Chapter 471: Impressive

Inside Andingmen, Prince Yong’s mansion, study room.

The Fourth Prince looked at the letter in his hand, his face was gloomy and his wrists were slightly trembling.

Dai Jin saw him, feeling a little surprised. This was sent by the Seventeenth Prince of the escort. Could it be that something happened to the Saint's journey?

Thinking of this, Dai Jin's heart jumped up with a "bang".

Through the information known from the sticking rod, the Holy Driving Dragon Body has been less pleasant since it entered winter.

Although there are many emperors who have passed Jiazi in all dynasties, how many people can have been in power for more than fifty years?

The Fourth Prince had read the letter, but couldn't tell whether it was happy or sad. He sighed heavily, handed the letter to Dai Jin and said, "Look at it!"

Dai Jin bowed and took it with both hands, swept it quickly, the more he looked, the bigger his eyes became. In the end, there was no stop to joy on his face.

This is the Seventeenth Prince's greeting letter. The first one was just a greeting or a gift. The last two sentences mentioned that the Eighth Prince sent someone to send someone to "kill the eagle", which made Long Yan angry.

"Congratulations to the Fourth Master, the Eighth Prince has completely lost his holy heart. It is really difficult to turn over." Dai Jin twisted his beard and said with a little joy.

The fourth prince's expression was not happy, his brows were slightly furrowed and his eyes were deep.

It is certainly worth being happy that the Eighth Prince is unlucky, but how can the Fourth Prince be happy when he is thinking about the emperor who is increasingly guarding against the prince?

Even Dai Jin thought about it, it was a little heavy.

After thinking about it, Dai Jin said, "Fourth Master, it seems to be the first day of the twelfth lunar month, and then Laba. In addition to the errands in the ministry, are you also sent to do two rituals?"

The fourth prince nodded, his brows gradually stretched out, turned the beads on his wrist, and said, "I heard that a monk came to the Cao family?"

Dai Jin said: "The young man has already asked someone to inquire. His Dharma name is Zhixia Ran. He is the same year as Cao Furuo. He is said to be a young friend of Cao Furuo. He was a monk at Qingliang Temple in Jiangning."

"Qingliang Temple?" The fourth prince felt a little familiar when he heard this, as if the incense Cao Yong sent to others every year was made in this temple.

Thinking of this, the Fourth Prince couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

Now that the Eighth Prince has lost his holy heart, he can only be more cautious in his words and actions.

It would be fine if Cao Yin was not in the capital. The Cao family would not be as eye-catching as it is now. He could still invite the monk Zhiran to come to the mansion to talk about Zen, but now he is going to avoid it.

At this time, an eunuch outside the door said, "My grandson, I sent me to ask me for advice, saying where is the supper? Is it still in the west courtyard?"

Because the favored concubine Nian in the mansion was pregnant, the fourth prince often had meals in the western courtyard where Nian was located these days, so the concubine asked this.

The fourth prince remembered something and wanted to explain to the concubine, so he said, "Set the concubine's house, I'll go there later, let the concubine pass on the food!"

"Yeah!" The eunuch stepped back.

The fourth prince stood up, walked two steps left and right with his hands behind his back, and stood still and said, "See, who is the one who benefits from the Eighth prince? Could it be that the third brother is making trouble?"

"Third Prince?" Dai Jin hesitated and said, "Although some disciples on the third prince are mostly sects, most of whom are corrupt scholars who study hard. If the third prince can take advantage of the situation and come up with such a method, it would be a bit scary. Since the eighth prince is sending people to the front, he must be all trusted. He is very concerned about this tribute, Hai Dongqing, so how could he easily make mistakes? He still doesn't know how many conspiracy methods are there that cannot be seen."

When the fourth prince heard this, he frowned and said, "It's not the third brother, can't I?" At this point, thinking that he had to bear this suspicion, his face became increasingly ugly.

"The Fourth Master has always been devoted to Buddhist affairs and only knows how to do things diligently. How could there be such a trick of ghosts and monsters? Don't worry, let alone Long Live, I want to take advantage of the problem, and there is no need to check it. Even if you follow the clues and investigate it all the way, you will not do the work of the Fourth Master in the Capital." Dai Jin said.

