Chapter 627: Striving

Earl's Mansion, cross courtyard, secluded place.

Cao Yong said his concerns, and Yongsheng remained silent for a long time.

"Furuo, let me do it!" Yongsheng seemed to have made up his mind: "Let me choose, don't let my brother choose. On one hand, it's Ama's lasting fate, and on the other hand, the children should be filial. How do you choose this? Even if you come back to attend the funeral, you have to blame yourself and feel guilty. Why don't I take it on my shoulders? I should do something for this family. Even if someone talks about it in the future, it will only put the reprimand on me."

People's hearts are very strange and like malicious speculation.

Not only will Yongqing bear the suspicion of "unfilial piety", Yongsheng, who insists on obeying his father's orders and does not repay his elder brother's death, will also be labeled as "unrighteous".

"You have to think clearly, it is related to your reputation and future..." Cao Yong knew that he had no position, so he couldn't help but say something more.

Yongsheng patted Cao Yong on the shoulder and said, "Furuo, I am not a promising person. Compared to my excellent brothers who work as colleagues, what am I? I just make up for an errand and make a living."

At the end, he remembered that his parents wanted to discuss marriage with the Cao family in their early years, but he was inexplicably moved when he looked at Cao Yong.

Almost, I will become a family.

Even if he did not become a family, Cao Yong took good care of the mansion in the past few years since Yongqing left Beijing. During his lifetime, he also helped find a lot of high-quality tonics.

"Tomorrow, I'll 'receive three'. If Fu can get out of here, come over!" Yongsheng said.

"That's natural." Cao Yong replied: "Looking at my aunt's health, you have to work harder. In the past few days, stay in a fixed room. If you have any errands to arrange for people to go down, you can save some energy. I really can't stand it anymore, so I have to put a few ginseng pieces on the top. The mourning period is still long, so I'll endure it, so you won't be sick."

According to the rules, when the parents passed away, the filial son would not eat or drink for three days, so Cao Yong said so.

Yongsheng nodded and said, "I know, I haven't thanked Furuo for the money I had last night. This time I spent a lot of money. I don't have much income in the middle of the year except for my salary. I'm afraid I won't be able to pay it back until the end of the year."

Cao Yong waved his hand and said, "If you talk about it in the future, I don't have much money to use..."

The funeral was complicated, and the two of them said a few more words, and Cao Yong wanted to say goodbye.

Just as Cao Yong was about to speak, he heard a tender childish voice: "Second uncle!"

As he spoke, a little girl in a mourning clothes ran in at the gate of the yard. Seeing that there were others, the little girl slowed down and walked up.

Although he was only four or five years old, Yongjia's shadow could be seen. Cao Yong met this little girl a few months ago, and she was Prince Jian Yaer Jiang Adi's daughter Zhener.

Yongsheng leaned over and picked up Zhen'er and said, "It's a mess, why did you run to the front yard? Look at your nanny? Adults have been busy these days, Zhen'er is not allowed to be naughty anymore."

Upon hearing this, Zhen'er pouted and said, "My second uncle is wronged. Zhen'er is not naughty. She came to find her second uncle."

"Oh, is that?" Yongsheng touched his niece's hair, turned around, and said to Cao Yong: "It's my niece, Furuo hasn't seen it before. Look at it, it's the same as her mother when she was a child."

After hearing Yongsheng's words, Zhen'er wrinkled her nose, scratched her face, and said, "My mother was a child when she was a child. Grandma said it long ago, and her second uncle was naughty when she was a child!"

After all, I am young and have no worries.

Yongsheng wanted to laugh, but couldn't laugh, so he said to Zhen'er: "It's my uncles' friends, call me, Uncle Cao."

Zhen'er pursed her lips and glanced at Cao Yong. With a little confusion, she hesitated for a while, but she still obediently followed Yongsheng's intention and said, "Uncle Cao!"

Cao Yong nodded and said, "Well, you're so good!"

