Since entering Beijing on the 10th day of March, Cao Yong and Lianbi have been busy with social engagements for several days. On March 14th, Cao Yin and his wife were invited to a meal by Ma Liandao.

Although Cao Yin couldn't stand Ma Liandao's behavior, the two families had friendships that their fathers and grandparents had, and it wouldn't be good if they didn't socialize. It seemed that the Cao family was snobbish because they were now holding the flag and looked down on old friends.

Cao Yong went to the Yongwu Earl's Mansion in Xinjiekou to visit Wan Jiha, the father of Yongqing. Wan Jiha has been recuperating in the mansion since he became ill last year, sometimes getting worse and sometimes getting better.

Wan Jiha was very polite about Cao Yong's visit, and it was impossible to tell whether it was close or alienated. In the past six months, the neglect of the party has also made him understand a lot, but he was not as enthusiastic as he had before.

Although Cao Yong knew about the removal of Yongqing's family tree, he only knew it. In addition to greeting Wan Jiha's health, he only talked about some anecdotes about the capital and the officialdom.

From beginning to end, Wan Jiha did not mention Yongqing, the eldest son who was exiled to Shengjing. Cao Yong originally wanted to ask whether to arrange for someone to pick up Yongqing in Shengjing; if there was no arrangement, someone would go to Cao's mansion, but he would send a message. However, he did not speak.

Some things are family affairs of Wanyan's family, and he is not easy to interfere.

He wanted to use his days in Beijing to find a place to settle for Yongqing, but he was afraid that Yongqing's stubbornness would be difficult to deal with the official infighting in the capital.

After thinking about it for a while, Cao Yong decided to make arrangements after asking Yongqing's opinions, so as not to help. Because there were exiles in front of him, even if he didn't look for a job and was silent for a few years, it would be good to wait until the matter was quiet before he started to become an official.

After saying two quarters of an hour, when he saw Wan Jiha serving tea to see him off, Cao Yong stood up and said goodbye tactfully. Wan Jiha pondered for a while, looked at Cao Yong, with a little hesitant expression, and finally said nothing.

Although Cao Yong is a junior, in terms of grade, both of them are gentle and gentle princes. Wan Jiha is not easy to be proud of, so he got up and wanted to send Cao Yong out of the mansion in person.

Because he was not in good spirits and was still breathing heavily, Cao Yong asked him to stop and didn't have to see him off.

When Cao Yong followed the housekeeper out of the living room, Princess Fuhui had already asked someone to wait outside and asked him to meet him in the side hall.

Unlike Wan Jiha, Princess Fuhui treated Cao Yong more enthusiastically than in previous years, but she did not act like an elder or princess anymore. She asked Cao Yong to meet him. In addition to thanking him, she asked Cao Yong to ask for his friendship since childhood, so that he could pull Yongqing in the future if he could.

Wanyan Mansion has already received the letter of the Wanyan Mansion.

In the more than a year since Yongqing's exile, Fuhui has begged Wan Jiha several times, and it is nothing more than how his son will be placed after he returns to Beijing. Although there was a passage from the family tree last year, Yongqing's wife and children did not live in other places and still lived in the Earl's Mansion. If he does not recognize his son, he will have to move his wife and granddaughter out of the mansion. The family is not large and there is no need to live in two places.

What can Wanjiha say? In addition to the title passed down by his ancestors, he is also the head of the Wanyan family. If he protects his eldest son, Yongqing, who may endanger the family, will be regarded as the heir again. Are the elders in the clan so easy to meet?

No matter how his wife nagged, Wan Jiha never let go. She called her second son Yongsheng to her side on weekdays, taught her some official experiences by words and teaching her carefully.

There were personal relationships between officialdom and relatives, and Wan Jiha also asked Yongsheng to come forward for social engagements. Anyone who could see who was the heir to the Wanyan family.

Without titles and family protection, how could Fuhui not worry about his eldest son? Previously, she had heard Yongsheng mention that Yongqing was able to avoid exile in Ningguta because Cao Yong sent back to Beijing to manage the situation.

No matter how arrogant Fuhui was in the past, she was just a mother who was worried about her son. Besides, even if she didn't say this, Cao Yong would still help.

