Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 970 Adding color (tears running for a monthly ticket)

"Secret decree?" Long Keduo heard the words of the fourth elder brother, and was surprised: "Didn't you see the emperor send someone to pass the decree?"

In order to continue the family's wealth, he has paid attention to the establishment of the heir for more than ten or twenty years. Seeing that the emperor is getting old, when the time comes for the succession of the throne, he is naturally reluctant to draw water from a bamboo basket in vain.

The fourth elder brother didn't say it clearly, but Longkodo could also hear what he meant.If there is a secret decree to go out of Beijing, it will be cheaper, Brother Fourteen.

His face was uncertain, and he raised his eyebrows for a while, and said: "Even if you send it out of Beijing, you don't have to be afraid. It doesn't matter if you go to the post station or the military station. That one is in Ganzhou. Even if it's eight hundred miles away, you have to be a little bit quicker." The day will come. If the reply arrives in Beijing, it will be even longer."

The fourth elder brother heard it, and his heart moved.

Since we don't know if there is a will to go out, we can't intercept the sent ones, we should deploy manpower early, and the same is true for intercepting the sent back messages.

But if this is the case, even if the interception is successful, it will not be able to cover up in front of the imperial court after a long time.

The fourth elder brother was a little hesitant, Long Kedo whispered: "Fourth master, the emperor has been a little short-spirited recently..."

The fourth elder brother slowly widened his eyes and asked, "What did the imperial doctor say?"

"Don't bother, you should rest with peace of mind." Longkoduo replied.

How can you not bother?There can be no war in the Northwest, no peace talks, and 10,000+ troops are wasting there.Khalkha is about to move again, although there is Jebtsundamba, who has a heart for the court, and he is also in his nineties.When he is gone, who else can suppress the kings of Khalkha?

If Zhungeer and Khalkha form an alliance, there will be a covetous Eros behind them, and the northern border of the Qing Dynasty will be in danger.

In the past few years of confrontation in the Northwest, the imperial court and the Zhungeer soldiers had several small-scale hand-to-hand battles, but nothing was good.In addition to the fact that the soldiers are not resistant to the bitter cold on the plateau, it is because the opponent has firearms bought from Eros.

Later, although the imperial court also sent firearms to the Northwest Army, most of them were clumsy, obsolete and not durable, and they were just for decoration.

The fourth elder brother looked at Longkodo with wet palms, not daring to think about his intentions in saying these two sentences.

"Uncle..." Fourth elder brother called out in a low voice.

Longkodo had regained his composure, and said with a smile: "The emperor's preference for elder brother Hongli is obvious to all. In Beijing, who else can compete with the fourth master? Compared with the one who is gone and the one far away in the northwest, the fourth master can be called It is to take advantage of 'time, place, and harmony'."

The fourth elder brother bowed and said: "My nephew has no help from the inner court, and no brothers and nephews to rely on. It all depends on my uncle's teaching. It is the emperor's mother who loves me, knowing that I am lonely and helpless, which attracts my uncle to love my nephew." At the end, I couldn't help His face was moved, his eyes were already red.

Speaking of his late sister, Empress Xiaoyi, Long Ke Duo also showed a bit of kindness on his face, saying: "Although the emperor has many princes and elder brothers, only the fourth master is raised by my sister. If I don't help my nephew, what can I do?" Can't help outsiders?"

The two uncles and nephews looked at each other, all kinds of intimacy, it is not appropriate to talk about it...

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Coming out of Longkodo's tent, Brother Seventeen asked Cao Yong and Brother Sixteen to sit down with him.

Cao Yong had nothing else to do, so he went with his two elder brothers.

"I don't know why the fourth brother is looking for Long Kedo, looking at that appearance, it seems that there is something urgent?" Elder sixteen couldn't bear the curiosity in his heart, he opened his mouth to elder brother seventeen and Cao Yong.

