Chapter 1238 Soft

When they arrived at Guanghua Temple, Cao Yong met Li Nai, Li Cheng and his son.

Although the Li family has fallen, it was Cao Yong's grandmother who died because of the death, and the relatives of Cao and Li families, so naturally they also gave him a face, so Gao Taijun's funeral was not deserted.

The funeral for more than 40 days has been settled. Of course, the Li family is not willing to neglect this last step, and they have to prepare for it properly.

Cao Yong first went to Gao Taijun to sing incense, and then spoke to Li Nai, Li Cheng and his son.

Li Cheng was fine, Cao Yong had seen him before he went south; but he hadn't seen him for several years.

He was more than teenager than Cao Yong, and this year he was about to reach his destiny. Although he had been with Li Xu outside the pass in the past few years, he did not suffer much when he looked at him.

His expression faded away from the pain of his early changes in his family, and his eyebrows also stretched out.

Among the people of the Li family, Cao Yong has always had a bad impression of this cousin. Now he is happy to see how calm he is, and he is happy that he can think about it.

Li Nai was only grateful for Cao Yong's little cousin.

Li Nuo and Li Yu brothers are in the Office of Internal Affairs, and Li Cheng is in Cangzhou, and they are more or less borrowed Cao Yong's light.

Cao Yong had to ask Li Xu about his recent situation in Shengjing, but he thought in his heart that because the eighth prince died early, Yongzheng would not have to face attacks from the royal family after he came to power, and he would not be as harsh as historical rumors to the ministers.

Li Xu is over seventy years old and I don’t know when he will be pardoned and return to Beijing.

Yongzheng is fifty this year, and I wonder if this year's birthday will be amnesty for the whole world.

But he was thinking and coming.

Before he finished a cup of tea, Li Nuo arrived hurriedly.

His face was flushed, and his eyebrows were filled with joy. After seeing Cao Yong, he hurriedly replied to Li Nai: "Master, the great master is back..."

Li Nai stared at his eyes and said, "I'm so panicked, why are you anxious? What's wrong with the great master..." After saying this, he woke up by himself, stood up from the chair, and asked in disbelief: "Grandma...Grandma is back..."

Even Cao Yong was surprised. Is Li Xu back?

It was indeed Li Xu who came back. He came to Shengjing when he talked about the decree for pardoning and returning to Beijing five days ago. Li Xu couldn't wait for his sons to pick him up, so he left and came home just now.

Li Nuo rode a horse and came over to report the message to his father.

Li Nai was already crying with joy, and Li Cheng's face also added joy.

Although Cao Yong didn't like Li Xu very much, he was his nominal uncle. The person Li cared about would not be cruel to let him die of freezing outside the pass.

He then stood up and said to Li Nai: "Cousin, since my uncle is back, let's go over and take a look first. I haven't seen him for several years, so I just happened to pay his respects to him."

"Okay, okay!" Li Nai woke up and felt his face was wet and cold, so he quickly lowered his head and wiped his tears with his sleeves.

When everyone left Guanghua Temple, they also met Li Xu in mourning clothes.

Li Xu is seventy-three years old this year, his hair is completely white and he is leaning on a crutch. Li Zheng and Li Zheng's two grandsons helped him get off the carriage.

He was rich in his early years, but now he has lost weight. His face looks full of folds, and his eyes are covered with dense old-fashioned spots. His eyes are also turbid, and he looks less angry.

It was another meeting with each other, and then Li Nai and Li Nuo took over Li Jian, Li Zheng's position, and helped Li Xu to the front of Gao Taijun's spirit.

Li Xu pushed away his children and grandchildren's hands, put down his crutches, knelt on his knees, and bowed his head to the ground.

With the hoarse crying, there were two more water stains on the stone slab in front of him.

The joy of family reunion was immediately dispersed by the crying, which made them a little more solemn.

After all, Cao Yong was not a member of the Li family. In this sad atmosphere, he couldn't sit still. After watching Li Nai help Li Xu up, he found a way to leave.

Li Nai and Li Cheng knew that he had arrived in Beijing today, so there must be many things to cook, but he didn't keep him. Li Xu nodded and asked Li Nai to send Cao Yong out. He left himself in front of Gao Taijun's mourning hall to burn paper for Gao Taijun...

Compared with the Li family's joys and sorrows, the news that Li received pardon from his cousin was only happy.

"Every time I think of your uncle, I feel worried, I am afraid that he will be old, if there is anything wrong with it... I finally waited for this day, and finally waited for this day. If your grandmother had a spirit underground, she would feel happy..." She said to Cao Yong with red eyes.

Seeing that his mother was so excited, Cao Yong couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

I was still too cold-hearted. In order to protect myself, I ignored Li Xu and made my mother care so much about it.

"I just saw that my uncle is still healthy. Now that the hard days have passed, I will be better in the future." Cao Yong said.

Li could no longer help it. If it weren't for Li Xu's return today and the Li family's father, son, grandchildren gathered together, there would have been a lot of things, and she immediately wanted to visit Li's house.

"Let me go and take a look, just say I'll be over tomorrow." Li said.

Cao Yong agreed and went to arrange for someone not to mention it. However, he did not return to Wutongyuan, but left the mansion and went to Prince Zhuang's mansion.

Yes, he had to ask the Sixteenth Prince about Li Xu's pardon.

Before Gao Taijun's funeral, he pardoned Li Xu was a coincidence. If it was to praise Li, then the mother and son might have to thank him specifically.