Seeing that Cao Yong promised to be successful, Fuhui said, "I am a mother, and I will not expect him to be successful in the future. As long as he is safe, I will feel at ease! Speaking of which, it is a blessing for us Yongqing to have a close friend like you!" At this point, he looked at Cao Yong, sighed in his heart, and remembered his daughter Yongjia.

She has also heard about Prince Jian’s mansion, how could she not be wronged for her daughter? But speaking of it, her daughter and Cao Yong are also destined to be together. Who would have thought that there would be troubles in Prince Chun’s mansion, and that she was one step too late and did not form this marriage.

Although Cao Yong saw that Fuhui looked at her with a slightly deeper look, he couldn't expect that the others would go up and just thought she was thinking about Yongqing, so he couldn't help but comfort her.

After returning from the Wanyan Mansion, Cao Yong went to Ningchun's house again and met Ningchun's stepmother and the adopted brother of the side branch. The child was only seven or eight years old, and was a little afraid of being alive. He hid behind his adoptive mother and refused to see anyone for a long time.

Ning Chun's stepmother seemed to be doting on this heir, and her eyes were around the child and she never left her side for a moment.

Because the current population is small and there are some industries left by the Ning family, the livelihood here is not a problem and there is nothing to worry about.

Cao Yong did not sit for a long time, and said a few words to him before saying goodbye.

While riding a horse on the road, Cao Yong remained silent for a long time. After all, he was a cowardly person. He fooled himself like this and told him that because there was no clue, he could not avenge Ning Chun. In the final analysis, he was just a pity for life.

Although there are many doubts and seem to be clueless, they are just the princes. Perhaps it was because the prince wanted to silence him, or the eighth prince party members, or perhaps it was because the double slander of the two by third parties.

Just like the dark shadows I saw on the grassland back then, although he returned to the capital to investigate and guard against him, he was always unwilling to take the initiative, for fear of accidentally disturbing the whirlpool of fighting for the throne.

In his heart, he still wanted to keep himself safe. However, as Ning Chun's best friend, he could not face these things calmly, so he checked them without any pain, saying that there was no clue and he could not avenge his revenge. Then, he lived his life with peace of mind.

Such hypocrisy really made him despise himself.

Not far away, there was a carriage parked, and Li Xu was sitting inside. Hearing the news that the young master of the Cao family was in front of him, Li Xu picked up the curtain and looked at it, but did not ask anyone to come forward to greet him, but avoided the side.

Seeing Cao Yong riding on the horse with a gloomy face, carrying a few guards and following him, Li Xu was confused and felt very strange.

Did Cao Yong encounter something extraordinary? Every time he saw him, he looked calm and seldom had such a strong expression.

Li Ding apologized to Cao Yong yesterday and resolved the misunderstanding between the two families. Although it was consistent with Li Xu's wishes, it still made him feel a little uncomfortable.

No one knows better whether Cao Yong is honest, loyal, or smart or smart, than the father and son of the Li family. He knows in his heart that they can only pretend to be confused and tell the truth to others, and they are also suspected of being jealous and framed. To put it, it is really depressing. Therefore, although Li Xu was annoyed by his son's ignorance, he also complained about Cao Yong.

At such a young age, how can people not be cautious when they are so scheming? Perhaps in his eyes, the so-called relationship between relatives is nothing more than bullshit.

Thinking of this, Li Xu was a little curious about Cao Yong's behavior. He reached out and called a confidant, pointed to the direction where Cao Yong had just come, and ordered with a little drunkenness: "Inquire carefully, what kind of families live nearby!"

"As for orders, lord!" the man responded and rode his horse to the alley.

When Cao Yong took the people away, Li Xu put down the curtains and asked the carriage to move forward. He had just returned from the social event and was drunk and closed his eyes, feeling his head a little heavy.

The carriage was bumpy, and because of the wind just now, Li Xu felt a little stuffy and uncomfortable.

The Li family is in Dongcheng, and this road is still far away. Li Xu remembered the house by Shichahai, so he called a carriage and horse to Shichahai.

