Chapter 1327 Question

A few days later, the Cao Mansion received an invitation from Prince Jian’s mansion, which was sent to Chuyu and his daughter by Prince Jian’s concubine.

On the 16th birthday of Prince Jian on February 2, he held a banquet at the royal palace and invited several female family members to listen to music and watch opera. The guests list included Chu Yu and his daughter and Cao Yi.

When he received the invitation, Chu Yu could only sigh "I feel sorry for my parents in the world."

Among the powerful royal family members, who do not know that Prince Jian’s successor to the concubine is a person who does not like to be lively. Unless necessary social engagements, she rarely communicates with others. She has married into the royal palace for several years and has had a few banquets for her own sake.

This time it was contrary to the norm, and it was mostly for the sake of the Sixth Princess.

The wedding date of the sixth princess is set in September, which is only half a year.

A few more opportunities to let her contact her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, and they will be familiar with each other, which will also save her from being nervous about marrying into the Cao family.

In other words, Chu Yu is her sister of the same clan, Cao Yi is her mother's friend, and Liu Ge has seen these two in her early years. Even Tianhui has also met in the Pingwang Mansion.

But at that time, the Sixth Princess was young, and Tianhui was even younger, and she had only seen her.

When Chu Yu mentioned this to Cao Yong, Cao Yong thought of Tianyou and said, "Although he didn't post it to Tianyou, since he knew about it, Tianyou was not good at doing it. He prepared a gift for him and asked him to go to Prince Jian's mansion the day before the banquet to pay his respects to his birthday."

Although he knew that her husband was talking about the truth, he thought that there were two elders who needed to be filial to his baby son in the future. Chu Yu felt sad and said, "When I was born, let's see what the six princesses were filial to me?"

Cao Yong laughed and said, "Madam, don't be too sensible. At that time, my wife had already passed by. Can you be filial to you if you are short? Maybe you have to accept double filial piety, and the big princess."

Chu Yu also laughed with a "punch" sound and said, "My son is really raised by others. Fortunately, he married a wife and came in. He should be considered as having two more daughters, but it would not be a loss."

Cao Yong nodded and said, "It's good to think so. They are all children. If you can tolerate it, don't be sulky when you encounter something that doesn't suit your heart. Everyone says that your wife, your wife, you can just look at me in the future, so that they can be as easy as they are young."

Chu Yu heard this and looked at her husband with a slight look, and said angrily: "Look at what the master said, am I that evil mother-in-law? Do you want the master to hit me first?"

Seeing that his wife was annoyed, Cao Yong hurriedly said, "That's not what it means, isn't you worried about your health and can't bear to worry about it? The children are getting older and not tired of us for the rest of our lives. Even if you are born ten months pregnant, you have raised it and have good education, so you have to let the children take responsibility. Teaching your wife and children is his responsibility as a husband and I cannot be blamed on us couples."

The husband looked worried, and in the final analysis, he felt sorry for her. Chu Yu felt that his anger was a little unreasonable and said embarrassedly: "Don't worry, Master, I will cherish myself, but I dare not accept the 'old couple'. The master is young, and he is in his prime, so where is he getting old?"

Cao Yong smiled and touched his beard, thinking in his mind how to make his face look older.

The emperor is already in an old state, and Prince Yi is also showing off his appearance at dusk. He is lively and roaring, so don't be upset anymore.

But he didn't think that he was Yongzheng and Prince Yi was a peer, but the two regarded him as their nephews and younger generations.

Within two days, it was the turn of the Ministry of Revenue to take the turn. Cao Yong took the sedan chair to the outside of the palace gate as usual.

When the eunuch led everyone into the palace gate and headed to the Yangxin Palace, it was already morning hours.

The officials who met outside the palace were worried along the way, wondering if there were any accidents.

Only Cao Yong, who received the news from Gu Na, knew that the Minister of Personnel today led the foreign official who came to Beijing to give a speech, was not an accident for today's late dynasty to postpone it.

As expected, when we were about to arrive at the Yangxin Palace, the group met the Minister of Personnel and more than a dozen officials wearing refurbishment at all levels.

Judging from the supplementary clothes he was writing, these officials ranged from the seventh rank to the fourth rank.

Not to mention them, even the Minister of Personnel, who was responsible for introducing officials to the imperial court, saw that Cao Yong and the Minister of Justice were there, he could only bow to avoid it.

Cao Yong glanced at the crowd, and Gu Na was among them.

No matter whether it is grade or age, Gu Na is not very prominent.

Cao Yong nodded slightly, thinking in his heart that it would be better to be so unappealed, and to destroy everyone so much, it would be better to remind Yongzheng of Gu Na once under the Ninth Prince's disciple.

But he didn't know that Yongzheng had already remembered Gu Na, and it was not a good impression.

When the eunuch led all the officials into the Yangxin Hall, Yongzheng's face was not good-looking, and his eyes looked at Cao Yong were particularly sharp.

Cao Yong stood in the queue. Although he did not look up, he felt Yongzheng's unkind stare. He only felt his scalp numb and his back tight. He was already thinking quickly whether he had made any mistakes in recent days and whether he had made some taboos.

But after thinking about it, I was still confused and confused.

Since Cao Yong couldn't think of it, he calmed down and stopped thinking about it.

At most, he scolded him for picking the bones in the eggs. After experiencing it once, Cao Yong felt that his skin was getting thicker and thicker.

Fortunately, Yongzheng finally withdrew his sight.

When Cao Yong reported to the official affairs of the Ministry of Revenue, Yongzheng didn't say much.

