Cao Yong thought about the maids of Wutongyuan for a while, but he didn't remember it. He just saw that she was not very jealous, and he should be a person in the mansion. He also saw that she was not dressed lightly, but also had only a moon-white silk flower on her hair, which was dressed in filial piety.

Although there is such a rule that private sacrifices are not allowed in the inner courtyard, the laws and regulations do not hinder human feelings. Cao Yong did not have any taboos on gods and ghosts, so he paused and said, "If you want to worship your relatives, just say to the princess or Amethyst. There is a pavilion in the northwest corner of the back garden where you can burn incense and worship! But now the weather is dry and the things need to be careful of the open fire!"

"Yes, I can save it! Thank you, my husband, is not guilty..." The woman lowered her head and replied softly.

Cao Yong nodded, looked at her again, turned around and left, heading towards the second door. While he walked, he thought about what had just happened. He had to tell Chu Yu that fire prevention in the mansion is not a small problem. It is dry in autumn and winter, and it is not a joke if there is a fire.

After walking a few steps, he suddenly remembered who the woman was. It was the maid who Madam Ye wanted to arrange for her to be a hukou at the beginning of the year. He really couldn't remember what she was named.

That day, Cao Yong was angry and said that when he went to the room, he only needed to keep Zhu'er, Cui'er, Xiyun, and Xicai, and others didn't have to step forward. He said that he was just angry for a moment and didn't think much about it. In fact, not to mention anything else, Shan Xiyan and Xixia both served Chu Yu since childhood, and they did not have the reason to keep serving Chu Yu. Therefore, Cao Yong explained to Chu Yu afterwards, letting everyone be as he pleased, but he had to beat him in advance, so that he would not have any other thoughts that made everyone uneasy.

Afterwards, although the maids did not dare to be arrogant, they did not need to avoid Cao Yong. They only had a Xiyu, followed the previous rules, and never appeared in front of Cao Yong again. It took nearly a year to see him, so he did not recognize him for a while.

*

Ministry of Revenue, Fujian Department.

Since it is about to end the year, all kinds of accounts need to be checked, which is the busiest time. However, because Cao Yong is the chief officer and there are also the chief officers in charge of each stall, he is much more lighter than last year.

Because he was in his spare time, Cao Yong walked to Shandong Province, borrowed the prefectures and counties to come over, and checked the location of Yizhou. The more he looked, the more he felt satisfied. This place not only bordered Jiangsu Province, but also was not far from the sea.

In his previous life, every year, in July and August, he, either his family or friends, had to go to the beach for a few days, eat seafood for a few days, and take a sea bath for a few days.

The Weaving Mansion is only busy for a few months every year, and Li's letters are always concerned about his son. Cao Yong began to calculate the time it takes to take the carriage from Jiangning to Yizhou. If it goes well, he will take the first half of the month off first, go to Jiangning with Chu Yu, and take his parents and grandmother to Yizhou...

Cao Yong thought it was just so beautiful that he heard someone say, "Sir, sir?"

He woke up, but the head Fu Xiangong and Peng Zhu came over happily. When they approached, they both bowed with fists and said, "I thank you for your lifting!"

It’s okay for Peng Zhu to be young, but Fu Xiangong is nearly forty years old. Cao Yong was unwilling to be arrogant, so he stood up and smiled and said, “Look at the two of you like this, Cao Yong is ashamed. This is just a small task, so it’s not to be a good person. Besides, you have the ability!”

It turned out that a few days ago, the Minister of Revenue Mu Helun found Cao Yong and asked his subordinates to recommend one person to make up for the lack of Fujian Secretary Wailang. Cao Yong thought about it. Among the leaders of the Fujian Secretary, Fu Xiangong had the most experienced one, but in terms of his ability to deal with things, he was led by Peng Zhu.

Fu Xian's functional abilities are not bad compared to ordinary people, but they have less flexibility. Sometimes they often have to use more skills to do poorly, but they cannot receive corresponding returns. Although Peng Zhu's ability is stronger than Fu Xiangong, he may be a little uneasy in his work because he is young.

