Chapter 387: The wind rises

The day after returning to Beijing, Cao Yong was about to catch up with Xiu Mu, so he went to Pingjun Prince's Mansion to visit his sister and brother-in-law. Cao Jia became a princess in October last year. On the 100th day of the month, Cao Yong failed to catch up because of his entourage.

When Cao Yong went, Nersu had not come out yet. When he heard that he was coming to see his sister and niece, he immediately looked a little proud of his face: "Brother, don't you know that my big princess is so popular. After seeing these little princesses in the palace, there is no such lovely child."

Although Nersu already has two legitimate sons and two concubines, he is the first daughter, so he can't blame him for being so happy.

Nersu praised a few words, but still felt unsatisfied. He waved his hand and called the manager to the yamen, and sent someone to the yamen, and said he would go there later. After giving the order, he wanted to pull Cao Yong away and said happily: "Let's go, brother-in-law will take you to see!"

Cao Jia had already received the news, and knew that his brother was coming, and was about to send someone to the front yard to invite him. Seeing Nersu coming in in neatly, she hurriedly got up and asked, "What are you pulling down?" After that, she saw Cao Yong following him in.

"Sister, are you doing well these days?" Cao Yong met him recently.

Cao Jia looked at Cao Yong carefully and said with some concern: "I finally managed to keep it clean all winter, why is it dark again? Is this errand hard?"

Seeing his wife like this, Nersu couldn't help but shake his head and smiled, "How old is Brother Yong? He's already a minister, so you're still treating him as a child!"

Cao Yong just smiled, looked at his sister, and asked, "Where is the niece? I think it's much bigger than the full moon."

"I just hugged my breasts!" Cao Jia said, sending a maid to pass on her breasts.

After a while, my breasts came with the little princess in my cradle. Cao Jia took it, hugged it in her arms, lowered her head and said, "Fumin, it's my uncle here!"

Nersu stepped forward, took his daughter from his wife, and said with a smile on his face: "Baby daughter, come, let your uncle smile and let him see our dimples."

The little princess was sleepy, and she was very uncooperable to Nersu's words. She opened her mouth and yawned. Seeing that her niece looked so cute, Cao Yong couldn't help but think that it would be great if Chu Yu had a girl in her belly.

Seeing that Nersu couldn't put down his daughter, Cao Jia asked with a smile: "Didn't you just say that you have made an appointment with someone from the yamen? Why don't you hurry to go there?"

After hearing this, Nersu remembered that he reluctantly handed his daughter back to his wife and said to Cao Yong: "Brother Yong will talk to your sister first, and brother-in-law will go to the yamen first. If you have nothing to do today, wait for me to come back to have a drink."

Cao Yong said: "Brother-in-law is busy first. I have other things to do today, so I will drink another day."

Nersu said: "Since that's the case, let's talk about it next time, we are not outsiders, so my brother-in-law will not be polite to you." After that, he went to Cao Jia again, touched his daughter's face before leaving.

After sending her husband out of the door, Cao Jia saw that her daughter was tired, so she asked her breasts to carry her. The siblings and brothers sat down to talk.

"My brother-in-law is so happy. Why don't you even keep your mouth closed? It can be seen that she really misses her daughter." Cao Yong saw that the place where the west side was full of children's gadgets, and asked, "Are these arranged by his brother-in-law?"

Cao Jia smiled and said, "Isn't it? Since the imperial doctor found out that he was happy last year, your brother-in-law has been talking about the little princess all day long. He is afraid that the little prince will be disappointed, so he dare not prepare in advance. After Fumin landed, he was so happy that he was as hindered as a devil, and he thought about adding something to his daughter all day long."

People in the world prefer boys over girls, but because of the "Eight Banners Selection", the rise and fall of many families are entrusted to their daughters, so the daughters of the Banners are extremely noble.

There is no need for a talent show in the royal palace, and Nersu's joy for his daughter is purely due to fatherly love.

Cao Yong picked up the small rattle on the table, swung it left and right twice, and then heard the sound of "Plala". Although it looked like the folk rattle, it had a red wooden drum body and a milky white sheepskin drum face, but the workmanship was extremely fine, and the two small hammers were actually two jade beads.