The Fourth Prince always feels something is wrong, but he can't tell where it is.

It was like there was a mist in the dark, which made this matter confusing and unable to detect the root cause.

The Eighth Prince himself could not send "killing eagles". When did Hai Dongqing have any problems? Is the Holy Driving? On the way?

What is involved is the Eighth Prince's nemesis, or... or the Emperor...

Thinking of the latter possibility, the Fourth Prince felt as if he was stormy in his heart, and he held the desk for a long time and couldn't speak.

Seeing that the Fourth Prince was silent, his face suddenly turned pale, Dai Jin was shocked and asked carefully: "Fourth Master?"

The fourth prince woke up and waved his hand, saying, "I wrote a letter to Nian Gengyao, and said that the New Year's Etiquette has arrived. Those Shu papers are good, and Shu embroidery and Shu brocade concubines also like them. Nian is waiting for childbirth, and in a few months, he will become his uncle!"

Dai Jin took one by one in his heart and bent down to respond.

The fourth prince rubbed his forehead and said, "It's time for dinner, I'll go to the Fujin yard, you can go down to have the meal too." After that, he stepped out of the study.

Dai Jin and the Fourth Prince came out together and watched the Fourth Prince go away before returning to his yard.

His steps couldn't help but get up briskly.

Scholars, whoever has no ambitions, "If you don't want to be a good minister, you will be a good doctor" is the ideal of many scholars.

Now, although the Fourth Prince is not strong enough, he is one step closer to the reserve position.

Inner courtyard, main room.

The fourth concubine Nara had already set up the dining table and waited for the fourth prince to come back.

As soon as the fourth prince entered the room, he smelled the fragrance of rice and couldn't help but look at the kang table.

Because there are new New Year’s goods in Sichuan, in addition to the daily food, there are also several dishes added, including mutton vermicelli pots, old vinegar peanuts, Xufu aged eggs, pickled vegetables and shredded pork, etc.

The fourth concubine personally threw in a towel and asked the fourth prince to wipe his hands.

After wiping his hands, the fourth prince left his shoes and sat cross-legged on the kang.

Nara sat on the side opposite each other and held the chopsticks with her handkerchiefs and sent them to her.

The breakfast was used early, and the fourth prince really felt a little hungry.

He took the spoon, put two sips of the hot soup from the pot, put it in the soup bowl, and waited it a little cold, and took a sip, and it felt hot and very soft.

Looking at the pot again, the vermicelli rolled in the hot soup, green and transparent, and it felt very vigorous, different from what I saw. He pointed and asked, "Is this sent by Nian Gengyao?"

Nara smiled and said, "That's right, I tasted it just now, no worse than what I had in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. When I want to eat vegetarian food, I can also add food!"

The fourth prince nodded, picked up the chopsticks and sent it to his mouth.

Because the rules developed in the palace since childhood all emphasize "not saying anything when eating or sleeping", the couple finished eating silently.

Until he put down his chopsticks and rinsed his mouth, the fourth prince said again: "Fu Nai will marry his niece in a few days. Are the gifts ready?"

The fourth concubine stood up and sent the maids to remove the table.

After hearing the fourth prince's words, the fourth concubine smiled and said, "Didn't you give me a command before? I have already prepared it, mostly jewelry materials and other items for boxes. Fu Nai is an old man in our house. He has been working with me for a long time, so he has prepared these real things. There are no other girls in their family, just this time. In addition to jewelry materials, there is also a set of silverware, silver stove, silver tripod, silver shield, and silver bottle. Although it is not luxurious, it is better to be made inside, with exquisite styles and cannot be seen outside. The four sets of magnetic goods are all "pastel", and there is no "blue and white" and "blue and white" are too simple, which is not suitable for the happy event, and the patterns are also selected as "peony wealth" and "kirin gifts"; the rest are fragmentary, two Duan inkstones, two boxes of "dragon and phoenix pens", several boxes of pine and smoke ink, etc.."

These are all small things, which are not silly, but you need to add makeup.

After hearing this, the fourth prince was satisfied and nodded, leaving the matter aside.

