Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 980
Hearing that Li Si'er said that all his sons and daughters came to see him, Li Shi was a little surprised.

Although it is the first time to come back to Guojiu's Mansion, Mrs. Li has also heard about the family affairs of Guojiu's Mansion.There are three sons and one daughter under Longkodo's knees. The eldest son is born to Yuan Pei's wife, who has grown up and entered the palace as a guard; Li Si'er was also born of the same mother as the eldest daughter and the second son.

According to the public statement, the wife of the uncle's mansion "died of illness" last year, and the eldest son, Ding You, kept filial piety for his mother in another courtyard; the gossip among the noble relatives in the capital is another story.

Longko spoiled his concubines and killed his wives, father and son turned against each other.In order to please his concubine, Longkodo expelled his son-in-law from the mansion.

Since the Tong family is called "Tong Banchao", Long Ke is not the only one who can speak on the stage.There was clan mediation to cover up this scandal in the name of keeping filial piety in other courtyards.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Li sighed in her heart, but felt a little pity for the son of the uncle who lost his mother.Looking at Li Si'er's publicity, it became more and more an eyesore.

At this time, two pretty maids had already led a brother and sister into the flower hall.

The older one is a boy, about fifteen or six years old, with sword eyebrows and slender eyes, showing a bit of heroism; the girl is slightly younger, also aged in cardamom, her appearance is not similar to her brother's portrait, she seems to be Xiao's father .

These similar facial features, the boy's body is full of heroism, while the girl's body is soft.

As soon as the brothers and sisters entered the room, everyone in the room changed their expressions.It's not that the two brothers and sisters are amazing in appearance, but that they are wearing plain clothes, the boy is in blue, and the girl is in blue. There is not a trace of silk from beginning to end, but a whole body of filial piety.

The aunt died, and the concubine and concubine daughter kept their filial piety for three years. This is also the rule of etiquette.However, is Li Si'er a rule-abiding one?

For today's feast, she had already invited the best tailor in Beijing to make new clothes for the couple.

The son is alright, among the men, he can be considered handsome and has a good future, he has already become famous in the bodyguard, and will enter the palace as a errand when he is Xiaoman next year; the daughter who is on the top of his heart is not outstanding in appearance.Originally thinking of dressing up well, coupled with the title of "daughter of the first wife" in the uncle's mansion, she would always talk about being close.

Who would have thought that these two brothers and sisters would appear on stage like this?

There is no mother who knows her son, her son is pure and filial, and she will never disobey herself; only her daughter is left-tempered, pushed by several nuns, and behaves rigidly.

She was half dead with anger, her lips trembling, not knowing what to say.

Prince Zhuang Fujin is an old man, so he immediately saw the difference between the mother and son, but he looked more at the siblings.Although the biological mother is extremely humble, the two children are better than expected.

Thinking about it, after all, Li Si'er was not so ostentatious when the old master and old lady of the uncle's mansion were alive.Longkodo's first wife, Hesheli, came from his mother's family, so they are still cousins ​​in the next room.

The Hershey family is also a lady from the descendant family, so the rules are not bad at all.

Even if you don't personally educate the concubines and concubines, the nurturing mother selected by the Tong Mansion is not something ordinary people can do, especially the nurturing nun of the girl.

The Tong family's daughter, even if she didn't enter the palace to be a nobleman, she was also tied to the clan. The one who went to elementary school was not a needlework girl from a small family, but the rules and etiquette.

Mrs. Li also looked at the brothers and sisters a few more times, but she never expected that when Li Si'er was in the uncle's mansion, it was her two biological children who sang against her.

For a while, she didn't know whether to gloat or not.

God always has eyes.

Everyone was silent, and the atmosphere in the room was a little awkward.

Prince Zhuang Fu Jin glanced at Li Si'er, said with a smile: "This is my good grandson and granddaughter?"

Li Si'er grabbed the handkerchief, forced a little smile, and said, "Er Niang, these are Yu Zhu and Yu Min." As he spoke, he said to the brothers and sisters, "Quickly kowtow to grandma."

Long ago, there was a maid who was clever and laid a brocade mat in front of her brothers and sisters.

Yu Min was still hesitant, Yu Zhu turned her head and glanced at her, and the two siblings came forward together and knelt down in front of Prince Zhuang Fujin.

Yuzhu's crisp voice was heard all over the room: "Grandson has seen grandma."

Yu Min pursed her lips and refused to speak.