"Hello, my daughter, I also told Chu Yu that if this fetus is a daughter, it would be both children." Cao Yong said.

Cao Jia shook his head and said with a smile: "I don't have a daughter. If you have a daughter, you will be worried." Speaking of this, he couldn't help but cover his handkerchief and smiled: "Your brother-in-law is worried now. What if Fumin is accused of going to Mongolia? I have been muttering these days, Ruoye said, "Or I would ask for grace and point Fumin to Tianyou! Even if you can't stay in the capital and go to Mongolia, you will also be your wife for Baoya."

Baoya gave birth to a little prince last year, so Cao Jia said so.

The siblings were talking, but when an old lady came to report that someone had sent a post to ask for a visit to the concubine.

Cao Jia looked at the post and asked, "Is she here in person again today?"

The woman replied, "That's right, she brought a lot of gifts to her house."

Cao Jia thought about it for a while and called his confidant maid Wenqin to go to the front yard to meet the guests.

When Cao Yong saw that the other party met Cao Jia, he knew that he was a female relative, so he didn't ask much. Cao Jia sighed and said to Cao Yong: "I may know this, I think I know this, the daughter of the Yang family in Bihelou. I haven't seen her for many years, and at the beginning of the month, she came to visit her in person. I thought it was a young man, so I met her, but she wanted to rely on the royal palace for help. She had no man and could not hide her frivolity in her words. Your brother-in-law is a passionate person, so I sent her back. I came again today, I don't know why."

When Cao Yong heard that the person coming was Yang Ruixue, he felt annoyed when he thought about Li Ding's dirty things. He just said something that was not easy to be Cao Jia's truth, so he said in his heart, thinking that he should persuade his sister to stay away from Yang Ruixue so that he could not get tired of his reputation.

While speaking, Wen Qin was back.

Cao Jia asked, "What did she say? Why did she come?"

Wen Qinxiao said, "It's still a cliché, saying that she wants to do business with the girl. She invested in the shop capital, but Miss Lao is looking for two palace flowers masters. She also said that she had a 50% share of the money, which really made me laugh. Seeing that she was doing well, she really made people feel vulgar when she mentioned the money."

Cao Jia smiled and said, "She was born in a merchant family and she often talked with calculating things. But why did she remember that the royal palace came? Although everyone was a little in Jizhu Club at the beginning, it was almost ten years later!"

Wenqin said again, "By the way, girl, she said she was going to get married, and her life was set for next month. She said that she would send a post to the girl. If the girl could appreciate her face, it would be a great kindness!"

"Marry?" Cao Jia thought about the last time she came to wear clothes, thinking that her filial piety period had passed: "Who can she say about marrying someone?"

"I said he was a Beijing official, and he had a title on him!" Wen Qin replied.

After hearing this, Cao Jia frowned slightly and said, "Just say I'm feeling uncomfortable, please ask her to come again in the future!"

Asked the Qin, Cao Jia turned to Cao Yong and said, "If she was the only one, I would still think about the old relationship, send two managers to see her and help her. If she remarries a Beijing official, she will not be able to cause trouble, so as to avoid causing trouble to your brother-in-law!"

Cao Yong was stunned when he was listening.

Yang Ruixue is Li Ding's forbidden body. Even if Li Ding dies, she is still living in the Li family courtyard in Shichahai. Is she willing to get married? Or is it arranged by Li Xu? Is this person among the officials Li Ding entertained in the villa?

Cao Yong was still confused, so he heard Cao Jia say, "It's no matter how old friends, when the time comes, the love will be settled. She is both a merchant, but she is really not as good as Jiang Wenqi." Speaking of this, when she thinks about the past of her youth, she is now the mother of three children, and she is also a little sad.

"Jiang Wenqi", Cao Yong heard the name and felt aroused, and asked, "Is the second lady of Liuhe Money House talking about?"

Cao Jia nodded and said, "I am talking about her. She is the most powerful person, but her life is not good. She doesn't even say that her parents are gone, and even men are gone without a family. Among the people in Jiangning, I saw her as the best."

