In the capital, within Andingmen, Prince Yong’s Mansion.

The fourth prince came back from the Ministry of Revenue. It was almost dusk. While the wife of the legitimate wife, Wulanara, ordered the maid to prepare food, she helped her husband change her clothes outside.

The fourth prince washed his hands and face, sat on the kang, with a hint of fatigue on his face. Today, on the 25th day, Kangxi was watching the palace in the Taihe Palace. As the prince who was in charge of the ministry, he left the house before dawn in the morning.

Seeing a plate of citrus and a plate of Buddha's hands on the kang table, which was a tribute from the south, the fourth prince asked: "The Ministry of Internal Affairs sent it? Can the Thirteenth brother send some to me?"

Ulanara smiled and said, "Why are you worried about these things? You have already given them a gift. Not only did the tributes from the south arrive, but the ones from the north arrive. I remember that my thirteenth brother loves roe deer meat the most, and he also asked people to give him one more portion."

The Fourth Prince remembered the current situation of the Thirteenth Prince, frowned slightly and said, "The Thirteenth Brother has no title and is not a job. This money may not be rich. When will you visit the Thirteenth Brother and Sister, ask, if they are short of money, send some over!"

Ulanara responded, and the maids came in to serve the meal. The Fourth Prince was not a luxury person, and his daily diet rarely exceeded ten dishes, and the same is true today. Because he believed in Buddhism, although he did not avoid food, he used less meat dishes, so half of them were vegetarian dishes, and several were made by Buddha.

After working outside for a day, the Fourth Prince was really hungry. He ate two bowls of porridge and half a plate of roasted wheat before putting down his chopsticks.

After the maids removed the table and brought tea, the Ulanara family remembered something, took a gift list from the Bowl Grid, and smiled and said to the fourth prince: "The birthday gift is here again today!"

The fourth prince raised his eyebrows and didn't say anything. A few days later it was his 35th birthday, which would be the whole birthday, but he had no idea of ​​handling it.

On the first day of October, Long Live issued an order to "depose the crown prince" and "destroy the prisoner" and wrote the former Grand Secretary Ma Qi as the acting chief executive. At this point, everyone thought that the eighth prince's father-in-law, who had always been famous, would have hope. Although Ma Qi was the father-in-law of the twelfth prince, he was a disciple of the eighth prince and was also a backbone of the "eighth prince party". In the 47th year of Kangxi, after abolishing the crown prince, he was dismissed for taking the lead in establishing the eighth prince, and his brothers and clan members were also dismissed from office. In the 49th year, Russia came to trade with each other. Because Ma Qi was engaged in border affairs, Kangxi ordered his prime minister, his brothers Ma Wu and Li Rongbao to recover.

As Ma Qi was promoted to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, for a moment, he had a certain sense of conscience. The court officials who had originally planned to wait and see also ran to Lianbeile's mansion more diligently.

Unexpectedly, on the sixth day of the 10th month, the limelight suddenly changed. Kangxi issued an order: "Ma Qi and others are under the jurisdiction of the former assistants. I had assigned the eighth son Beile Yinsi to the emperor. Now I have returned, and I am still under the jurisdiction of Ma Qi and others. Their tribesmen will be in the banner together. Ma Qi was originally a Grand Secretary, and I have another order. Ma Wu, Li Rongbao, and Fu Erdun will be retained and there is no need to be reinstated. The other tribe members Zhuang Tufasheng and other thirty-seven people will be restored to their posts."

"Change your hands to make clouds, turn your hands to make rain" is just a seemingly ordinary decree, but Ma Qi, the most prominent and most official sect under the Eighth Prince, and his family, stripped away the Zhenglan Banner and took them back to the Yinghuang Banner.

Those who speculated that the Eighth Prince's Prize would be expected were stunned. Even the Ninth Prince, Tenth Prince, Fourteenth Prince and others were confused. The Third Prince, who had been looking forward to "leading the chief", looked calm, and who knew how to arrange it in private.

Those court officials who had been dependent on the crown prince or the eighth prince began to feel unsure, fearing that the crown prince who did not know how to blame the future would have a little intention of casting a net, and would be more attentive to move around the favors of various royal palaces.

On Prince Yong's mansion, it was the end of October that Prince Yong's 35th birthday. From the beginning of the first month, the gift-giving people began to come to visit one after another.

The Fourth Prince has always been low-key, so how could he make such a show when it is eye-catching? He had already told the concubine that except for relatives, no other officials from other surnames would accept any gifts.