Prince Zhuang Fujin's eyes moved away from Yu Min, and lovingly fell on Yu Zhu, and told the old mother next to him: "Don't tire your brother and sister, why don't you come forward and help them up?"

The old mother responded and stepped forward to help the jade pillar to get up.Yu Zhu said "Don't dare" and got up sideways; Yu Min didn't wait for the old mother to approach, and got up with her brother.

Prince Zhuang Fu Jin had a smile on his face, his eyes had turned cold.

She is old and has a high status. Not only is she one of the best women in the clan, but even when she enters the palace occasionally, all the concubines in the harem also treat her politely. How can she bear the face of a little girl?
Li Si'er didn't realize that her daughter had offended anyone, and thought that her daughter was using the word "grandmother" to make her angry. She felt a headache and wanted to send her away immediately.

"This is Madam Cao's Mansion." She said to her son and daughter.

This time there is no need to kowtow, the two siblings stepped forward and bowed to Mrs. Li.

Prince Zhuang Fujin has already asked someone to pay respects to the Tong brothers and sisters, and the Xiuhe who followed Li is very clever.As early as when Li Si'er said that she would call a pair of children into the house, she had divided the gifts she had brought to Yumin into two in her heart.

When the two met Mrs. Li and Mrs. Li ordered to present the table gifts, Xiuhe delivered the things separately, and put two more golden scorpions in each share.In this way, it can be regarded as passable on the whole.

Prince Zhuang Fujin prepared more comprehensively, Yuzhu is a complete set of pens, inks, papers and inkstones, Yumin is gold and jade bracelets, plus beeswax incense sticks.

Seeing the filial piety of his sons and daughters, Li Si'er felt his temples throbbing.When Prince Zhuang Fujin and Li Shi sent their gifts, she couldn't wait to send them out.

Prince Zhuang Fu Jin laughed twice, and said to Li Si'er: "My brother is a good boy, and my sister is also dignified. You are a happy person."

Li Si'er glanced at Li Shi, saw her but smiled and said nothing, and said embarrassingly: "Children are debts, people have endless worries. If I had known today, I would rather not have given birth to them. What else do I hope for?" , just looking forward to marrying a good wife and finding a good son-in-law."

These words are nothing to others, but they are not pleasant to Prince Zhuang Fujin's ears.

It is no secret that Prince Zhuang's mansion is extinct.Prince Zhuang is over 70 years old, and has taken in countless concubines, but has not given birth to a boy or a girl.Several of his nephews are now fighting for succession.

It's not hard to guess why Li Si'er treats Li Shi differently.It's just that she doesn't know whether she is looking for the son of the Earl's Mansion or the girl of the Earl's Mansion.

Prince Zhuang Fujin couldn't stop laughing in his heart. He watched Li Si'er's joke happily, and said with a smile: "They are all good children, and they were born in this mansion. Why do you need to worry about marriage? My sister is still young, so take two more years to support her." That's good; brother should choose someone. You can't say goodbye until next autumn when you come out of filial piety. If you marry early, it will take the next year, so it's not good to delay."

"Who says it's not? Yuzhu is fifteen this year. If you don't delay, it's the right age to talk about marriage. I'm not on the stage. How many people in Beijing think highly of me? His daughter must be thick-skinned for his marriage. Please ask Er Niang." At this point, Li Si'er bowed in front of Prince Zhuang Fujin.

Prince Zhuang Fujin's expression froze, she thought Li Si'er was playing Cao's idea.

The eldest son of the Cao family is slightly younger than Yumin, but he can still be a relative; the eldest daughter of the Cao family is much younger than Yuzhu, but as we all know, she has a good dowry.

Not to mention other things, it is a Daoxiang village. It can't be said that it is making a lot of money every day, but it can also compare with the prospects of several Huangzhuang villages.

I just don't know if Li Si'er wants to marry the Cao family, whether he wants to marry a daughter or a wife.

Although Li Si'er straightened his body, there was still his wife's son on the jade pillar.Regardless of the relationship between the father and son, it is the ancestor's rule for the eldest son to inherit the title.

The Tong family has two families, and Longkodo is not a big sect. If there is a lot of trouble, there will be a patriarchal appointment at the top.

It is said that before the death of Mrs. Tai of the Uncle's Mansion, the elders of the Tong clan were invited to come to care for the orphan, just to preserve the position of the eldest grandson.

In this way, even if Li Si'er got the imperial order and helped Zheng, and Yuzhu changed from a concubine to a son, it would be difficult to shake the position of the eldest son.