Li Ding, led by Nalanfusen, visited several ministers from the Guards, who were not here.

Li Xuyou helped him get off the carriage. As soon as he entered the door of the house, he could no longer help but bent down and vomited with a "wow".

After a while, Li Xu vomited all the dirty things on the floor, and even the collars and sleeves were stained. Everyone cleaned up their hands and supported Li Xu who was shaking.

The manager here is surnamed Shen, who is the confidant of the father and son of the Li family. Seeing Li Xu getting drunk, Shen bowed and said, "Master, are you going to rest in front or behind?"

Li Xu waved his hand and said, "From the back, I'll ask someone to boil water quickly. Master, I'll pick it up."

Thinking of the man living behind him, Manager Shen was about to know Li Xu, but then thinking that the father and son were not afraid of these things, he didn't have much trouble. He personally helped Li Xu to the backyard, one left and one right.

Although he knew that his son had someone come out of this place, Li Xu still had the first time to encounter it.

After entering the upper room of the backyard, looking at the erotic furnishings all over the room and smelling the familiar musk smell, Li Xu couldn't help but smile and talk to himself: "This bastard, you know how to do these evil ways!" As he said, his heart couldn't help but feel a little moved.

There were two maids in the room. When the housekeeper helped the master in, he didn't know what his identity was, but he still respectfully bowed down to give him a gift.

Li Xu looked at the two maids a few times, and saw that they were ordinary, he lost interest and ordered the two maids to serve him in a loose clothes.

The two maids hesitated, not knowing whether they should obey the orders. Manager Shen glared at him and said, "What are you going to do? This is my master."

The two maids stepped forward tremblingly and helped Li Xu get out of the dirty clothes outside.

Manager Shen didn't see the man, a little strange, and couldn't help but ask the two maids in a low voice: "Where are you girls, why haven't you seen?"

One of them replied: "The girl is a little tired and takes a nap in the inner room."

Li Xu listened, and his heart moved slightly, and ordered Manager Shen: "What are you doing? Go to the kitchen to urge water! Then send someone back to your house to get a set of clothes for your motivated clothes."

Manager Shen hesitated for a moment, but continued to respond.

Li Xu only wore a middle-clothed shirt, but still felt extremely hot, and said to the two maids: "Go and make tea, look at the heat, you must be radiant."

When the two maids went out, Li Xu looked at the door of the inner room and complained a little about his son. After only a few days in Beijing, he found someone to hide here, but he didn't know how beautiful he looked this time? Can this northern courtesan be as good as a southern woman?

As the saying goes, wine is a matchmaker. Because of this drunkenness, both men and women are very moved.

Li Xu's concubines were seven or eight in the house. He had just taken two pretty girls in the capital these days. He said that he could not live without women in one day. With drunken eyes, he walked to the inner room.

Because of the curtains hanging, the room was a little dim and there was a faint fragrance.

When I saw it, there was a red curtain, and a woman was vaguely lying inside.

Li Xu walked to the edge of the bed, picked up the curtain and looked at it. At this glance, there were countless scattered black hairs and two pieces of lotus arms.

With the beauty in front of him, he could not bear it and immediately rushed forward.

The woman was half asleep and half awake, letting him fiddle with her. She did not open her eyes, but just acted coquettishly and said angrily: "Master, you have been tormenting my family all night, why are you still here..."

Under the corridor, the two maids brought the tea back. Just as they were about to enter the house, they heard a woman's scream coming from the house. The one who was serving the tea made a mistake, and the teapot and cup fell to the ground and immediately fell to pieces.

The woman in the room heard someone coming and increased the volume: "Come on, come on!"

The two maids were just about to lift the curtain, but they were then drunk by Manager Shen.

Manager Shen whispered, "Are you trying to die? Why don't you go down quickly? No one is allowed to come to the yard here without the instructions of the master!"

Although the two maids were reluctant, no one dared to disobey and lowered their heads.

Manager Shen looked around and saw that there was no one else in the yard, so he tiptoed to the west window and listened sideways.

Although the woman was still screaming, her voice became smaller and smaller. Then there was a "squeaking" sound of shaking the bed, and I think she had already entered the alley.
Chapter completed!