Zhen'er's little eyes turned, and a little confused appeared on her face. She asked Yongsheng in a low voice: "Second uncle, isn't this person really brother-in-law? Why is he uncle again?"

Yongsheng was puzzled by the time he heard this, and Cao Yong talked about what he had seen before the New Year.

While he was talking, several foreign officials came to find Yongsheng. Cao Yong did not stay any longer and said goodbye and left.

Yongsheng held Zhen'er and asked the housekeeper to send Cao Yong out.

As soon as Cao Yong left, Yongsheng turned to Zhen'er and said, "What should I say about looking for my uncle?"

"What should I do if my mother hasn't had a meal all day? Second uncle." Zhen'er's little face showed worries.

"This is the filial piety of your children to your parents. Your grandfather is gone and your mother is so sad. Just wait for another day. Don't worry, your aunt has prepared ginseng tablets for your mother." Yongsheng sighed and said.

Zhen'er seemed to understand, and said with a "Oh" sound, "Grandpa is gone, Zhen'er is sad. Can't Zhen'er eat?"

"You really can eat. It's your second aunt who is busy entertaining guests and hasn't prepared food for you? When you get back here, what do you want to eat, send the old lady beside you to the kitchen and say. If anyone dares to be disobedient, tell your second aunt." Yongsheng said.

After hearing this, Zhen'er's eyes couldn't help but illuminate and said, "Really? Is the second uncle really saying that he is right? Can Zhen'er directly tell the kitchen what to eat?"

When Yongsheng saw his niece like this, he felt a little distressed and said, "Can we be so hungry that we are really a princess? This is not someone else's family, of course I can give orders."

Zhen'er's face had already smiled and said, "Can Zhen'er asks people to make cat ear soup?"

"Okay, okay, as long as you really want to eat, anything is fine!" Yongsheng said.

"My mom loves to eat that. Can Zhen'er not eat on behalf of her? Uncle..." Zhen'er begged.

Seeing that his niece was so old, he knew that he felt sorry for his kindness. Yongsheng felt a lot of pity and said, "Zheng'er wants to go, just go. If you can persuade your mother to use it for two, it will be considered a contribution. If your mother refuses to use it, don't be too sad. Your mother has received this filial piety."

Zhen'er was so happy when she saw Yongsheng that she had no objection.

The nurse who was waiting with her came to look for her with her little leader. She bent down from Yongsheng's arm and trotted back to the inner courtyard.

"Cat Ear Soup? What is that? I haven't heard that girl Yongjia loves to drink soup." Yongsheng looked at Zhen'er's back and was a little puzzled...

Above the sea of ​​Shicha, a house.

Sitting in the hall, holding a teacup, Cao Yong felt very depressed. As soon as he left the Wanyan family gate, he was caught by the 14th prince and forced him to drink.

He refused to do so, but the fourteenth prince was surprisingly tough, saying that "it was better to hit the sun than to choose a day." Without Cao Yong's words, he asked the guards to put Cao Yong on the carriage.

After all, Cao Yong couldn't fight with him too much, so he got here.

Look at the person who served tea just now, she was in her twenties. She was dressed elegantly and had a good temperament. She did not look like a person in the world. However, serious women did not show up in public.

Since Li Ding entered Beijing and opened a private restaurant beside Haizi, there have been many such private houses along the coast of Haizi.

I found two chefs and raised a few beautiful girls for the nobles to drink and enjoy.

Although the Qing Dynasty law stipulated that officials were not allowed to visit prostitutes, these women were not considered prostitutes and could only be considered female slaves.

It was already dawn, and the Fourteenth Prince wouldn't be so bored. He would have to arrange one for Cao Yong, right?

Cao Yong drank tea and thought in his heart.

"I have been thinking about drinking for you for a long time, but I'm busy and have no time to spare. Today is the cheaper." The 14th Prince drank a cup of tea and said with a smile, "The errands of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are doing beautifully. I'm thanking you."