"Sister, this second lady of the Jiang family is in the capital. I heard that she was forced by her clan members and defected to her uncle in the capital. Now she has to clean up the shop and do business." Cao Yong said.

Cao Jia heard that he was happy in front of him, but frowned at the back of him, "Why do one or two have to do business? The business in this capital is so easy to do, and he really doesn't know the right way. As a woman, taking care of her husband and children is the right way, and it is inappropriate to show up in public."

When Cao Yong heard that she was biased against women in business, he swallowed what he wanted to say and changed the topic.

*

Eighth Prince’s Mansion, study room.

The Eighth Prince sat on the chair with a deep face, his eyes full of gloom, and he whispered: "Ninth Brother, I'm afraid I can't tolerate me anymore!"

The Ninth Prince touched his forehead and said, "What is this Emperor Ma thinking? He is all people who have passed the Jiazi period. If a virtuous prince like the starling brother is not established, would he really want to establish that boy Hongxi?"

The Eighth Prince said with some emotion: "'Mother is noble for her son', 'Son is noble for her mother', in the heart of Emperor Ama, no one can compare to the Queen Yuan, and no one can compare to the Second Brother. Even if the Second Brother ends up ruining his reputation, in the eyes of Emperor Ama, the Emperor Hongxi is probably more noble than our concubines."

After hearing this, the Ninth Prince said "lively", got up from the seat, and said, "That's not possible. My brother has been working hard for many years, how can he make that kid get a bargain?" Speaking of this, he showed a ruthless look on his face: "Hehe, it really doesn't work, let's think of a way..."

The Eighth Prince heard the meaning of the Ninth Prince and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Ninth Brother must not act rashly. There is no airtight wall in the world. If this method is really useful in fighting for the throne, then the eldest and second princes will not have their lives left to be enclosed and given birth to children."

The Ninth Prince also knew that this was a difficult solution. Unless it was forced to do so, it would only backfire if exposed.

The eighth prince narrowed his eyes, with a hint of mocking on his lips, and said, "So even if the Emperor Ama wants Hongxi? Hongxi is only twenty-one. Everyone avoids it because of the deposed prince. There are a few more desperate people who dare to come to him. It is hard to whistle alone. It takes three or five years for him to survive." At this point, he lowered his voice and said, "The Emperor Ama is already sixty-one. If you say something to kill your heart, who can guarantee that there will be three or five years left. It's already a message that Emperor Ama has been ill for a few days on the way during this inspection of the river affairs."

When the Ninth Prince heard this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, showing a happier look, and asked, "This... is this true? The Emperor Ahma was fine when he set off from Changchun Garden at the end of last month!"

The Eighth Prince sighed and said, "It's not just after the New Year. Since the 'second deposed prince' the previous year, the Emperor Ama has not been as healthy as in his early years..."

*

Changchun Garden, Qingxi Bookstore.

"Hahaha! It's really my good son!" Kangxi sat on the kang, holding the investigation note sent by Fu Erdan in his hand, and laughed furiously: "You can't wait, are you looking forward to my death early?"

The eunuch in the room had already been sent out, but only the Minister Fu Erdan was there. It was related to the family affairs of the emperor, so Fu Erdan could only write a memorial and report the details of the investigation at the Imperial Hospital, but it was difficult to comment on it casually.

Kangxi was so angry that his body shook, and he threw the sack in front of Fu Erdan, pointed at Fu Erdan's nose and said, "You tell me, is that the rebellious son really brave enough to eat the bear heart and leopard?"

Seeing Kangxi so angry, Fu Erdan hurriedly knelt down and said, "Long live, maybe there is no problem in it. Look at me, the princes should know the rules and taboos, maybe it is out of sincerity and filial piety, but it is just a misunderstanding."

Kangxi snorted coldly and said, "Pailing your heart, do you believe this? I am not too confused yet, and I can tell you a good thing!"

After hearing this, Fu Erdan dared not speak anymore.

The room was silent. After a while, Kangxi said, "I heard that Li Huazhi, the head of the clan mansion, gave a great gift to the eighth mansion during the New Year, hum..." He said this, he got up from the kang, took two steps on the ground, and asked, "What is the reputation of Dong Hongyi, the head of Fengtian Mansion?"
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