The Sixteenth Prince's answer was beyond Cao Yong's expectations: "It's not to praise the grandma, but by the way. The old man of the Nian family was seriously ill and the emperor was soft-hearted and wanted to pardon Nian Gengyao and some young sons, but he was afraid that outsiders would talk. This allowed the old criminals and the young and weak officials to pardon a lot. Li Xu was just among them. It seems that the emperor's anger towards the Li family has been gone, so how could he stop him from coming back?"

"So that's it!" Cao Yong breathed a sigh of relief.

Jun’s kindness is so great that he is really afraid that the emperor will “show his power” on him.

Sometimes, the king’s kindness is too heavy, and only those who are ministers can “do their best” to repay the consequences.

After the sixteenth prince said that, Li Xu was a little proud and told Cao Yong about the bidding for the Ministry of Revenue's maritime trade a few days ago.

Most of the people who are eligible to bid are big merchants, and many of them are wearing royal merchant hats. The Sixteenth Prince, the Minister of the Interior, naturally knows it well.

After asking Cao Yong, he knew that the three million sea trade funds in Jiangnan had been tendered and raised, but the Sixteenth Prince was not surprised. In his opinion, thirty-tenth shares were just a piece of cake for Cao Yong.

The journey was exhausted, and Cao Yong was a little tired. He said a few words to the Sixteenth Prince and then went home.

After dinner, Cao Yong went to bed early, after all, he still had to get up early the next day.

Although he and Chuyu's old couple are better than the newlyweds, they are bound to be together.

The next day, Cao Yong got up early and went to the palace gate to hand over the sign.

According to the rules, the emperor always recruited his ministers to see him after breakfast.

When it was about to begin (five o'clock in the morning), an eunuch came over and led Cao Yong to the Marquis outside Yangxin Palace to see him.

After waiting for another quarter of an hour, an eunuch came out and told Cao Yong to go in.

Yongzheng knew about Cao Song's "serious injury" and of course he also knew that it was just a cheap one to ask him to be called "instructor" before the New Year, but he still meticulously asked about Cao Yong's responsibilities in Jiangnan.

Cao Yong answered respectfully, and said a few more words about his experience in Jiangning before he got Yongzheng nodded, waved his hand and told him to "kneel".

It was still early to leave the yamen, so Cao Yong rode back to Cao's mansion, sniffed again, and waited until the time was almost over, so he got up and went to the yamen of the Ministry of Revenue.

When he left before the New Year, the yamen had already sealed it; after the New Year, the errands were free, so he didn't accumulate much official documents.

Cao Yong took a long time to get it done; in the afternoon, he met a few more doctors in the classroom, and the work of working hard for a day passed.

When he left the yamen, he saw the manager Zhao An waiting outside.

Seeing Cao Yong come out, Zhao An greeted him and said, "Master, the old lady is at the Li family. Send the young man to welcome him to the Li family."

When Cao Yong heard this, he couldn't help but frown.

He looked at the sunset all over the sky and said, "Didn't your wife go to the Li family at noon? Why did you stay until this time?"

Zhao An bowed and replied, "I don't know, but in the afternoon, the old lady asked someone to go home and said she had to go back after dinner, so she told her not to worry."

Nowadays, Husse's random thoughts cannot solve the problem.

Cao Yong suppressed his suspicion and took Zhao An and his son to Li's house with him.

Li sent someone to invite his son over, which was indeed a major matter, and discussed the inheritance of the incense of Gao Taijun's room.

Li Xu discussed with his cousin that he wanted to adopt one of his grandchildren and inherit the incense of Gao Taijun's room.

In Gao Taijun's room, there was only one daughter of Li, and he should have adopted a boy and inherited the incense. However, Gao Taijun himself was under someone else's roof, so why would he still cause trouble? Things were put on hold.

She was young and widowed. Except for relying on Li Xu, she was very unfamiliar with other members of the Li family. However, in Li Xu's house, there were only two descendants, and Gao Taijun could not mention inheritance at all.

Now that Gao Taijun is dead, Li Xu is thinking about the funeral tomorrow and mentioned the adoption.

When Li heard this, he was happy at first.

Li felt guilty about Gao Taijun and his "father" who had not met, because he was not a member of the Li family, but he had the title of the Li family's legitimate daughter.

However, Li also knew that no matter which son Li Nai adopted him in the house of Gao Taijun, he would become her nephew and Cao Yong's cousin, and that relationship would be much closer than now.

Thinking of this, Li felt that it was difficult for him to make decisions, so he asked someone to go to the yamen to pick up Cao Yong.

After hearing these words, Cao Yong did not object.

For the ancients, blood inheritance was a major event.

If Li made the decision and chose a descendant for Gao Taijun's house, in the eyes of outsiders, it would be great filial piety.

Cao Yong knew that his mother was a soft-hearted person. Because she was not the Li family's biological child, she always felt grateful to the Li family.

If you inherit, you will inherit. Li Cheng is the legitimate son and Li Nuo is the eldest son. Li said that the brothers want to inherit Li Ding's branch, and the rest is Li Yu, the second son of Li Nai.

After reading this for a few years, Cao Yong knew this Li Yu. He was a down-to-earth and hardworking young man, and Cao Yong didn't mind helping him a few more.

Seeing that his son did not object, Li was very pleased.

Although she felt more fond of Li Cheng, she also knew that Gao Taijun loved Li Cheng the most. But she also knew that there was no reason to be picky.

Li Xu sent someone to summon Li Yu and his wife to come over and instruct the couple to greet Li and Cao Yong again, and then the matter of inheritance was finalized.
Chapter completed!