The couple here talked about congratulations, and Narsu and Cao Jia from the Prince's Mansion finished their meals, and also talked about congratulations.

Although they are cousins ​​from the side, the wedding ceremony prepared here is not too light. Both brothers are legitimate sons, so there is nothing to tell the difference, they are both in duplicate.

These two gifts were also seven or eight hundred taels of silver.

Now that the twelfth lunar month is approaching, there are more and more families who are going to hold weddings. Except for their own, the Beile Mansion and the Duke Mansion, no one can leave the ceremony.

Cao Jia looked at the gift list and said to Narsu: "Or everyone else said 'the year is hard to pass'. Isn't this exactly? The various gifts that went to the palace in the first lunar month of the twelfth lunar month of the year, which totaled no more than 18,000 taels? Fortunately, we still have several farms, and some of the items that can be subsidized. Or relying solely on my salary, the holes in this year will be huge!"

Nersu was sitting cross-legged on the kang in a daze. After hearing his wife's words, he leaned on his chin and raised his eyebrows and said, "Faojin, if our mansion can be promoted, will life be more spacious and comfortable?"

When Cao Jia heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Look at what I said, this is a title passed down by my ancestors, and it's not an official in the court. Can I still be promoted?"

"Prince Heshuo!" Nersu said: "If I get promoted again, I will be Prince Heshuo, and the concubine is Prince Heshuo. At that time, even if the concubine enters the palace, there will be few people who can bend down to worship!"

Seeing that her husband was speaking seriously, Cao Jia shook his head, and said, "Why are you talking about this? What's the point of being a Prince of Heshuo? It's just that we have more salary a year and have a few more beads on our hats. It's too prominent and taboo. Not to mention anything else, just talk about the iron-hat princes in Beijing now, which one of the iron-hat princes' houses is not a person with a tail between their tails? Compared to our first-class this time, we are not eye-catching and life is more comfortable."

After hearing his wife's words, Nersu patted his forehead hard and said, "Yes, it's still the concubine's right. As the saying goes, the sky is falling, and there are big people who are holding us up. It's really not worth it this time. It's just a hat. What's so rare? When you have the chance to wear armor in the future, you can earn titles for your sons with real swords and guns."

Cao Jia rarely hears him talk about this, but today he feels touched. He is wondering. Nersu has already distracted and said, "In the past two days, my father-in-law and mother-in-law have just arrived. I will have more social engagements. When Xue Qing is coming tomorrow, I will accompany you back and pay tribute to you both!"

Cao Jia put down the gift list in his hand, added joy to her face, and said, "I was about to say this by my fellow teacher. Is it because I feel sorry for me!"

*

Cao Mansion, study room.

Cao Yin sat on the edge of the kang, with a deep face. Cao Yong stood there, but was stunned.

Although I vaguely remember that the Eighth Prince would be in trouble, I didn’t expect that the so-called “eagle killing incident” had already happened so early this day.

In addition to being surprised by this, Cao Yong was also surprised by his father's news channels.

According to my father, the "eagle killing incident" was November 23, which happened to be the day when Cao Yin and his wife arrived in Tongzhou. It was only 26 today, and the incident happened, and it was only three days before the incident occurred.

Jiang is so old that even if he has no other intentions, since he is going to Beijing, Cao Yin should have some reliance?

Cao Yong thought to himself that Cao Yin had already looked up at Cao Yong's place, and asked with some doubts: "This Hai Dongqing...is this method, is it the Fourth Prince..."

"This..." Cao Yong pondered for a while and said, "The Fourth Prince is a person with a tolerant personality. He takes the initiative like this, unlike his usual behavior. Besides, he is so artificial and has a great risk of responsibility. If the emperor investigates it and the matter is exposed, wouldn't it be worth the loss?"

Cao Yin stared at his son for a while and said, "Do you know the Fourth Prince very well? Could this be something that happened in your dream? Can Yonger tell me what else? The capital is deep, so you, my father and son must have a clear mind?"

Seeing Cao Yin seriously using his dream as an excuse, Cao Yong was really a little amused and crying.

However, even if Cao Yin didn't take the initiative to ask questions, Cao Yong thought about telling his father, so he would be careful.
Chapter completed!