi ordered to stop the banquet, the princes, ministers, civil and military officials still got up early to go to the Changchun Garden to congratulate the holy birthday.

After Kangxi was promoted to the palace and received congratulations from all the officials, he left the court.

It was the first time for Cao Yong to see the newly promoted Sichuan chief envoy Dai Duo. According to legend, this one is Si Age's confidant and adviser, and the prototype character of Wu Sidao in the novels of Er Yuehe in later generations.

It's just that if this old man is really so important, why didn't the fourth elder brother keep him by his side, instead of letting him out?
His elder brother is an official of the royal family, but he often shows his face in public.

In Cao Yong's expectation, Dai Duo was the adviser, so he should be a character like Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen. He didn't expect to see people, but his perception was quite different.

Dai Duo didn't put on an air of unfathomable and unfathomable, talking in an elegant manner, occasionally with a scholarly air, if he didn't know his identity early, he would be more like a learned Hanlin.

He came to Cao Yong for the account of the Sichuan Secretary, but to prepare for his appointment.

He is an old man of Prince Yong's mansion, he has his own way of dealing with people, he does not have Nian Gengyao's arrogance, and his words make people feel like a spring breeze.

Originally, based on the relationship between Dai Duo and the fourth elder brother, even if he did not manage the household department, no one would pick on him; but when he scattered the thousands of taels of silver, he sold it for a good deal, and it also showed that Nian Gengyao was not good at handling things. .

Cao Yong didn't keep the money that was managed, and let Sichuan Si Langzhong arrange it.Those who are filial to the hall officials and those who are distributed to the officials are all in accordance with the rules established by the Ministry of Households.

In his heart, he was extremely curious about this Dai Duo, but he had deep scruples, so he watched from a distance.

The governor of Shanchuan, Nian Gengyao, transferred the old man of the Yongwang Mansion to Sichuan, just after the Xingwang Garden on the [-]th of March, presumably the third and fourteenth elder brothers were going to die of acid.

Unexpectedly, a few days later, the third elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother did not move, and Kangxi Shengjia was lucky again in Wangyuan.

This time, Cao Yong did not catch up.

It is said that elder brother Hongli of Prince Yong's mansion danced sword and won the emperor's praise, and then returned to Changchun Garden with his grandson.Then under the decree, Hongli raised him in the palace and entered the study.

Elder Sixteen was not surprised when he heard the news. He is currently arranging with several directors of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to leave Beijing in April.The list of retinues this year is more than last year, and the supply of horses and chariots along this road is not for fun.

It's just that, I didn't expect that Hongli was raised by Concubine He instead of his own grandmother, Concubine De.

Among the concubines in the harem, Concubine He is considered young, a few years younger than Concubine Wang, who is only in her forties this year.For this concubine, the sixteenth elder brother has only seen it once, and it was in the 57th year of Kangxi, when he was with the concubine and the concubine.

In the early years, this was like a concubine's favorite, and she could not be compared with Wang's concubine at all, but because she was born in Manchuria with a common surname, her name and status had always been higher than Wang's concubine.

It wasn't until recent years that there were few newcomers in the harem, and other concubines were getting old one after another, so the concubine's favor gradually deepened.

There is no other reason, but because this concubine looks very young, in her forties, she looks like someone in her twenties.

Not only has the beauty of a young woman, but also has the gentleness of a middle-aged woman, which naturally suits Kangxi's appetite.

Although he has seen many beauties, Brother Sixteen still feels dry in his mouth when he thinks of Concubine He.Thinking that he had given birth to such a gaudy intestines, he couldn't help but secretly scolded himself twice as a beast.

While thinking about it, I was a little stunned.

Fortunately, the second elder brother has been abolished for many years, otherwise this concubine and mother would have escaped...

Although he is concerned about the direction of "history", Cao Yong still has his own life.

At the end of March, after the "May [-]th" festival, Chuyu's funeral was held, and Chuyu's delivery date was approaching.

After more than a month of recuperation, her body bones looked much stronger than in the first month, but her legs and feet were so swollen that she trembled when she walked.

Although she had spots on her face when she was pregnant with Tianyou and Tianhui earlier, they were not as severe as this time.

This time, she not only had butterfly spots on her cheeks, but also patches on her chest.

As her due date approached, the spots on her face got darker.

All women in the world cherish their appearance.

She didn't dare to look in the mirror, and she didn't dare to be too sad, for fear of hurting the fetus in her womb.

Thinking of the years of crimes her daughter suffered when she was a child, she felt panic again.

Now, she prays in front of the Buddha all day, only hoping that the fetus in her womb will be healthy, so that the blood of the Cao family will prosper.

Trembling and trembling, I survived until April, the due date, but the child still refused to land.

I invited several imperial physicians in a row, and they all said that the pulse condition was normal, so don't be impatient.

Cao Yong followed Xuanxin, thinking that Tianhui had a difficult labor back then, so he was a little afraid of his wife's birth.

After April, the weather got hotter, and Chuyu started to sweat, and every time she wiped her body with clean water, she also developed a heat rash.

Seeing this, Fang Zhonggong expressed his scruples to Cao Yong.

If things go on like this, if the child doesn't fail, I'm afraid he will get sick in the womb.

When Cao Yong heard this, he felt like falling into an ice cave.

During the years when his daughter was blind, even he, a gentleman, cried several times.

He really couldn't accept that he would let his child suffer again.

Overnight, his mouth was full of bubbles.

If it is 300 years later, it seems to be obstetrics; but now, it can only be resigned to fate.

Fortunately, God finally opened his eyes.

The next day, Chuyu started to move her baby.

This child is afraid that he has been in the mother's womb for a long time, and now he knows how to love his mother, and he is unwilling to make any more troubles.From fetal movement to landing, it took a total of more than two hours.

In this way, at noon on April [-], the cry of a baby sounded in Wutong Garden.

The baby who has just landed has a small red face with spots of white spots, and the fetal hair is much thicker than other newborn babies.

The midwife's voice was loud and flattering: "Congratulations uncle, my wife has added a young master..."

(End of this chapter)