"In the eyes of the fourth brother, the Tong family is the mother family, and Longkodo is his own uncle, but I don't know if Longkodo is willing to treat him as his own nephew. That's a fool. Back then, when he hugged the mynah's thigh, there was a lawsuit to support the crown prince. I can run faster than anyone else afterwards." Elder Seventeen raised his eyebrows and said.

Although Long Keduo was born in the descendant clan and was a very popular person in front of the imperial court, Elder Seventeen did not ask for anything, but was unwilling to have any contact with Long Keduo; apart from business affairs, the two had very little personal relationship.

Brother Sixteen glanced at him, and said: "It's good to understand it in your heart, why do you say it? When you get used to it, show it in front of others without covering it up, and be careful not to offend others."

Elder Seventeen leaned back in his chair and lazily said: "If I can't tell the truth in front of Brother Sixteen and Cao Yong, then I'm going to suffocate. Posts were not left behind in the palace, they were all scattered in front of us Fujin. We Fujin are still in a dilemma, I don't know what routine to give gifts."

"It's outrageous. I heard that the concubine of the country's uncle not only controls the internal affairs of the Tong family, but also the external affairs. Officials who come to Beijing from outside must pay tribute to Mrs. Ru." Speaking of this Brother Sixteen glanced at Cao Yong and said, "God bless this year's eleventh or twelve?"

"Eleventh." Cao Yong didn't understand how he turned to Tianyou, and replied.

Elder Sixteen laughed and said: "That Furuo has to be careful, Longkodo's only daughter is in the year of cardamom, she is the one born like his wife, who is looking for a son-in-law who is all over the capital. Your family is rich enough, The tutor is also good, maybe she has already been missed by Mrs. Ru."

Cao Yong was very surprised when he heard this.

Girls from powerful families are mostly proud of being drafted and tied to the nobles of the clan. The Tong family is a two-generation descendant, one of the best noble families. In addition, Long Kedo is now holding multiple jobs, and the scenery is unparalleled. The girls of their family, even A concubine is also eligible to marry into the clan.

According to Brother Sixteen, that concubine Long Kedo didn't want her daughter to marry into the clan, but wanted to marry the Minjue family.

"Marry a daughter from a high family, and marry a woman from a low family", although the Cao family is an earl, they are just upstarts, and they cannot be compared with the Tong family known as "Tong Banchao".

Not only the Cao family, but counting in the Manchu Dynasty, there are very few wealthy families that can match the daughter of the Tong family.

As early as when Cao Xiang and Cao Fu were married, someone mentioned a girl from the branch of the Tong family, but Cao Yin was unwilling to cling to the high family and chose another family.

Now she is a girl from Tong's family, and she has a pair of famous parents, Cao Yong didn't even think about it.

"Even if it's the daughter of the Tong family, it's absolutely unacceptable to have such a biological mother. Cao Yong, you have to persevere. If it doesn't work, just choose a similar one and order it. They will never send their daughters to Cao's family to be a mother." Concubine." Elder Seventeen said.

Cao Yong was speechless, even if he wanted to order a child bride-in-law for his son, it would not be easy.

Cao's family is in the banner, according to the rules, they can only get married among the banner people, and they cannot marry with other people's families.The girl from the Banner family has not passed the draft, and her parents are not qualified to marry outsiders.

Most of the girls who are able to talk about marriage these days are the ones who won the draft last year. The youngest is 14 years old, and the oldest is [-] years old.Usually the girls who put on the brand, the better ones, are often proposed after the draft.The rest is either from a bad background, or the girl has a flawed temperament and appearance.

Tianyou's daughter-in-law is the daughter-in-law of the Cao family. She is filial to her parents and takes care of her younger siblings. She inherits the blood of the Cao family. How can she choose one at will?
Cao Yong caressed his forehead, it seemed like just yesterday that he got married, and now he has to consider the marriage of his children...

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Capital, Cao Mansion, Orchid Courtyard, Shangfang.

