On the seventh day of the tenth month, the emperor ordered that Cao Yong, the Minister of Taipu Temple, "rely a diligent official" and "realizes psychological affairs" to restore the original product; he was promoted to the Minister of Dali Temple and also to the Minister of Taichang Temple and Jingshan was the Right Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and was still the Minister of Taichang Temple; he was promoted to the Left Deputy Censor of the Censorate, Cui Zhengbi, and the Right Minister of the Ministry of Works.

Although Yiduli yelled to gather the part to drink and congratulated Cao Yong for promotion to the third rank, Cao Yong still declined. However, everyone was not upset, because Cao Yong said that he would invite everyone to the largest restaurant in Qianmen to have a drink tomorrow and he would serve as the host.

He has no time today, because of this, the first seventh day of the Duke of the State of the State.

Cao Yong had already mentioned to Chu Yu that he would take her to the Duke of Fuguo to pay his respects. Gifts, incense, candles, and sacrificial pendants had already been prepared.

Due to the loss of etiquette at this time, "those who are not close relatives will not be covered with mourning." Although Cao Yong called "adopted father" before E Fei's death, he did not wear a mourning clothes and went to show off.

Now, Eqi's inheritance order has not yet been released, and the property of the Duke's mansion has not been collected yet, and a "righteous brother" has come out to pay his respects to mourn. What's the matter?

Cao Yong took the tassels on the hat and changed into a stone-green long gown; Chu Yu had two pairs of heads, took the jewelry, and wore a stone-green long gown. The couple took a green woolen carriage to Fangjia Hutong.

Although E Fei had a minister in the past few years, he had not worked on his job in the past two years. In addition, he was not a person who had given him a lot of money, so there were not many foreign guests who came to pay tribute. Most of them were low-level yellow-belt clan members who had relatives with the Duke's Mansion, and people from the guards.

The door was covered with white paper, and drums were hung on the white door. Cao Yong and Chu Yu got off the car, and the manager from the Duke's Mansion came over.

Cao Yong handed over the famous post and followed the manager into the spiritual shed at the gate with Chu Yu.

I heard the manager say, "The Minister of Taipu Temple, Mr. Cao, came with his wife and Princess Rui!"

The male guest paid tribute to the spirit, while the female guest was welcomed to the spirit.

Because of the emphasis on "the dead are the greatest", except for the elders, both peers and juniors must kneel down.

A platform is set up in the spirit shed, and the coffin is placed on it. A red felt is placed on the mat in front of the spirit. If the visitor is a peer to the deceased or just a common friendship, he will kneel on the red felt.

There is a white kneeling mat under the red felt. If you are a younger generation or a friend of mine, you will go to the red felt and kneel down here.

Thinking of E Fei's lonely life, Cao Yong went to the platform, walked to the front and back of the spirit, lifted the red felt, knelt on the white mat, and bowed respectfully.

Each libation was filled with two servants. Cao Yong took the libation of the wine, raised his hands over his head, sprinkled it into the libation pond, and then handed the libation back to the libation servant, and then kowtowed it.

In addition to E Qi and his cousins ​​and nephews kneeling on Lingzuo and returning the ceremony, there is also an official drum music composed of suona, drum and nine-tone gong.

With Cao Yong's bow and bow, there was a big gong, which was very solemn and solemn.

After Chu Yu arrived at Ling, the filial wife of our family knelt on the right side of Linghou and cried.

Chu Yu's ritual was different from Cao Yong, and it was the "head touching ceremony" of the female family of the bannermen. She was supported by Xiyun and Xicai, and walked to the front of the Linghou bow. She bent her legs and sat on her feet. She paused slightly from the front, rubbed her right wings with her right finger, and even if it was a ritual.

After the bowing, I went forward to mourn. Chu Yu entered the Lingwei tent from the right side, covered his face with the handkerchief in his hand, and cried twice.

Unlike other guests, Chu Yu's crying was really crying. Because Cao Yong had already told the story of recognizing his father, he also said that E Fei had taken good care of him before. Now, the old man has left alone, and there is no biological children behind him crying, and only one heir, which is very pitiful.

A deacon came forward and shouted, "Please be sad, please feel sorry for your pain!"

When Chu Yu arrived at the table under the platform, there was an inner servant holding a copper tea tray, which contained a white cloth bag and a white bat, and said, "Please save the deceased from guilt!"

Chu Yu reached out to take it, put it on his head, and sat down with a sad face.

