After hearing his father's question, Li Ding replied with a smile: "I can't blame my father for saying that his uncle is generous to others. This year, the birthday gift of the Cao family is 20% more than in previous years!"

Li Xu shook his head: "I have been dissatisfied with my father for most of my life, but now I really don't know what to say! Think about the friendship between the Cao family and our Li family when they beat your grandfather, which is a matter of decades! Because your uncle has always loved to study and is not keen on the exchanges in the officialdom, he looks down on him very much and thinks that there is nothing worse than him! Now it seems that even if he is tolerant, his father is even more than him!"

After hearing his father's words, Li Ding's expression was a little stiff, and his heart seemed to have a few mice in his heart, and he felt like he was confused and clueless.

It is also a family of Baoyi. Now the Li family dares to neglect, who dares to be a family? Not to mention Cao Yin, even if Cao Yong goes north to take office, someone has already reported to the Li family along the way.

How many people have been there since the founding of the Qing Dynasty? Why, why? Just because I married the princess and my sister married the Iron Hat Princess Mansion? In this regard, the Li family is a serious royal relative. His elder sister entered the palace in her early years, but because of her poor fortune, she died of illness the following year. Isn’t the royal concubine in the palace now also a close relative of the Li family, and she entered the palace through the Li family?

Li Ding thought about this, and the resentment in his heart could not dissipate. Due to dissatisfaction, he also began to doubt Cao Yin. If the Cao family had not interfered, how could his father, the head of the Tongzheng Office, resign in just half a year? Not to mention that the one who took over the Cao family's in-laws was the Sun family.

Li Xu didn't notice his son's dissatisfaction, and said to himself: "The Li is about to fall, and it is difficult for Zhang Boxing to stay in Jiangnan! Tsk tsk, since they started to shatter each other forty-eight years, there have been signs of it. It's a pity that my father has greed and insisted on joining in! Look at the Cao family, your uncle is sick and addicted to Buddhism, and he is away from him. Even though they accidentally took a concubine who had something to do with the Governor's Office, they were all "death after giving birth" in the end, and they didn't have to bear any ties to him! My father Xiang Zixu is no worse than your uncle, but he is already several moves away!" At the end, he was very melancholy.

Li Ding said seriously: "Why should my father be so arrogant? If the Cao family had no previous plans, how could it have today's power? If we were not as good as the Cao family, it was nothing more than that of the Cao family, and we could not learn the Cao family's despicable things. We were "selling the property" and "filial son and kind father". We took turns to play! If we were really poor, what would be the birthday gift? First, we sold the property, put on the stance of repaying the debt, and then we made a tea garden, so that it was difficult for Emperor Long to interfere easily. With the benefits of the country's tea, the Cao family would be rich in one family. This is the "loyal minister" praised by Emperor Long!"

Li Xu frowned when he heard this. He had met Cao Yin and had known him for more than 40 years, and still had some understanding of him. Although Cao Yin was more cautious and thought more, he was not the hypocritical, artificial, and greedy person he mentioned in his son.

Thinking of the fact that Cao Yong was facing Yun Danfengqing when he was criticizing him, looking at his son's slightly mean face at this moment, a sudden evil fire suddenly emerged from Li Xu's stomach. He glared at Li Ding fiercely and scolded angrily: "Non-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no

Seeing that his father was annoyed, Li Ding quickly stood up and stood up with his hands. After Li Xu finished scolding him, he murmured: "It's not that my son intended to defend himself, but the Cao family is not the only uncle!"

Li Xu was stunned when he heard this, narrowed his eyes, picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said, "Now, my father and your uncle in the Cao family are old. What will happen to the next two families depends on your generation! When the Kali case is over, the previous case of breaking off the engagement is cold, so you can go to Beijing too! The eldest son of the Sun family has also come to Beijing. It was originally supposed to be letting your elder brother go, and your elder brother has this kind of character! If he is in Jiangnan, he can still protect him; if he enters Beijing, he will not be eaten alive!"

Li Ding listened to his father's intentions and was afraid that the Li family would hand it over to him in the future. He was happy and said with a smile: "Don't worry, father, the cousin of the Cao family and his son are close relatives, so how can they be alienated? Although his son is older, he also attaches great importance to this cousin, so he will naturally be inseparable from the future!"