What the Fourteenth Prince said was beautiful, but Cao Yong could still feel that his eyes were filled with a bit of exploration and fear.

"It's mostly because of the wise emperor and the hard work I have with my ministers. I just came up with an idea, but I really dare not take credit for it." Cao Yong said carefully.

"It's great, you always do this. If you are too humble, you will cheat. Can you still steal your credit?" The 14th Prince raised his eyebrows, very dissatisfied with Cao Yong's words.

Cao Yong felt quite strange in his heart. He was not that close to him, but where did the 14th Prince sing?

Do you show it to outsiders? Who doesn’t know that Cao Yong, like his father, does not form cliques or stands in line, and is only loyal to the emperor?

Even if the 14th Prince asked him to drink twice, it would not change anything? It is no longer a secret that the Ninth Prince and Cao Yong had a feud.

After a while, the woman brought two servants to arrange wine and food.

On the table, four dishes and four bowls are not delicacies, but home-cooked dishes.

Four dishes are old vinegar peanuts, mustard and cabbage piles, Chinese toon eggs, fried small yellow croaker, and four bowls are snow-capped tofu, stewed duck, braised elbow, and egg custard.

When Cao Yong saw this, he was very surprised. When was this popular restaurant in Beijing?

The fourteenth prince, however, looked full of joy, pulled the woman over and said with some doting, "Thank you for your hard work."

But the woman blushed and said angrily: "Master, is there a guest here?"

The 14th Prince glanced at Cao Yong and said, "Cao Yong, I forgot to mention to you, this Wu family is my wife, so you should call me Auntie."

That's what he said, Cao Yong had no choice but to get up and meet Wu again.

Wu hurriedly leaned over and said, "I dare not take it." His eyes looked at Cao Yong with a little curiosity.

"Look at Cao Yongjun? I feel sad!" The 14th Prince said half-seriously and half-jokingly.

Wu quickly withdrew his gaze and said, "I have long admired Master Cao's name. I have met him for the first time. I am very curious. I am so rude that I am not surprised by Master Cao."

The 14th Prince had already sat down and greeted Cao Yong to sit down.

Wu sat beside the fourteenth prince and kept a cup for the two of them. He looked at him without any restraint, as if the person sitting beside her was not the prince, but an ordinary man, and that kind of freedom and calmness was not something that ordinary women could have.

His words and deeds seem to be from everyone, but he doesn't know why he fell into the situation of "hiding a beautiful woman in a golden house".

The 14th Prince brought the wine cup and said, "On Master, Cao Yong, you are the first guest. Come on, let's do it!" After that, he drank it all in one gulp.

Cao Yong also did it, but he felt very worried.

It's really strange that happens every year, and this year there are a lot.

The 14th Prince pulled him to drink and was still in such a private place. Was he so confident that he could get on his boat?

The 14th Prince put down the wine cup, his face closed with a smile, showing a little firmness, looked at Cao Yong's eyes, and said, "Cao Yong, I know you are cautious and unwilling to stand in the side. I am not strong enough. I want you to do a favor."

Cao Yong put down his chopsticks and looked at the Fourteenth Prince, wondering why he was so righteous.

I still owe him what I lose, even if I want to seek help from someone, it shouldn't be the attitude of this order, right?

After all, he is a prince. Even if he wants to be humble, he still has the words "taken for granted" in his bones.

"Fourth Master, Cao Yong is not successful in literature, and not martial arts. He should know how many pounds and twenties. Where can I help the Fourteenth Master? Isn't this a joke?" Cao Yong didn't know the details of the Fourteenth Prince, so he had to say vaguely.

"Who wants you to play with a knife or show off your knowledge? Do you have the ability? Needless to say, even Yunniang, the woman in the deep boudoir, knows your name as "Boy Shancai". If you say these useless things, it will be boring!" said the 14th Prince.

When Cao Yong heard this, he knew it, but it seemed that it was related to money.
To be continued...