There were several dukes and generals’ wives. I heard that Chu Yu was the princess’ princess, so I went up to greet him and greet him. Naturally, it was not advisable to make noise and joke, and everyone lowered their voices.

With more women, I can’t help but talk about anecdotes about the major royal palaces.

Among them, a wife of the Duke of Zhenguo looked very rich. She heard that she was a close branch of Prince Jian’s mansion and whispered to everyone: "The concubine in our palace has always been so strong. In front of us, the concubines, we always look into the sky. So what if you are so strong? No one is so lucky, and you can’t be much stronger!"

A general's wife seemed to know some allusions about Prince Jian's mansion and asked curiously: "Which aunt is talking about is the concubine, and her nephew and daughter-in-law looked at the Irgen and felt like a sensible person."

The Duke of Zhenguo smacked his lips and shook his head and said, "What can I do if I understand? Although I gave birth to three princes, I only occupied one, and my body was not very strong. Although the great concubine disappeared, I left two princes who were born. The two years ago, who came in, was a tempered person, and she had a hard time now!"

The general's wife was a little confused and said, "What my aunt said, is the successor from the Earl's Mansion?"

The Duke of Zhenguo said, "Of course it's her. She had a miscarriage two days ago and had a formed male fetus. It's been five months since her in-laws came over and fainted from crying!"

"Tsk tsk!" The general's wife also sighed: "Five months, that would hurt your body! This concubine's nephew and daughter-in-law have also heard that if it were not for the filial piety period that was over the age of a year, even the prince would be worthy of it."

The Duke of Zhenguo said, "It's just a life, our prince... you know that the interest of our prince... you don't care about your relatives! Over the years, there are fewer children in the palace? Not to mention that the eldest prince and the second prince were in their teens, but they were gone if they were gone? Now the Earl's Mansion is not as good as the past. His eldest brother was expelled from the clan for his unfilial piety, and even an older brother was just a small official. Now the concubine is holding an air, and I don't know who to show it to!" At the end of his words, he was a little gloating.

Chu Yu frowned while listening and asked in a low voice: "You dare to ask the two, is it Wanyan Concubine of Prince Jian's mansion?"

The Duke of Zhenguo nodded and said, "Isn't that just talking about her! This woman cannot be too tough, but she should cherish her blessings!"

Chu Yu sighed in his heart, sighing. Although she had never seen Wanyan Yongjia, she had heard Baoya say a long time ago, knowing that she was Yongqing's sister and was Baoya's close friend before she got married.

After listening to Baoya's words, he highly praised Wanyan Yongjia, so Chuyu knew that she was not an ordinary woman. Baoya had accidentally mentioned that Wanyan Yongjia was recuperating in Cao's house and everyone went to Xiaotangshan Villa for a trip. It was Cao Song, who mentioned this sister Wanyan more than once.

For some reason, when Chu Yu thought of the Miss Wanyan who married Prince Jian's mansion to succeed the concubine, he always felt strange in his heart, as if he had "occupied the nest".

She also thought about what would happen if she had not been accused of marrying the prince by Emperor Mafa?

With the friendship between Wanyan Yongqing and the prince-in-law, and Miss Wanyan doesn't need to be a talent show, the two families may have plans to marry.

Chu Yu didn't know how much she guessed correctly, but the past was gone, and she wouldn't talk much about it in front of Cao Yong.

Until today, Chu Yu saved himself from hearing Wanyan Yongjia's misfortune. Although the children of the bannermen are not as precautions as the Han family, it is not cheap for young men and women to interact. If it is not close relatives, or if the parents of the two families intend to send their children to pile up, there is little chance for people to come into contact with each other.

In Jiangnan, I met Cao Yan and Cao Yi. The one who met the young Cao Yong was Wanyan Yongjia; in the capital, I had a good relationship with the Cao brothers and sisters and had a happy relationship was Wanyan Yongjia.

Even when I talked about the past with the prince, the name of the woman who occasionally appeared was Wanyan Yongjia. Chu Yuyuan didn't think anything yet. He was getting older and he thought more.

No matter what the truth was back then, after all, time has changed. Chu Yu sighed, what she can do now is pray for Miss Wanyan, who is already a wife and a mother, to be healthy soon.

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After Cao Yong kowtowed in front of the spirit, he took Zhibin's filial piety belt held high with his hands under the moon steps, and tied it around his waist. This is called "dressing a small filial piety", which is considered respect for the deceased.