These two people had a little complementary meaning. Cao Yong didn't know that Shandong was missing at that time. Originally, this kind of recommendation was not the turn of Cao Yong, a fifth-rank official, but Mu Helun deliberately wanted to sell favors to him.

Cao Yong is not a rigid person. If such a favor is not accepted, it will cause resentment. He thought that Fu Xiangong and Peng Zhu would be difficult to choose, so he recommended them all. Which one can be promoted depends on the opportunity.

Unexpectedly, Mu Helun was obedient and reported their names. Yesterday, the Ministry of Personnel approved it, and both of them were promoted to Yuanwailang, Fu Xiangong stayed in the Fujian Division, and Peng Zhun took office in Shandong Division after Nian. Because Cao Yong left early yesterday, the two of them thanked him specifically today.

"Shandong Department!" Cao Yong recited it silently and said to himself: "It's really convenient to others and to yourself. If you really go to Shandong to serve as a Taoist platform, you will inevitably get in handing over money and grain accounts!" He was thinking about Shandong, but when he heard the three words "Shandong Department", he was particularly kind, so he congratulated the two with a smile.

It was appropriate for Fu Xiangong to stay in Fujian. When he left office, he could support this matter. For a moment, Cao Yong felt a little sad about parting.

*

On the tenth day of November, the Holy Lord returned to the palace from Changchun Garden. Cao Yong heard the sixteenth prince mention that after knowing that the Holy Lord was staying in Beijing, he would go to visit the temporary Feng Hall and Xiaoling. It would take at least a month to go back and forth. Although the Ministry of Personnel sent someone to say hello, there was no reason to delay it again and again. He made it easier for him to submit a letter on November 11.

On November 15th, the Grand Palace of Supreme Harmony will meet.

In addition to the princes and officials in the capital, there are also officials from all over the country who have been in Beijing. This court meeting has not been long, and most of them have been officials who have recently promoted to thank them. They are all in a proper manner, and they are like puppets, very stiff, but they even have to look grateful to the emperor's gratitude. The tone is basic, and there are not only two people who are crying.

When the court was dispersed, the sixteenth prince patted Cao Yong on the shoulder. Just as he was about to speak to him, he saw Wei Zhu, the eunuch of the Qianqing Palace, coming over and passing Kangxi's order, the doctor of the Ministry of Revenue and the princess, Cao Yong, the waiter of the Qianqing Palace.

The sixteenth prince just saw two foreign governors and several newly appointed governors heading towards Qianqing Gate, so he said to Cao Yong: "I guess I have to wait for the time. I happened to have something to ask you to tell me and accompany me to walk there!"

Seeing that the Sixteenth Prince looked a little haggard, Cao Yong asked, "I haven't seen each other for a few days? Are you sick these days?"

The sixteenth prince shook his head with a wry smile: "I wish I was sick, but it was difficult for me to get what I wanted. It was Li who was sick!"

Li was a show girl who had a card in the 48th year of Kangxi. She was accused of being the Sixteenth Prince last year. She has good looks and character, but because her father and grandfather have low titles, she can only be the concubine. The Sixteenth Prince has a house around her and has long known about the matter between men and women, but she has a deep relationship with this concubine.

Although he was referring to the legitimate wife again this year, the Sixteenth Prince did not take it seriously. Instead, he valued Li more and more, and wanted to give Li the eldest son before the legitimate wife.

This summer, she followed her entourage to Rehe. The Sixteenth Prince originally wanted to take Li, but was persuaded by Wang Concubine Wang. This legitimate concubine is the niece of Concubine Yi and will come in at the end of the year. If she dotes on Li like this, she will be in the eyes of others. In the end, she will be the one who is not happy. Although the Sixteenth Prince couldn't bear it, Li also meant this and was unwilling to show off, so she persuaded the Sixteenth Prince.

When the epidemic broke out when the city arrived in the capital, Kangxi wanted to send people to the capital to pick up concubines and the young prince. The sixteenth prince asked for this job because he was worried about Li. Unexpectedly, the palace concubine here had been sent out of the capital by the ninth prince.