Since Cheng Jue is hopeless, marrying a rich daughter-in-law is not bad for a prosperous and peaceful life.

It's just that the current wife in charge of Cao's mansion is Da Gege of Prince Chun's mansion, so she may not take Guojiu's mansion seriously. It may be difficult for Li Si'er to fulfill his wish.

Unexpectedly, Li Si'er's vision was so high that she didn't even look down on the lady of the Earl's Mansion, so she came directly to the clan Gege.

The most common thing in the clan is the shabby household. It is much easier for Li Si'er to marry a princess than to miss the Cao family.

If Li Si'er's wish was easily followed, there would be no excitement.If the clan Gege is a cat or dog on the side of the road, anyone can think about it, but you have to pick a pungent one and let her do her own crimes.

Prince Zhuang Fujin thought so in his heart, but said with a smile on his face: "I'm getting old, I don't like other people, I just like to have fun. Since you entrusted me, I won't let the children call me grandma for nothing. I can't bear to let go of my old face and choose a good wife for him."

Li Si'er was overjoyed to see that Prince Zhuang Fujin had accepted, and then said: "I heard that the six characters in Prince Jian's mansion are quiet and polite, with good looks, but I don't know if we can climb up to it?"

Liu Gege of Prince Jian's Mansion is the daughter of the prince's successor Fujin. She has no canonization, but she is a legitimate princess. Before she gets married, she must have the title of "Heshuo Gege".

With Prince Jane's status in the clan, this Liu Gege can't be said to be the most honorable clan daughter, nor is she much worse than those granddaughters of the prince's mansion.

Acknowledging Prince Zhuang's Mansion as a godly relative, marrying Prince Jian's mansion as an in-law, this Longkodo will choose relatives for Li Si'er, and he is not afraid of ruining her luck.

Not to mention Prince Zhuang Fujin's accident, even Li Shi who was watching was surprised by Li Si'er's arrogance.

Clans with titles have fallen in rank, and all have marriages in the palace. The House of Internal Affairs and the Clan House are looking for marriageable children among the children of Mongolian princes and lords.

Seeing that Prince Zhuang Fujin hesitated, Li Si'er was anxious.

Prince Zhuang Fujin's guess was right, she originally wanted to marry the Cao family, and if she couldn't marry a daughter, she would marry a daughter-in-law with a large dowry for her son; but after being humiliated in Prince Yong's residence five days ago, she changed her mind.

Prince Jian's hatred of Fujin's humiliation made her unable to forget each other.

It's not a secret that Prince Jane and Fujin couple "respect each other like ice", this Liu Gege is the only daughter of Ji Fujin, presumably she is her best friend.

Li Si'er was very curious about how Prince Jane's face would look if he married Liu Gege as his wife.

Since she looked down on her status, she wanted to let her son get involved with the noble Fujin's daughter.

Ge Ge, born of Ji Fujin, is also a match for her son, born of Fu Zheng's concubine.

With her obsession like this, the attention is not limited to the Cao Mansion.

Prince Zhuang Fujin felt both funny and annoyed, and wanted to say two words to Li Si'er, "Dream".

It's just a woman who was born as a maidservant, so she can really treat herself as a thing.If it weren't for the filial piety of the uncle's house, Prince Zhuang Fujin would not have given up his old face and recognized this "daughter".

"The others are fine, I can still say a few words. Liugege is not only Prince Jane's darling, but also Prince Jane's favorite Gege. Prince Jane's eyes are always high, I can't guarantee this marriage " Prince Zhuang Fujin shook his head and said.

She went to the uncle's mansion to deal with Li Si'er, just to pass the time with nothing to do.Even if he got 8000 taels of silver as a filial piety, he would not really go to ask for boredom and go to Prince Jian's mansion to be a matchmaker for Yuzhu.

Prince Jane is not easy to get along with. If you offend him, even if you have a higher seniority, you may not be able to fall well.

"Daughters of the clan are tied to marriage, don't you want the master and empress in the palace to speak? Although Prince Jian Fujin is the biological mother, he may not have room to speak. My master and empress don't care about things, otherwise my daughter wouldn't ask for it. Niang's head. Who doesn't know that among the empresses in charge in the palace, only Er Niang can talk?" Li Si'er said with a smile.

Although Empress Xiaoyi from the Tong family is dead, there is still a noble concubine in the palace, this country's uncle's mansion is worthy of its name.

