Chapter 301: Secret Fight

Just as Cao Yong visited relatives and friends all day long, the major royal palaces in the capital were undercurrents, and the Taipu Temple Minister Bachar had a stroke.

Taipu Temple is in charge of horse politics, Kyoto court and pasture land. The emperor's patrols were in charge of the elephant horses used in chariots, concubines, princes and officials regarding the ranks and awarding them to the chariots used in chariots, and they are all in charge of the Taipu Temple.

Although the Taipu Temple Qing family is only a third-ranked person and is not as powerful as the Sixth Ministry’s Office, he is a close minister of the emperor and is known as one of the "Little Nine Ministers".

Not to mention, it is now before the Wanshou Festival, and inside and outside the capital are busy with the Wanshou Festival ceremony for a few days. The Emperor Kangxi stayed in Changchun Garden. On the day before the Wanshou Festival, he will return to the palace from Changchun Garden to receive worship from the officials and citizens along the way.

The Taipu Temple Minister was simply a reward. As long as the chariot was correct, the exam would always be written in the book.

In the Taipu Temple yamen, in addition to Man Qing, Bachar, there is also Han Qing, Lu Jingyuan. If it were other yamen, Man Qing would be just a nominee, and basically all the responsibilities were done by Han officials, but the Taipu Temple was an exception.

Who would not want to show his loyalty in front of the emperor? Besides, this horse was related to the military affairs of the court, so naturally he could not control it in the hands of the Han people. Therefore, the Hanqing here became a nominee, and most of the responsibilities were handled by the Manchu officials.

Dongcheng District Tibetan Buddhist Hutong, Lian Beile Mansion, study room.

Regarding the matter of arranging someone to recommend a new candidate for the Taipu Temple Minister, the Eighth Prince and the Fourteenth Prince had a disagreement.

Because the current Taipu Temple Shaoqing Yiduli is the cousin of the 14th Prince's concubine Irgen Jueluo, he has had a long time to interact with the 14th Prince and has a deep friendship. According to the 14th Prince's intention, it is reasonable to recommend that Yiduli temporarily serve as the Taipu Temple Minister, and it is just a matter of raising hands.

The Eighth Prince did not agree with it, believing that Yiduli was the sixth son-in-law of the former Minister of War Marhan, and the thirteenth Prince's brother-in-law, and was always sleek and not a person who could control it. The person he wanted was Ming'an, a disciple of the Prince An's mansion, who was short of a candidate in Beijing.

Seeing that the 14th Prince was not giving up and said good things to Yiduli, the Ninth Prince who was beside him was silent and did not say a word.

The 14th Prince has always been only keen on military affairs and rarely pays attention to these official affairs. Today, it is just because the other party is his brother-in-law?

Seeing that the 14th Prince was still waiting to be debated, the eighth Prince waved his hand and smiled, "Stop talking about it for fourteenth brother, just Ming'an, say hello to Yin Tebu, be careful not to let someone take the lead!"

Yin Tebu is the Minister of War. Now the 14th Prince is walking on the Ministry of War and is very familiar with Yin Tebu.

The 14th Prince looked at the Eighth Prince a few times, then looked at the Ninth Prince and the Tenth Prince sitting next to him, and responded reluctantly.

The tenth prince patted his shoulder hard and said with a smile: "Fourth brother, why are you worried about these messy things? Just have brothers to worry about, we don't have to get involved in this."

The Fourteenth Prince nodded with a smile, and did not say these things again. He casually talked to the Tenth Prince. However, he felt so fucked.

A large Manchu family like the Irgen Jueluo family, with relatives all over the capital. According to the eighth prince, because Yidu married Marhan's daughter and was a brother-in-law with the Thirteenth prince, he needed to be careful. It seemed reasonable, but it was untenable.

The Eighth Prince wants to recommend Ming'an. In addition to Ming'an being a disciple of Prince An's Mansion, Ming'an is mainly famous and wealthy. There are also many designations used to honor Beile Mansion this time.

On the side of the 14th Prince, Yiduli also sent someone to give him a great gift. Although the 14th Prince did not love money very much, he agreed to it because he was asking for money and a small task of making such a small task. Unexpectedly, he did not meet his wish and was defeated.

Because they were afraid that someone was interested to target him, they made slander in front of Kangxi and discussed the matter properly. The Tenth Prince and the Fourteenth Prince took the lead, leaving only the Ninth Prince to speak here.

After the 14th Prince left, the 9th Prince thought for a moment and said to the 8th Prince: "Brother, the 14th Brother is old and I have my own idea!"