The father and son were in a good mood. When they remembered the Li family's Tengda in the future, they looked at each other and laughed. The haze that had been hidden for a long time disappeared immediately.

*

Shandong, Yizhou, Daotai Yamen, side hall.

Cao Yong sneezes several times, making his face flushed. Looking at the two juren sitting opposite him, he felt a little embarrassed, coughed, and said to them: "I have some chores, so I will lose my companion first! If there is any problem, please ask Mr. Zhuang!"

The two juren quickly stood up and bowed, "Great to see you!"

Cao Yong glanced at Mr. Zhuang who was holding back his smile, and signaled a little, then got up and went out first.

This is great. As soon as he left the side hall, Cao Yong's sneezing began again. He walked into the yard, took out a handkerchief, wiped the splashing stars that were accidentally splashed out, and said to himself with a little confusion: "Who is talking about me, why is it endless?"

When Cao Song happened to come back from outside, he saw his brother standing in the yard and asked, "Didn't he say he wanted to find a name for punishment? Why is his brother here?"

Cao Yong pointed to the side hall: "Just come out, sir is here!" Speaking of this, he looked at Cao Song's dress and saw him wearing a coarse cloth short jacket: "Why did you go out of the city to hunt? Didn't you bring your things back?"

Qingming is coming, and it is the cool and clear day when birds are singing and flowers are fragrant. A few willows in the yard are swaying gently, making people feel very comfortable.

Cao Song raised his chin and patted his chest and said, "Brother, I have found fun now! I didn't expect that such a small and broken place would be more martial arts hall than our Jiangning! I went out to see two stores today, and I will go and see it tomorrow. Find a good one. Not only can I learn some kung fu, but it is convenient for my brother to use it!"

Cao Yong nodded: "It's good that you have this idea, but if you want to pass the martial arts, it's mainly about riding and shooting and strategy, but you can't be careless about these things!"

When Cao Song heard this, he felt a little uncomfortable. He touched his cheeks and said sadly: "There are three years left, what's there to worry about!"

Last year, Cao Song participated in the Martial Arts Examination in Zhili. Because he was about to change his wisdom teeth, his face was swollen and his head hurt so much. When he was riding and shooting, his performance was not good, so he fell into the list.

"Who said he would have to wait for three years?" Cao Yong patted his forehead: "This year's birthday is different from usual. It's the 60th birthday. If nothing unexpected happens, you will probably get Enko!"

Cao Song's eyes lit up, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Brother, really? You didn't coax anyone?"

Just as Cao Yong was about to speak, he sneezes two times in a row, and then looked at Cao Song: "I didn't see that I'm busy here, why are you coaxing you? If I add Enke, for the autumn and winter exams, the provincial exam will probably be arranged in February and March. This is only a year, so you have to know it!"

Cao Song hurriedly agreed: "I know, let's go back to the yard now. I will learn from my brother's childhood and shoot more arrows every day! Even if there are any changes, don't be off-target!"

Seeing that he was eager to try and couldn't stand, Cao Yong smiled and waved his hand: "Well, yes, go! Go!"

Cao Song ran out a few steps and remembered the "Jinger". Could that ugly girl be really a cousin of the Cao family? When he turned around, he saw that his brother had already gone to the inner yard, so he was too lazy to think about it. He went back to the yard to find someone to set a target.

*

Inner courtyard, main room.

Chu Yu and Azuki were discussing the festival. Tomorrow is the Cold Food Festival and the Qingming Festival will be the Qingming Festival. Speaking of which, it is the first time that the festival has been celebrated in Yizhou, and the two of them thought to do it well.

It was Qingming Festival that we had to visit the graves, but where was the Cao family's graveyard around this? Chu Yu was originally kind-hearted and wanted to pray for the children in his stomach, so he thought of donating some money to Puji Hall and Yuying Hall.

Puji Hall adopts orphans from a foreign land, and Yubaotang adopts abandoned babies. Generally, there are two places in counties. According to the customs in the north, Puji Hall and Yubaotang will go to the wild to collect exposed bones on Qingming Festival, and ask monks to do rituals to be reborn so that these lonely ghosts can be reincarnated as soon as possible. This is called "Absolute Orphans".