The Sixteenth Prince hurriedly asked about the situation of the Prince's Office. Then the Ninth Prince realized that the Sixteenth Prince had a concubine in the palace. Because the concubines left the capital this time, the imperial edict was urgent, and the situation was in chaos. Who could take care of the prince's concubine in the Prince's Office?

The Ninth Prince had heard that the Sixteenth Prince seemed to be quite fond of that person, so he pushed all the mistakes on the Third Prince and Fourth Prince. He was very innocent and was just assigned temporarily.

The Sixteenth Prince was just worried, and a little eunuch came to pass the message, saying that it was around Concubine Chen, and the Sixteenth Prince was at the noble place, so please don’t worry.

There are many noble people in this harem, and there are two people with the surname Chen. One is the biological mother of the Seventeenth Prince, Qin, and the other is the biological mother of the twenty-first Prince, Xi. Although Kangxi gave the title of the birth mother of the twenty-first Prince, the title of "Xi", because it was the Kangxi reign, everyone called it Chen.

Chen Guiren is Sun Wenqi's niece, and the sixteenth prince's biological mother Wang Ben is Li Xu's cousin. The Sun family, Li family, and Cao family are all in contact with each other. Speaking of which, they are still the relationship between the cousin's niece and the cousin's aunt. Both are Han girls, and they are from Jiangnan, so they are closer.

When she arrived at Rehe, as Wang Pin expected, Concubine Yi looked down on Li. Although she was not ashamed of her face as Wang Pin was, she also criticized her a lot of things in her words.

Although Li was not a gossiper, the Sixteenth Prince also heard some rumors. Although he was dissatisfied with Concubine Yi, what could he do? So he could only endure it until the epidemic in the capital was quelled. He thought of various ways to move Mr. Kangxi and took Li back to Beijing first.

A few days ago, Li was a little unhappy and was depressed all day long and couldn't eat. The Sixteenth Prince originally wanted to call the imperial physician to see him, but Li was afraid that he would pass it to Concubine Yi, so he thought he was taking Qiao, so he only said that it was because of Dong's sleepiness, which was not in the way.

At night before, Li's body was not clean. At first, he thought it was "Xiaoyue", but it was in great pain. He had been in a while and it was even more than he could stop. The Sixteenth Prince quickly asked someone to find the imperial physician overnight.

Looking at the lump of flesh in the blood, the imperial physician was so scared that Li had miscarried. After hearing the imperial physician's conclusion, the sixteenth prince regretted it, thinking that if he had invited the imperial physician to see it two days earlier, it might not have been so bad.

Although he didn't have many women, he grew up in the palace and knew the filthiness in the palace. Li's body was fine on weekdays, but he didn't bump into it. Because Li felt tired, he had not been close to him for several days. How could he have miscarriage?

Sure enough, after asking the imperial physician, the sixteenth prince learned that Li had been plotted against, and was afraid that he had eaten something taboo in his diet. What about the harem? He looked down on Li and did not want Li to give birth to his eldest son in advance. Who else was there except Concubine Yi?

All the palace maids around Li were interrogated overnight. Even if the other party was the emperor's favorite concubine, he would not be able to leave any physical evidence. Then the only one she could bribe.

Finally, a little palace maid was unable to beat her and told me something that she accidentally saw another palace maid named "Cailian" in the same room feeding something to the cat. She asked her, but she only said that the little palace maid was dazzled.

As a result, Cailian's confession almost made the sixteenth prince angry to death and became even more afraid of Concubine Yi. Cailian was born in the palace and was selected as a palace maid who entered the palace. A brother worked in the Interior Office. He found her two months ago and said that he had received the reward from the concubine's family and asked her to help the prince. He gave her a pack of medicine and asked her to pinch her life. He put the medicine in the dessert three or two days before the Li family's "Xiaoyue". He only said that it was the medicine specially asked for a child by the concubine's family.

Cailian didn't want to respond, but she couldn't help her brother's begging, so she hesitated to respond. She was still worried, so she found a cat to try the medicine, confirming that it was not a poison.