The Eighth Prince heard the implicit meaning of the Ninth Prince and shook his head and said, "No, the Fourteenth Brother just wants to be more decent in front of the concubine. Iduo made an appointment with the girl and begged to the Fourteenth Brother." Speaking of this, he sighed, "If Ming An had not been to the fact that he had been traveling several times yesterday and was sincere, I would not have been patient with this."

The Ninth Prince was a little worried and advised: "The Fourteenth Old Man has always been arrogant and arrogant. The Emperor treats him well. In recent years, Empress Defei has been a little heavier in the palace than in the past. My brother needs to be careful."

The Eighth Prince nodded and said, "Well, I know this in my heart, don't worry, brother Ninth."

The two brothers talked about money again, because they spent a lot of money and were always tight, otherwise they would not have contributed to Ming'an's filial piety. Thinking of the big head of money, they unknowingly said to Cao Yong.

The ninth prince said, "Who can be born to know this in this world? It's just a rumor. Humph, if Cao Yong was really worthy of being a 'tea boy', then I would be the living God of Wealth? I have already sent someone to check the tea garden in Yizhou. It's just a few acres of land and nothing can be done. If it's really valuable, the Cao family wouldn't dare to give it to others so brightly."

Speaking of this, he frowned slightly and said, "It's strange that the capital has been a little chaotic in the past two years, and everyone has avoided it. Even in my mansion, although it is fun, those foreign ministers with high vocational and high vocational and powerful vocational ministers have avoided it and rarely come to the door directly. The Cao family has always been cautious in their actions. Cao Yong can communicate with others calmly, and the Emperor Ama can tolerate him."

The eighth prince smiled and said, "You don't even look at him. Who are the people he is walking around? What's the one who is not good at avoiding his brother-in-law's family and father-in-law's family? The sixteenth brother Buxiao said that they are cousins ​​or classmates, and they have a better relationship."

"Where are the fourth and the third brother?" The ninth prince was suspicious, always feeling that Cao Yong was not as gentle as he showed: "I asked someone to investigate carefully. He never stopped the filial piety on both sides. Although he was not as frequent as the Chunping Palace, he was walking around."

Speaking of this, the Eighth Prince stopped laughing and asked the Ninth Prince, "Li Ding, the son of Li Xu, what do you think of the Ninth Brother?"

The Ninth Prince raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Why do my brother think of him, he is a sensible person!"

The eighth prince picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said, "In the future, we have to look at Li Ding's people in the Jiangnan area. Cao Yin has been ignorant of everything in recent years, and the errands over the past few years are now under the control of Sun Li's family. Sun Wen is a busy family, and I have asked someone to ask about his descendants. He is just a nerd and cannot be considered a big deal. Only the father and son of the Li family have always had eyesight, which may be used."

The Ninth Prince still refused to give up and said, "Brother, the Cao family has oil and water. Although the matter of the tea garden is false, the hundreds of acres of land in Changping is solid. If it can be harvested, it will be enough for two years to chew it."

After hearing this, the eighth prince said seriously to the ninth prince: "Old Jiu, my brother advises you to be more restrained. There have been many censors who have been watching you in the past two years. If I hadn't sent someone to stop you, the memorial to impeach you for profit with the people would have been sent to the Emperor Ama long ago. Who wouldn't know that the Cao family's family will return the treasury silver, and now the star-point industries are all placed in the capital. Whether it is given by the Emperor Ama or the Little Sixteen, who would dare to make that idea?"

The Ninth Prince shook his head and said, "Brother, am I crazy? Go and think about those two farms? I'm talking about the hot spring area of ​​Xiaotang Mountain. Except for the springs near the palace, many of the others are on the surrounding barren mountains. Many of these land are in the hands of the Cao family. The land prices in the past two years have been a few times, and at least worth hundreds of thousands of silver."

"Xiao Tangshan?" The eighth prince pondered, remembering something, and asked, "I remember someone impeached Cao Yong for personal relationship with the prince a few years ago. It seemed that it was related to the land, but the land over there?"

The Ninth Prince smiled and said, "It's this, but Cao Yong is also smart. This place is not given away, but resold to Xiao Shiqi, so that the Censor can do it for nothing. His uncle, the bookworms in the Censor's yamen all look desperate, and they just stare at us princes and princes, who are brave enough."

The eighth prince smiled disdainfully and said, "Scholar seeking fame is just a big deal." After saying this, he thought for a while and said, "If you want to know other ways about money, don't worry about the Cao family. Not to mention causing trouble, the emperor's face cannot be kept on his face, even the seventh brother and Nersu also have grudges. I have asked someone to check carefully that the reason why Cao Yong respected the fourth and the Thirteenth brothers were to save his life."

After hearing this, the Ninth Prince said in confusion: "Since that's the case, maybe this kid is already the fourth child, so we should deal with him even more. Why is the starling still stopping me?"