Until Xiaochao ended, Cao Yong felt a little relieved if there were any other accidents.

Unexpectedly, just as he retreated with everyone, Chen Fu came over to pass the oral order of Yongzheng to visit Cao Yongdong Warehouse.

Cao Yong's face remained unchanged, but the surprise in his eyes could not be blocked, and he was shocked and suspicious.

Chen Fu's eyebrows and eyes bent at this time, and he said, "Master Cao, please follow me, it's hard to ask the master and the prince to wait."

Seeing this, Cao Yong felt relieved and said to Chen Fu: "I'm sorry, Cao thanked the general manager."

Chen Fu whispered: "Don't be polite, Lord Cao, I have received favor from General Wei in my early years. If you go to General Wei, you will have to worry about Lord Cao's care for him."

This was inexplicable, and Cao Yong felt confused.

The only "General Wei" who can give Chen Fuenhui and mention it, everyone can still know about it is Wei Zhu.

But as far as Cao Yong knew, since Yongzheng ascended the throne, Wei Zhu, the red eunuch of the Holy Ancestor's dynasty, was sent to serve as a servant in the Shouhuang Hall of Jingshan.

Although he still has the title of eunuch in charge, it is actually equivalent to being under house arrest in Jingshan.

Although Cao Yong was a little sad, it was already a blessing for a high-risk profession like the emperor's close servant.

Because of this, Cao Yong tended to have a fate for Kangxi to ascend to the throne. Otherwise, Wei Zhu, the close servant of Kangxi, would have been silenced, so how could he have a life?

No matter what, although Cao Yong was unable to escape Wei Zhu's trouble for more than ten years, he could take care of his nephew whom he was most worried about.

It was just that the matter was secret, so Cao Yong did not dare to entrust others to others, so he asked Cao Jia to do it quietly. I don’t know how many bends I turned in the middle, but Cao Yong was not afraid of finding out his head.

At this moment, the two of them turned back to the Yangxin Palace. They were not the place to speak, so they kept silent.

When I entered the East Warehouse, I saw Yongzheng sitting cross-legged on the kang. Although he was still stern, he was not as cold as Xiaochao.

The Thirteenth Prince sat on a chair with a calm expression.

Although it took only one cup of tea to scatter the court, Cao Yong had to kowtow honestly in accordance with the rules.

Yongzheng didn't scream, snorted coldly, and said, "Since you are close to Gu Na, you think you are familiar with each other. Then tell me, what about Gu Na? Can I feel at ease to call him?"

Is it because of Gu Na?

Cao Yong was not surprised because he thought of this possibility before, but his face still showed a look of surprise and panic. He thought honestly for a while and said, "When he was young, Gu Na lived in his family and studied with him. It was not until the 44th year of Kangxi that he had taken the career and went to Beijing to take the exam. What I knew was the young Gu Na, who was diligent in studying and was very filial to his mother... He was older and had fewer contacts, so I couldn't say it..."

In fact, he wanted to praise Gu Na a few more words, but he was afraid that it would be counterproductive and caused trouble for Gu Na, so he thought about it before saying this.

After hearing this, Yongzheng looked a little slow and said, "I heard that you came back from Tongzhou a few days ago and met Gu Na on the road. If you don't say anything else, just tell me how you feel?"

Looking at Yongzheng's expression, it didn't seem to be disgusted with Gu Na, but it seemed to be trying to use it. Cao Yong was very confident.

This time he did not hesitate anymore, but replied happily: "When I saw Gu Na, I could hardly recognize him. If I had not seen the carriage they hired broke on the roadside and wanted to approach and ask for help, I would have missed it in person... I remember Gu Na's handsome appearance and elegant temperament. Unexpectedly, he hadn't seen him for several years, but he looked like a different person, but he was full of energy and less sourness when he spoke...

Yongzheng's face calmed down, and he looked at the Thirteenth Prince and said, "Since the Thirteenth Brother agrees, Cao Yong praises it, then this is Gu Na. Hangzhou's provincial affiliated province, the prefect will make a decision sooner."

The Thirteenth Prince said with a smile: "It's the emperor who knows the wise eyes and thinks of Gu Na, otherwise my brother would have no heads, so how could he come up with such a proper candidate?"

With Cao Yong here, it was not easy to speak, so Yongzheng waved his hand and sent Cao Yong to retreat.

It was not until Cao Yong went out that Yongzheng said: "When Gu Jingxing was not taking the imperial court seriously with a little name, and he did not take the imperial court seriously. What if he could not conquer the previous dynasty? He was obsessed with the previous dynasty and was posing as an airs. But in order to find a backer for the family, he gave up his own sister as a concubine? If he knew that his nephew Shangzhu, his nephew, his grandson, and his granddaughter had the noble blood of the Aixin Jueluo family, I wonder if he would be so angry that he would jump out of the coffin!"

It turned out that after responding to Li Wei's request and resuming the Zhejiang Provincial Examination, Yongzheng also wanted to be kind to Zhejiang scholars to eliminate the adverse effects caused by the suspension of the provincial examination.

The Hangzhou magistrate retired due to illness, and the Hangzhou magistrate was vacant.

Because I saw the news about the sticking rod before, I knew that Gu Na was the great-grandson of Gu Jingxing, a great scholar with a high reputation among the Jiangnan Shilin, so Yongzheng wanted to order him to be the governor of Hangzhou.

However, thinking that Gu Na had been under the Ninth Prince's disciple, he felt a little displeased, so he told Cao Yong that he had this question...

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