Seeing Li Si'er like this, he wanted to bypass Prince Jane and his wife and directly calculate Liu Gege's marriage.

Prince Zhuang Fujin snorted coldly in his heart, this is not a marriage, it is an enmity with Prince Jian's mansion, he is really overjoyed.Longkodo's head was really muddled, and he let Li Si'er mess around.

Li's eyelids drooped, and she couldn't sit still.

If such a calculation is placed on one's own child, it will not be hated secretly.

If you clean your daughter well, it will be difficult for the rest of your life if you really have a mother-in-law like Li Si'er.

Seeing that Li Si'er was biting on Liu Gege, Prince Zhuang Fu Jin had no choice but to divert the conversation, saying: "Liu Gege is only in his teens, even if he really wants to marry him, he has to be in time. Brother Zhu can wait, but he wants to delay Min Sister."

"I asked someone to find out that Liugege was born in the year of Renchen, four years younger than Yuzhu, and two years younger than Yumin. It won't be too late when she reaches Ji." At this point, she looked at Mrs. Li, Said: "Speaking of which, Mrs. Cao is the lucky one. Who doesn't know that Uncle Cao's paternal son has achieved fame at the age of 11. Among the Eight Banners, there are many sons who carry cages and birds, but few are willing to study and make progress."

Prince Zhuang Fujin just wanted to divert the conversation. Seeing Li Si'er turned to Cao's head, he was very happy to help, and said to Li with a smile: "This is true. I have seen Lingsun Yicheng, not only is he handsome, but his polite appearance is just like his father's. Your family has a good family style, I wonder whose daughter is lucky enough to be a granddaughter-in-law for Mrs. Tai?"

Before Mrs. Li came, she was afraid that Li Si'er would miss her grandson. After hearing this, she hurriedly said: "I also look forward to hugging my great-grandson early, but it has to fall on my second grandson. My eldest grandson When I was young, my health was not good. Our master asked the great monk of Qingliang Temple to look at it. He only said that if he wants to have a good life and support, he should not marry early. Fortunately, the second grandson is only one year younger than the eldest grandson. If he can marry early It won't take a few years for my grandson's daughter-in-law to come in, and I will be able to meet my great-grandson."

According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, sixteen males and fourteen females are married.The common people do not follow the law, and there are sooner or later.

Li's words "it is not appropriate to marry early" made Li Si'er's calculations come to naught.

Her face drooped all of a sudden, staring at Mrs. Li without speaking.

Mrs. Li mentioned the "second grandson", since it is only one year younger than the eldest grandson, it is the adopted grandson who accompanied the younger brother of Prince Yong's mansion as a companion.

Li Si'er plotted against Cao's mansion because he wanted to find a good son-in-law for his daughter.Cao Lin, the adopted son who was born in a famous family and depended on others, would definitely not be the candidate she wanted.

"It's late on the 20th or [-]th, and it's too late in the [-]s. The eldest son is the eldest grandson of Mrs. Tai, and he is involved in important events. How can life-long events be delayed?" Li Si'er said with a smirk. : "If Mrs. Tai finds a suitable one, wait until it's almost ready to marry. As long as you don't marry early, it will be considered a late marriage."

Mrs. Li just pretended not to see her, and said: "Since it is our master's will, let alone me, an old woman who doesn't care about things, even my daughter-in-law, who is in charge of the family, can't say anything. My daughter-in-law has a good temper. Over the years, relatives want to It is not one or two who want to send their daughters to her as daughters-in-law, and many of them fall into the eyes of the couple. It is just a word of filial piety, even if the master passes away, as sons and daughters-in-law, they can only obey."

What he said was neither humble nor overbearing, but he spoke clearly.

It is not advisable for Cao's parents to marry early, and they should discuss marriage later, and even if they discuss marriage later, they will not be Miss Xiao Xiangguo's mansion, Cao Yong and his wife have their own choice.

Prince Zhuang Fujin almost clapped his hands.

It is said that Mrs. Li in the Cao Mansion is a good-natured lady, but is she mistaken?With just a few words, Li Si'er's plan to get married was blocked.

No matter how thick-skinned Li Si'er is, it's not good to just say in front of Li Shi that she wants to marry Liu Gege from Prince Jian's Mansion, and then change her words to Miss Cao's Mansion.

The way for these two families to get married is completely blocked.

If Yumin was younger, she could wait a few years before repeating the old story; by accident, she was two years older than Cao's parents, and when Cao's parents talked about marriage at sixteen or seven, she would pass the flowering period.