The eighth prince smiled and said, "It's not that. If he really has the courage, my brother will not stop you. If the Cao family really hooked up with the fourth brother, what would happen to the emperor? Now, my brother is still eager to do this! Although this matter can be fueled, we can't deal with it. If the time comes, it will be boring if we choose not to clean and make you feel embarrassed!"

*

Xicheng, Cao Mansion, Lanyuan.

Cao Yin and his wife sat on the kang, and Chu Yu sat on the lower chair and spoke with their mother-in-law.

According to the rules, there is no seat in front of her father-in-law. Chu Yu is a ruler and wants to stand, but Li said it again and again before she could sit down. Because she has no princess airs, Li treats her more and more kindly, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are pretty good.

Cao Yong held his son and walked around the ground happily and liked him very much. The depression during the day was also wiped out, and he couldn't help but feel "everything is enough to have a son."

Cao Yin was a little overwhelmed and was about to scold him. He glanced at his daughter-in-law, but he didn't speak, but just snorted gently.

When Cao Yong heard this, he saw Cao Yin looking at Xiao Tianyou in his arms, his face was a little dark, and he smiled and said, "Father, Tianyou has eaten, slept, and eaten all day long, and he has gained weight again. Hug and look." As he said that, he sent his son to his father's arms.

Cao Yin was about to say that he would let his breasts hug him with a stern face, but when he heard Xiao Tianyou laugh out loud. His heart softened, he lowered his head, looked at the fat grandson in the bent arm, and his heart was very soft, and he couldn't help but smile on his face.

Li met her and smiled at her son, and said to her wife: "You don't know. Although the master had never seen his grandson before, his heart was so painful that he had to mention it twice a day."

What she said was the truth. Because Cao Yin's family was in their thirties, the old couple was worried that their son would come. They were afraid that Cao Yong would be like his father, so they would be late.

The old couple are both older and want to hold their grandson as soon as possible. The family's blood is reproduced and they are worthy of their ancestors after death. Although Cao Yong was the boy who was born in the third year of marriage, he had already urged him to do so by his parents and elders. However, in the Cao family, compared with Cao Yin, there were too many mornings, which exceeded their expectations, and Cao Yin and his wife were only happy.

After hearing Li's words, Cao Yong just laughed, but his mind was in his mind that Cao Yin searched through the Four Books and Five Classics in his study to choose a name for Xiao Tianyou.

It is said that relatives are relatives, and even if they are as strict as Cao Yin, they cannot be stern in front of their grandson.

Chu Yu smiled and said, "My father and mother love Tianyou, but it is his blessing. It can make Tianyou filial to us, and it will also make the old man and his wife feel at ease."

Cao Yong stopped laughing, and Cao Yin and Li looked up at Chu Yu.

Chu Yu was a little restrained, stood up from the chair and said to Cao Yin and Li: "Father, mother, as sons and daughters-in-law, we cannot stay by the two elders in the morning and evening, and serve them day and night, and feel very uneasy. Since the beginning of Tianyou, we have thought about sending him to his father, mother, to serve his son, and to his daughter-in-law."

Cao Yin lowered his head and looked at the cradle eldest grandson. Seeing his smiling face and round eyes, he sighed in his heart.

Although Cao Yong was determined to send his son to the south, he was always hesitant and could not bear to let his wife and children get apart. In his heart, the most appropriate way was to wait until the filial piety was over, so that he could make every effort to make sure.

Cao Yin looked up at Cao Yong and asked, "Let us take Tianyou, is this your idea?"

Cao Yong looked at Chu Yu with heartache, remembering her coldness towards her son these days. Is it just for these words today? I am afraid that I will not be willing to give up, so I am alienated first?

However, when his father asked, he still needed to answer, and said, "Yes, father, it's my son's idea!"

Although Chu Yu has the most expensive status, he is a daughter-in-law after all. If he has a bad impression of "self-dedication" in front of his parents-in-law, it will be unbeautiful. Therefore, Cao Yong can only answer this way.

After hearing Cao Yong's admission, Cao Yin scolded with a stern face and said, "Nothing is a little bit older. How can he be filial to me and my mother? My mother and you are both old and weak. Do you still have to worry about us taking care of your son?"

Although Li couldn't bear to part with his grandson, he was not a tough person. He smiled and said to Chu Yu: "I know that your filial piety is commendable. If you have this kind of heart, the master is content with me. Although we love our grandson, it really hurts us, but we are embarrassed to steal the child with our son and daughter-in-law."

The old couple spoke the most decisively, but they couldn't help looking at Tianyou.

Cao Yong walked to Chu Yu, feeling guilty and asked in a low voice: "Chu Yu, are you because of me..."