Although Ulanara is only 33 years old, she is a young couple with the Fourth Prince. She has been married for more than 20 years and has always acted the most in line with her wishes. I think it is because of some reason for receiving gifts today, so the Fourth Prince didn't say much.

Wulanara smiled and presented the gift list, saying with a smile: "It was the gift from the princess Cao Yong, who sent it back from the commander of the princess, who sent it back from Shandong. He gave it together with the full moon gift we gave earlier. Although it was not the prince of our mansion, I thought about the past few years that he had exchanged all kinds of favors! Seeing that this gift was not expensive, I decided to accept it! Looking at this list, it can be seen that he is a deliberate person!"

The fourth prince took the gift list and saw that there were only four gifts such as Buddha statues and incense burners. He nodded and said, "There is still a section of road to the capital when fighting Shandong!" The implication was that if Cao Yong really gave gifts to "shoulder" the gift, it would not have been so fast. It seemed that he had prepared with sincerity.

Thinking about Cao Yong's behavior when he was in the capital, the Fourth Prince shook his head and couldn't help but laugh at himself. He was afraid that he was a little bit full of soldiers. Looking at Cao Yong's character, he didn't seem to want to climb high. Besides, even if he really had this idea, he should go to the Third Prince and Eighth Prince's mansions now, so he would not be able to make up his own preferences and worry about preparing these.

Seeing that her husband's face showed loneliness, Ulanara poured him a cup of tea and said with a smile: "I knew there were tea trees in the north a few months ago, and I thought it was strange. Now, drinking tea is not worse than tribute from the south! Now, those who love tea in the capital are looking for people to ask their connections to go to the path of several royal palaces. In our mansion, because my grandfather has always been rigorous in his actions, there are not many people who dare to fight for Qiufeng. I heard that the Chun Prince's Mansion and the Ping Prince's Mansion were talked about by several old princes. Fortunately, the common people are not big, and these families are controlled by them. Otherwise, there would be no few people in the Interior Affairs Office to make this idea. Although it is only a few hectares of land and not worth a few money, it is also a favor! It seems that Cao's husband and the Thirteenth brother are very close, but we are still benefiting from the Thirteenth brother!"

Cao Yong, when the Fourth Prince thought of him, he couldn't help but feel illusion, as if time had turned back eleven years ago, when he was still a young Beile with a high spirit, he followed the old Thirteen who was fifteen or sixteen years old. That year, his son Honghui was only five years old. Although he had not yet been to study in the study room, he had already begun to enlightenment. If Honghui had not died young, he would be sixteen this year and he was at the age of marrying and having children.

Although the Ulanara clan did not know why Cao Yong was close to the Thirteenth Prince, the Fourth Prince knew it. He also knew that Cao Yong’s relationship with the people over the years was not for Thirteenth Prince, but had some meaning of “repaying kindness”.

But he is not a talkative person, and he does not expect that kindness can be recovered. Besides, when he came back from Jiangnan, the emperor's father had already rewarded their brothers with a lot of good things.

Thinking of this, the fourth prince was stunned. The emperor's father was indeed extraordinary in treating the Cao family. The emperor's father was a person who was nostalgic and loved.

*

Xicheng, Cao Mansion, Wutong Garden.

Cao Yong was disguised with his hair and sneezed several times in a row. He couldn't help but rub his nose and said to himself: "Where is this muttering? Why is it endless?"

He set out on October 20th to Jinan Prefecture and arrived in the capital this afternoon. When he first started on the road, he wanted to go to the Seshtu family immediately after entering Beijing, beat the boy up first, and then talk about other things. In the past few days on the road, he thought more. He had to verify the authenticity of the matter first, and he could not deal with Seshtu for no reason; in addition, he had to know what his sister was thinking and how she was doing at the Jueluo family.

Thinking of this, he regretted it very much. Just like his parents, he was afraid that his children would be worried when he was sick, so it would be fine if he only reported it in his letter; Ping'er was afraid that he would report good news but not bad news. In the past two years of marriage, I still don't know how many grievances he has suffered?

He had already sent someone to Jueluo Mansion to find out the two rooms that Cao's family had gone to to find out what was going. He went back to Wutongyuan, took a shower, and changed into dirty clothes.

In the main room of Wutongyuan, the decorations have been put into storage, and it seems a little cold because it has not been occupied for a long time. Although there are several charcoal basins in the room, Cao Yong still feels a little warm.