Li Si'er had a smooth life in the past few years, and everything went according to his heart.

This plan for her daughter just came to nothing, she couldn't bear it, she looked at Li Shi with a fierce look.

Although Longkodo has not formally become a duke, but with his status and the respect of the emperor, the first-class duke of the late old man will still fall on Longkodo.

At that time, Li Si'er will be the wife of the Duke, and her rank will be higher than Li's.

She treated Mrs. Li generously, and sent generous gifts over, originally for the purpose of marrying the two families, but seeing that the marriage was hopeless, she was only filled with resentment.

The appearance of Prince Jian Fujin humiliating herself that day coincided with Li Shi's cold and refusal expression in front of her, which made her angry from embarrassment, and she was about to explode.

Prince Zhuang Fujin saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly said: "I just remembered, I'm in a hurry to find Da Gege. If Mrs. Cao is cheap, can you accompany me for a while?"

In addition to being Mrs. Li, Mrs. Li is also the "golden branch and jade leaf" of the royal family.

If she was really humiliated in front of her, then she, Prince Fujin, would also be responsible.Prince Zhuang Fujin lived more than 70 years old, so he still has some insight, how could he allow Li Si'er to be presumptuous in front of his own stature.

Mrs. Li has long been impatient to deal with it, she wished to leave immediately, after listening to Prince Zhuang Fujin's words, it was exactly what she wanted, so she complied casually.

Li Si'er frowned, and was about to speak, but Prince Zhuang Fu Jin grabbed his arm and blocked his words: "My dear daughter, today is your big day, and you have many guests, so staying with me for a while is enough. I Go ahead with Mrs. Cao Jiatai, you can go and get busy, and when you have time in a few days, pass by my place, we girls can talk." While speaking, she did not forget to squeeze Li Si'er's arm hard.

Today, if it were someone else, she would wish that Li Si'er would lose his composure and watch the excitement; if it were Li Shi, who had a special status, she would not want to cause a commotion by watching the excitement.

Being interrupted by Prince Zhuang Fujin, Li Sier's mood stabilized a lot.

She is not afraid of Li Shi, but she wants to take care of Prince Zhuang Fujin.

Since Prince Zhuang Fujin spoke like this, she could only smile and send the two of them out in person.

Prince Zhuang Fujin has only met Chu Yu a few times, so there is no serious business to look for her.After getting into the carriage and leaving the Cao Mansion with Mrs. Li, she began to think of ways in the carriage.

It's not easy to come in front of Chuyu, and say that she came here as an excuse to save her mother-in-law. That kind of thing seems to be showing off and making people laugh...

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In the studio, Cao Yong was thinking about the words of Elder Brother Shi, in the phrase that Longkodo brought people to drink more recently.

Longkodo is the admiral of the Nine Gates, and he is not far from Kangxi's death. This is a very sensitive moment.

Is Longkodo's move just to "build momentum" for Li Si'er?
Cao Yong didn't believe it, this was the Qing Dynasty, when wives were honored by their husbands, and wives were honored by their husbands.Regardless of Li Si'er's background, as long as Long Kedo's status is strong, even if others are laughing at Li Si'er's background, they must treat him as his wife in person.

Thinking of these, he felt terrified.

At this time, someone laughed at the door and said: "Brother Ten and Cao Yong are out of sight, and are hiding here."

It was the thirteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother who arrived, and Cao Yong hurriedly got up to greet him.

Brother Sixteen glanced at him, and said: "Aunt...cough, Mrs. Tai is also here. When I came with Brother Thirteen, I saw her leave with Prince Zhuang Fujin."

"Prince Zhuang Fujin?" Regarding Li Si'er's recognition of his mother, Cao Yong also heard about it in the long time since he came here, but he didn't know how his mother was with Prince Zhuang Fujin.

Seeing that Cao Yong was worried, Elder Brother Shi raised his head and said: "Old Fujin is a decent person, Lingtang is with her, only those who are knowledgeable, you don't have to worry."

There was a sense of comfort in these words, and the thirteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother were amazed...

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Bow down and apologize, the two sentences in the middle of yesterday's chapter were originally useless sentences, they should be deleted, but they were missed during the inspection.The condition was very bad yesterday, I went to Beijing Station to pick up my father at noon, the train was late again, I had a bit of heatstroke in the sauna, and I lay down all the time when I came back.This is not an excuse, but I will pay attention to it in the future to avoid affecting the quality of the article because of Xiaojiu.Bow again and apologize.

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