Zhao Jia first ate two duck wings, drank a bowl of old duck soup, and then ate two bowls of rice in one sitting with half a plate of chicken elbow bone fried in spicy pepper. Ask someone to add food.

In a few days it will be the Seven Side Fujin Birth Ceremony, Chu Yu gets up early to go to the temple to pray for her birth mother, and will not return until dusk.

Mrs. Zhao Jia heard that she was not at home, so she came to find Mrs. Li to play cards in the afternoon, and Mrs. Li kept her for dinner when it was dinner time.

Mrs. Li knew that she didn't like chicken and duck, so in addition to an eight-treasure old duck soup, she ordered to add a chicken dish.

Mrs. Zhao Jia often eats in this mansion, and the chef also knows the taste of this old lady. Apart from duck, she also likes heavy oil dishes, so he served this spicy chicken elbow.

Mrs. Zhao Jia has a good appetite, and Mrs. Li is happy for her, but seeing that she eats so much, she can't help but worry.

Zhao Jia ate another half bowl before putting down the bowl.

Li Shi was afraid that she would not be able to overcome it, so she hurriedly ordered someone to make a cup of strong tea for her.

Zhao Jia drank half a cup of tea in one gulp, let out a long breath, and said, "It's delicious to have someone to accompany you to eat. If it wasn't for my sister-in-law, it would be fine to deal with two bites. Chef Wang's craftsmanship is more and more praised. If I had known that his duck dishes were so good, I should have asked him to go at that time."

"It's just a partition wall. If you want to eat, just ask someone to send a message. How can your nephew and daughter-in-law be reluctant to part with two dishes?" Li said with a smile.

Mrs. Zhao Jia wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and said: "My nephew and daughter-in-law have always been virtuous. Even if I really don't want to part with it, I will be filial to me if my sister-in-law is around. It's just that if I wish, my second wife will lose face. She Even though she was more refined, she never neglected me, so why would I bother to make her feel uncomfortable by coveting two bites of food?"

She is justified on both sides, and she still doesn't forget to say a few words about the younger generation at any time. Li Shi is too lazy to argue with her, and just smiles without saying a word.

Zhao Jia put down her handkerchief and said to Li: "Sister-in-law, I heard that Mrs. Li in the country's uncle's residence will have a banquet at the beginning of next month. Has my sister-in-law received the post?"

Mrs. Li nodded and said: "There is such a thing, please post a post to invite me to go with your nephew and daughter-in-law. Your nephew and daughter-in-law are still in filial piety, and this uncle Ru Furen is not considerate, it is really rude. "

"Then only my sister-in-law went?" Zhao Jia asked.

"It's still half a month away. I'll talk about it then. I'm not impatient with socializing, but since the uncle's house has sent a post, it's not easy to respond casually." Li Shi replied.

"Tsk tsk, Mrs. Ru is the only one in the Qing Dynasty who has achieved this. I heard that she is very capable. Not to mention taking care of Tong Guojiu's concubine, even the wife of the wife can beat her whenever she wants. You can just scold. Mrs. Tong said that she died of illness, but who knows the real reason? The old masters and ladies of the Tong family are gone, and with the support of Uncle Tong, Li Si'er can run rampant in the uncle's house." Zhao Zhao Jiashi snapped.

Mrs. Zhaojia loves to play cards in the past two years, and often invites relatives and family members to play cards. Hearing these gossips, but this is the first time Mrs. Li has heard of them.

Seeing that she didn't believe it, Zhao Jia lowered his voice and said, "It's not just that. I have a cousin who works in the yamen of the Infantry Army. The Beijing official wanted to be promoted. I searched for several people but nothing happened until I heard After being instructed by others, I exchanged 300 taels of gold, pressed a statue of Maitreya Buddha and sent it to Li Si'er, and within a few days, I got the letter of approval. Although the order has not yet come down, but with the backing of the uncle's mansion, no one will call her." Madame'? I heard that she has a good body, otherwise, how can a concubine and a broken shoe who has served Uncle Tong Guo's father-in-law be so beautiful?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Li couldn't help shaking her head.