Only Xiyu is left here. Xixue and two big maids took two little maids to look at the yard. They were very surprised by Cao Yong's sudden return to Beijing. They couldn't do it inside and out. The water delivery was slow and they couldn't find the comb to the room, etc.

Cao Yong was thinking about how to solve Ping'er's affairs. It was nothing to exert his anger. The key was to make Ping'er live a happy life. If the Jueluo family was not happy, it would be the worst. At worst, you could find a good family for her.

Cao Yong finally sighed in his heart. In this era, feudal ethics have developed to the extreme, and few men are not macho. It is not easy to find a family with a good family for Ping'er. However, we cannot live a life of grievance because of this. At worst, we can take Ping'er back and let her take her to recruit her husband.

Even so, we cannot afford Seshtu. If the deputy lieutenant of the escort of the Zhenghuang Banner Guardian Army had not been to Torping County Prince Nersu, how could it have fallen on Seshtu?

Xiyu and Xixue saw Cao Yong sitting with his hair on his face, look at me, I look at you, I don’t know who should come forward to serve him to comb his hair.

Thinking of the round-faced guard he met in Changchun Garden and enthusiastically guided the way for him, Cao Yong felt annoyed. He immediately stood up and ordered Xiyu and Xixue, "Go to the second gate to ask, is Cao Zhong's family back?"

Because he had to take into account Cao Yi's face and was not good at making a big fuss, Cao Yong asked Cao Zhong's family to go to Jueluo Mansion for a walk.

Xiyu and Xixue leaned over and asked to go down to ask questions. Cao Yong frowned, waved his hand, and said, "Forget it, I'll go directly to the front yard!" As he said that, he was about to walk out.

"Mr. My husband, hair!" Xiyu reminded in a low voice.

After hearing this, Cao Yong reached out and touched the back of his neck. Fang Xiao knew that his hair had not been combed yet. He had to stop and let Xixue come forward to braid his hair.

As soon as the braid was braided, a little girl said back and forth, and Cao Zhong's family asked to see the old man and waited in the yard.

The niece of Cao Zhong's family happened to be Cao Yi's wife who accompanied the room. After this time, she went to look for her and asked her about it, she was hesitant and hesitant at first. Later, she said that it was the girl who had already sent a message and did not allow them to be servants to pass on messages to the other end of her family.

It was true that Seshtu had a family room, and Cao Yi's miscarriage was also true in the twelfth month of last year. There is also news that Jueluo Mansion has been looking for a second house for Seshtu in the past half month.

The more Cao Yong listened, the colder he felt, his face became increasingly ugly, and he felt very regretful. Even if the Jueluo family took the initiative in this marriage, if it were not for his support, he would not have agreed to it like this. However, he had recognized the wrong person and was blind, causing his sister to suffer such grievances.

When Cao Zhong's family was angry when they saw Cao Yong, they wanted to persuade him, but after thinking about it, they still didn't say much. Although the Luo family was a red band, they dared to neglect the aunts who came out of the Cao family so much. Even if they were servants, they were resentful.

In addition to Wei Hei, Xiaoman, there were also Zhang Yi and Zhao Tong. Zhang Yi and Zhao Tong did not know the inside story of Cao Yong's entry into Beijing, and only thought that the old man was back to Beijing to do business.

Wei Hei had heard the wind vaguely when he was in the Daotai Mansion. Because Cao Yi was concerned about Cao Yong, he asked Xiangcao to ask carefully, so he knew the whole story. Xiaoman had always been with Cao Yong, so he knew some reasons and scolded the third aunt several times in his heart.

When Cao Yong suppressed his anger and went to the front yard, Zhang Yi and Zhao Tong both went home to see their parents and family members. The two of them were children from the house here, and their parents were both elderly people from the Cao family.

When he heard that Cao Yong was going to Jueluo Mansion, Wei Hei and Xiaoman knew it. Xiaoman said, "Master, we should have gone long ago! But seeing that the master is in the south and the uncle is not in the capital, no one in the family makes decisions for the girl, they dare to bully people like this! The young man would like to greet people and take them over to see them, so as not to think that our mansion is a soft persimmon!" As he said that, he wanted to call people.

Wei Hei looked at the long-term situation and knew that this matter was a big deal. Cao Yi was really hard to be a good person, so he grabbed Xiaoman and said, "What are you calling me? Let's listen to the young master!"

Cao Yong was furious and didn't listen to Xiaoman's words at all. He had already stepped towards the horse's house.

*

Outside Xihua Gate, Jueluo Mansion.
Chapter completed!