When Cao Yong came in, he happened to hear it and praised it very much. But his intention was not to donate silver to two places to practice rituals, but to send some rice, grain, meat, vegetables and other food, so that these homeless people can have a good holiday.

After hearing this, Zi Jing smiled and said to Chu Yu: "Look, the uncle and the princess are kind-hearted, like an old lady who has gone away! During the old lady's lifetime, she also thought about the lonely and poor outside every Qingming Festival!"

In one sentence, Cao Yong also remembered his grandmother and said to Amethyst and Chu Yu: "Although this is not close to our ancestral tomb, it is not far away. When the old lady dies this year, let's see if we can go to the tomb!"

Chu Yu nodded and praised her. Zijing felt a little regretful and said in a different way: "This Qingming Festival is arranged and there is also the Cold Food Festival. You must prepare all the things you will use tomorrow in the afternoon! This pasta, porridge, etc., do you want to chew it with the uncle and the princess!"

Cao Yong thought that the Cold Food Festival prohibited the fire. After looking at Chu Yu's plain belly, he was a little worried. He was about to ask Amethyst that it was appropriate to eat cold food like this, but he thought that Amethyst was a girl's house, so where did he know these? After thinking about it, his expression was a little hesitant.

Chu Yu and his wife had been with him for more than a year. They saw his concerns and said with a smile: "It's just that they are impatient and greasy. Chinese toon buds are mixed with gluten and tender willow buds are all things Chu Yu likes to eat!"

*

The capital city, the prince’s mansion, and the inner house.

Baoya sat in front of the window, staring at the crabapple flowers in the yard in a daze. When the spring breeze suddenly rose, the delicate crabapple shaking, and finally fell to the ground with two petals. Her heart tightened, and she felt that she was the only one left in the world, and she couldn't cry, and she couldn't sigh. She felt like a ball of cotton was stuffed into her chest, which was so stuffy that it made people feel really uncomfortable...

Lingque brought in a bowl of breasts and put them in front of Baoya: "Prince, you need less breakfast, drink a bowl of breasts! In another two months... you must keep your body well!"

Baoya turned around, tilted her head and looked at Lingque, and smiled, "Look, this has not been a big deal yet, I have become the housekeeper! All the princesses in the royal palaces in the capital are included, and who has a strong body like me!"

Lingque was her maid since childhood, and she also wanted to go with the dowry on the grassland. Hearing the princess teasing herself like this, he couldn't help but blush and said angrily: "Prim, really, can the princess say these words? Be careful to let the nannies hear it, and they are nagging endlessly again!"

Baoya turned around, looked at the crabapple in the yard, and whispered: "How many days can I nag?... If there are any choices, I would rather die in this palace and let them nag for the rest of their lives..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Lingque: "Prince, it's not easy to say such things again! This...this..."

Baoya lowered her head: "You are afraid that my words will come true, don't you know that I am looking forward to this..."

Lingque knew her thoughts and felt so distressed that she had red eyes and didn't know how to resolve them for a moment. After all, that thought was absolutely undesirable, even ordinary girls were not free, let alone her master had such a noble identity.

Baoya patted her face, turned around, picked up her breasts, drank it in one breath, and said with her eyes open: "On the first day of the third month, the Temple Fair in Xibianmen, let's go to worship the Queen Mother of the West!"

Seeing that she was intrigued, Lingque responded with a smile: "It's a tremendous person. The princess asked the concubine, and it happened to be possible to go with her!"

Baoya frowned slightly after hearing this: "If I go with my sister-in-law, how can I have any chance to have fun?" Speaking of this, she thought for a while and smiled: "I heard that my sister-in-law has been so sad these two days. Hehe, it's not like to add a little brother again!" Yu's sister-in-law thought of Cao Yong and Chu Yu again, and said: "I didn't expect Chu Yu to have a baby, but she is younger than me! Cao Yong wants to be an Ama, but I don't know how to be happy!"

Lingque saw Baoya mentioning the child's face was full of smiles and asked, "Why, Princess is jealous of him? But there is no need to hurry this, next year..."

After hearing several words, Baoya felt something was wrong. She was so embarrassed that her face turned red. She came up to chase Da Lingque: "Okay, are you laughing at me? Look, I won't twist your mouth..."
Chapter completed!