The sixteenth prince asked someone to collect the medicine from the Cailian Room and asked the imperial physician to see it. The imperial physician carefully identified it, and it was mixed with safflower.

When I sent someone to find Brother Cailian the next day, I had been dead for more than half a month.

Although he killed several palace maids, the Sixteenth Prince still couldn't relieve his anger, but he knew that things could only be like this. Even if he knew that Concubine Yi asked someone to do it, it would not be useful to make trouble in front of Kangxi without a certificate. Not only could he not go to the door to ask for guilt, but he also had to seal the imperial physician's mouth and conceal the matter. Otherwise, if the emperor's grandson was "accidentally" lost, Li would have to bear the punishment and reprimand.

Although "family scandals should not be made public", the sixteenth prince never acted as an outsider. This was another depressing thing in his heart, so he said to Cao Yong in a few words.

When Cao Yong heard this, he was also very angry. Princes like the Sixteenth Prince who had nothing to do with him would still plot to win over him? Moreover, he used such a method.

Then the Sixteenth Prince sneered: "I have harmed my descendants, I care who she is? One day, I will repay this revenge!"

There was Qianqing Sect in front of me. Cao Yong thought that Shiliu came with him, not just to complain, so he asked: "Let's not mention these future things for now. What can I use for me now?"

The sixteenth prince nodded and said, "I am looking for you to help. I feel really uncomfortable when I look at Li in the past two days. Thinking that Guo Luoluo will come in at the end of the twelfth lunar month, I am afraid that she will not be well-behaved at that time and have to set rules. So I think of you in the hot spring village in Changping. I borrow it for me. When I wait until the wedding, I will send her there to raise her."

Cao Yong said, "There is nothing in Zhuangzi, but it is not the property of the Sixteenth Master or Li Fujin's parents' home. The words came out, but it sounded bad." At this point, he paused and said, "I was thinking about what items to prepare for the wedding ceremony of the Sixteenth Master. Now it seems that the Zhuangzi is ready-made! If Sixteenth Master doesn't dislike it that it is not a newly built, I will send the land deed here in the past two days!"

The sixteenth prince shook his head quickly: "How can that be? It's just a matter of time. If it really doesn't work, please ask the big princess to spend two days with you! You only have these two industries, how can I accept you?"

Cao Yong said: "Because there are all barren hills and slopes, we bought them at a very low price. Because I like the hot springs there, I built a farmhouse. It was natural. It was not as luxurious as other families. It was worth a lot of money in total!"

The Sixteenth Prince was still hesitating and said, "After all, it's your favorite, so how about this? Besides, I can use it less often!"

Cao Yong calculated in his mind that Kangxi should have built the Xiaotangshan Palace in recent years, so he whispered: "What did I say to Master Sixteen a few days ago? Master Sixteen forgot? I was about to leave the capital for a few years, but this is why I saw the carriage today. Why did I keep that farm? I was thinking about how to deal with it, but you took me back now and thought it would save you a lot of trouble!"

Seeing Cao Yong say this, the sixteenth prince stopped politely and responded with a smile. He just told Cao Yong specifically: "The capital is a mess, everything is wrong, and it may be a big deal. I will be offended one day. You have been out for almost two years, and I agree, and I don't stop you. But there is a saying that you should first say, you can't go too far. We will always meet Fang Hao once or twice a year! Otherwise, it would be really not loyal to leave me alone in Beijing! If that is the case, be careful that I will leave you in Beijing and endure hard together!"

Cao Yong smiled and said, "I know, I know, Master Sixteenth, stop scaring me anymore! I always pick the nearest place, the far place. The carriage and horse are exhausted, and I am not impatient to go there!"

Seeing that he agreed, the sixteenth prince returned to the prince's place with a smile.

Cao Yong passed the Qianqing Gate and stood in front of the Qianqing Palace waiting for the summons. There were a few people standing in front of him, some who were aware of them, some who looked at the faces and looked at the official uniforms, all of whom were first-rank and second-rank high-rank officials.
Chapter completed!