Before he could sit down, Cao Yong saw two acquaintances, who were in charge of the Minister of Guards and the Minister of Guards and the Minister of Guards and the Third Class Auxiliary General of the Luanyi Envoy. Because E Qi was also in charge of the responsibilities of Guards and the Luanyi Envoy, these two were Shangguans and colleagues, and they came early today.

When A Ling saw Cao Yong, she waved to him and said, "Cao Ermao, come here to sit down!"

In terms of grade, A Ling A is a super-grade man, while Cao Yong is just the same military officer; when it comes to generation, A Ling A Gui is the younger brother of the queen, the uncle of the Seventh Prince, and Cao Yong is already a grandson.

Although he knew that he was the unlucky Eighth Master Party, Cao Yong could not avoid it and still went over to pay his respects.

After Cao Yong was appointed as the Minister of Taipu Temple for more than half a year, the one who deals with Luanyiwei the most is Neyintu, and the two of them are familiar with each other.

Seeing Cao Yong coming, Ne Yintu was very close to him, pointed to the chair beside him and asked him to sit down.

Just now when Cao Yong went to the platform to bow to the bow, A Ling A saw him and showed grief and respectful face. He felt a little disgusted. Therefore, after calling Cao Yong to come, he picked up the teacup, took a sip, and asked casually: "The prince Cao and the country have any personal relationships?"

Although Cao Yong didn't know what he meant, he did not deny it, saying, "When Cao Yong was in charge of the Duke of the State when he was in the guard office, he was often taken care of by the Duke."

A Ling looked on his face and said that he wanted to investigate Cao Yong, but he forgot about his job as a guard.

As the three of them were talking, they heard a lot of steps outside the gate. Someone in charge quickly came in to report. E Qi, who was originally kneeling in front of the coffin, got up immediately.

I saw a lot of people coming out from the curtain on the platform, busying themselves.

A moment later, a huge kneeling statue was erected in the mourning hall, and the person above was the deceased E Fei.

Cao Yong, A Ling, and Ne Yintu all rose up. It seemed that the saint had arrived.

According to the regulations, the emperor must personally pass through the palace to pay tribute after the death of the prince, the prince, the prince, the belle, the heroes, the important ministers and the grand tutors. If the emperor is not in the capital, the emperor will issue an order to be escorted by the prince, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, the minister of the Ministry of War and others. Only at this time will the statue of the deceased kneel down.

Because the emperor came in person, he was extremely grateful to the deceased. This was a happy event in the funeral.

All the whites in front of the spirit were covered with blue cloth. E Qi, his cousins, nephews, and others took off his filial piety clothes, changed into auspicious clothes, and went outside the door to welcome the saint.

Cao Yong looked at the busy people and looked at the mourning hall covered with blue curtains, and felt that it was a farce.

Although he knew that Kangxi passed on the decree that the Duke of the State E Fei of the State "sacrifice for the second time and build a tomb and erect a monument as an example", he knew that the sage was in Changchun Garden, so Cao Yong did not expect that he would come today.

In addition to the family of the Duke's Mansion, these guests also welcomed the priests outside the door according to their grades.

On both sides of the road, I don’t know when the yellow mantle was surrounded. Every few steps, soldiers from the military camp stood opposite each other.

When Cao Yong saw E Qi and the others were sweating and looked surprised, he also knew that the will was not issued early. Otherwise, when he came with Chu Yu, he would have seen the curtain and the officers and soldiers.

After more than half an hour, the Holy Lord arrived late, and there were two Grand Secretary, several princes and several officials of the Ministry of Personnel.

After leaving the imperial carriage, Kangxi directly climbed the "Dan Bi" that had just been set up, walked directly to the platform, and stood in front of the spirit.

The emperor came in person and performed the ceremony of "establishing and laying".

The drums and music sounded, and the two ministers of the Ministry of Rites who came with him held pots and cups on their sides. Kangxi offered sacrifices to the spirit.

Regardless of the male or female family, they all bowed and thanked each other.

Cao Yong followed Ah Ling and others and stood under the platform to watch the ceremony. Suddenly, he felt something was wrong, as if he was being looked at by someone.

He kept silent and swept around. Who was not Li Ding?

Li Ding was wearing a guard and stood under the platform, holding the sword handle around his waist in his hand, looking towards Cao Yong, without any joy or anger on his face.
Chapter completed!