Zhao Jia said so much in one breath, only to realize that he was off topic, and hurriedly accepted Li Si'er's gossip, and said: "Sister-in-law, the fourth sister and the fifth son are growing up, and they will participate in the draft next year. It depends on the arrangement of the nobles in the palace, but I thought, let them show their faces in front of people, so as not to be petty, timid, and not look good. If you go to the uncle's mansion, you will also take your two nieces to see the world Huh? I want to take them there, but I'm not qualified enough, so I can only beg my sister-in-law with a shy face."

If it was put in front of her, she would never push the concubine in front of others.It's just that Wu'er is very handsome now, not only far better than the fourth sister, but also three points better than Cao Jiashi and Cao Yi.There is the case of Sanya first, Zhao Jia didn't want her concubine to be divorced from him, but he treated her much better than in the past.

The fourth sister's appearance is only pretty, and her father and brother's official positions are not obvious, so her future is limited after all; but the fifth son wins by color, if he is referred to the clan as a concubine, maybe he can still have a good time.

Mrs. Li didn't know the twists and turns in Mrs. Zhaojia's heart. Seeing that she was kind to the concubine, she thought she was old and changed her temper.This is not a difficult thing, she nodded her head and agreed: "I heard that there is a girl in the uncle's house who is not out of the cabinet. She is about the same age as the fourth sister and fifth son. It's good to let the nieces get to know each other."

Seeing her nodding, Mrs. Zhao Jia immediately smiled, squinted her eyes and said: "Tomorrow, I have to call a tailor to come over and add two clothes for the two sisters. Although we can't compare with those noble families, we can't make the girls look shabby." Son, it is despised."

Hearing what she said, Mrs. Li also became interested, and called her maid, Xiu He, to tell her: "A few days ago when I was packing up the jewellery, there were two pairs of gemstone bracelets, one pair inlaid with amber and one pair inlaid with coral, I went to look for them. "

The embroidered crane left at the sound, and after a while, came over with two brocade boxes.

Two pairs of bangles are golden, paired with honey-colored amber and red coral, which look rich and lively at the same time.

"My nieces rarely go out, so I'll give them a little something. This was a birthday gift from Suzhou last year. I love the joy. I kept it outside and didn't ask anyone to put it away. As for which pair to give to Fourth Sister, Give Wu'er which pair, and let the little sisters pick one by themselves." Li Shi said with a smile.

Zhao Jia touched this and then looked at that, knowing that they were all good things, thinking of splitting them into five pairs, she felt a little bit reluctant.Not to mention the amber and coral on the top, you can tell it is top grade at a glance, even counting the weight of the gold, a pair is more than half a catty of gold, so heavy that people can't take their eyes away.

At this moment, I heard a servant girl outside the door saying: "Old lady, the lady is back."

Following the voice, a maid raised the curtain, Chu Yu entered the room, saw Zhao Jia was there, and squatted down to perform the salute.

Li-shi saw that she was still wearing the big clothes she had gone out, her eye circles were red, she waved her hand, and said, "I've been tired all day, let's go back and rest earlier."

Chu Yu forced a smile, and said, "It's just sitting and reciting the scriptures for half a day, so why are you tired? What do you sisters choose? Listen to the old lady talking about it?"

"Here, your second aunt wants your two younger sisters to go out to see the world. Your second aunt wants to make new clothes for their sisters. I found two pairs of bracelets to add color to them." Li replied.

Chu Yu glanced at the two pairs of bracelets and said: "They are all good things, the two sisters are blessed. The daughter-in-law is not as good as the old lady. I just have a few pieces of amber and coral, which are not as precious as the inlaid on this bracelet." Fortunately, they look similar in color. Grind them to make earrings or buttons for my sisters, and they can match the two pairs of bracelets of the old lady..."

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Asking for a monthly ticket. .

(End of this chapter)