Chu Yu seemed to know what he said, so he shook his head and said softly: "It's not because of the prince-in-law. As a wife, Chu Yu always thinks of the lonely scene of the two elders in the evening, and he feels very uneasy."

*

By the sea of ​​Shicha, Li Ding’s private house.

Li Ding returned to the house in Shichahai after dinner and happened to see his father's carriage leaving.

When he thinks of Yang Ruixue in the house, he is really a little sad. Is Yang Ruixue's man died of Ma Shangfeng a year ago? Is it really unlucky or someone else has done something wrong? It is unknown to outsiders.

The Yang family's Zhuchang and the Bihe Building were controlled by people sent by Li Ding. As time went by, Yang Ruixue became sincere in Li Ding.

Knowing that he wanted to be a businessman in the capital, Yang Ruixue was afraid that he would marry and take a concubine here, so she forgot her old man, so she begged her and told Li Dingyun that she would come to the capital.

Under the guise of mourning for his deceased husband in a nunnery, Yang Ruixue quietly set off for Beijing in the first month of the year. Speaking of which, he arrived in the capital half a month earlier than the Li family father and son.

Even if she loses her chastity and cannot be said to be chaste, today's encounter is also a nightmare for Yang Ruixue. Which man in the world is willing to be cuckolded? Even if her ex-husband Bai Dexi is not afraid of women, she has never touched her since she has had a private relationship with Li Ding.

She lay motionless on the bed, looking at the roof woodenly, feeling that there was no other way of life in the world. Tears fell silently, and the pillowcase was wet in an instant. Although she felt that she could not survive, she couldn't make any effort to die when she thought about her daughter who was following her mother.

When Li Ding entered the room, he saw her indestructible appearance. He felt a little distressed. He stepped forward and sat down beside the bed, tried her tears, and whispered: "Father has drunk too much, and I feel wronged you, don't take it to heart."

After hearing Li Ding's words, Yang Ruixue looked sad and angry and said, "Master...Master...You kill me, I really have no face to live anymore!" After that, he covered his face with a veil and cried out in a sad voice.

After half a month of entering Beijing, the two of them were inseparable. When Li Ding left in the morning, he said he was reluctant to let it go. Later, after the main room entered the door, he would see if he had changed her identity and took her back to the house to Changxiangshou.

In just half a day, these changes occurred, and Li Ding felt a little uncomfortable. Seeing her with fragrant shoulders exposed, spots on her, full of traces of love, he couldn't help but snort coldly in his heart.

It would be a shame for his father to "take it without complaining". If he hadn't been thinking about coaxing Yang Ruixue so that he would not have made trouble for her, he really wanted to go back to Li's house in Dongcheng immediately to see what his father would use to compensate him.

Li Ding sighed, reached out to hold Yang Ruixue in his arms, and whispered: "If someone else bullies you like this, I will ask that person to get rid of the cramps and skin you. After all, he is the master, and he is not the legitimate son, how dare he offend him? Don't cry anymore, if you cry again, you will commit suicide and apologize! As your man, you can't protect you, and I feel so uncomfortable!" At this point, I patted Yang Ruixue's back and sighed.

Yang Ruixue was nestled in Li Ding's arms and sobbed, "My grandma... I'm dirty..."

"Just say it!" Li Ding whispered: "If you say that, there are dozens of women in charge, aren't they getting worse and worse?"

Yang Ruixue knew he had good intentions, but this was really wrong and murmured: "I am a man, how can I compare with my servant?"

Li Ding touched Yang Ruixue's back with his hand and comforted softly: "Who has decided that there can only be one man in this world? If this is the case, how can you come to my side? Those nerds think that after reading the books of sages for a few days, they gave women dogmas such and such. It is really inappropriate. Men and women love each other, and they can't be forbidden. Today's affairs are just accidents, don't take them to heart. Two days ago, didn't you fall in love with a few new sets? Tomorrow, you will go to the money in charge of the affairs and buy a few sets. As long as you feel comfortable, I just want you to let this breath and don't get sick. Otherwise, I feel sorry for you!"

Yang Ruixue sobbed and said angrily: "What is it like to be a Nuer? What kind of rare thing? Does Nuer himself have no private room?"

Li Ding lowered his head, kissed Yang Ruixue on the face, and said, "You are yours, what I give you is my master, and you are my master's heart. As long as you can make you happy, let alone buy some jewelry, even if you want a silver house, I will handle it for you immediately."

Yang Ruixue was afraid that Li Ding would dislike her. She felt so scared that she had no way to live.

After hearing Li Ding's soft words, Yang Ruixue felt relieved, but her tears flowed even harder. She reached out to hug Li Ding's waist and cried, "Master, I don't want those jewelry items anymore, I just want them. Just ask me not to dislike me."
Chapter completed!