Chapter 643: Relatives

Capital, Ministry of Rites.

According to the imperial edict, he held a banquet at the Ministry of Rites to enter the capital to enter the 67th generation of Confucius' eldest grandson Yanshenggong Kong Yuqi. Cao Yin, as the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, accompanied the banquet with several Grand Secretary, other ministers of the Ministry of Rites and ministers.

Kong Yuqi, one year older than Cao Yin, has been aged fifty years since he was appointed as the Prince of Fengyan.

As early as the 23rd year of Kangxi's reign, when Kangxi visited Qufu in person, Cao Yin and Kong Yuqi met. After Cao Yin arrived in Jiangnan, he also took Qufu several times on his way to Beijing to visit Yansheng Gong Mansion, and had a lot of personal relationships with Kong Yuqi.

But at the banquet, the two of them had no time to talk about their relationship; they only had time to chat until the banquet was over.

After seeing Kong Yuqi, he left for Qufu the next day and would go to the other side of the capital to entertain several relatives of his relatives tomorrow, and Cao Yin was also among the banquets.

He saw Kong Yuqi's carriage away, and the officials from all halls accompanied the banquet to return home one after another.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw the butler Cao Zhong coming forward to report and said, "Master, my third master brings my third grandma to pay my respects. Because the master is not here, I have already invited my wife to the wife. Now, the third grandma asks the wife to keep her talking. The third master has been waiting for the master in the front hall for a long time."

Upon hearing this, Cao Yin nodded and headed to the front hall.

When he entered the room, Cao Yin saw a man standing with his back on the door, as if he was writing and painting on the screen in the appreciation hall. Hearing the footsteps, the man turned around. He was wearing 80% new clothes, long face, and short beards. He was twenty-seven or eight years old.

Ten years ago, when Sun Taijun passed away, Cao Yin met Cao Qi when he helped the spirit north, so he recognized him at a glance. The young man who looked honest and dull was his cousin Cao Qi.

In this moment, Cao Qi had already knelt down and said, "My nephew has met his uncle, so please don't hesitate to him."

Cao Yin stepped forward, helped him up and down, looked up and down, and said with great emotion: "Get up quickly, we have been there? In this blink of an eye, I haven't seen each other for more than ten years. I'm all close relatives, so I shouldn't have done this."

"I arrived in the capital yesterday because I was a little too late and I was afraid that I would disturb my uncle and aunt, so I didn't come here." Cao Qi replied.

After seeing the ceremony, the uncle and nephew took a seat.

"I've been to the Office of the Internal Affairs, have you decided on your job?" Cao Yin asked.

Cao Qi shook his head and said, "I went to the Office of the Internal Affairs, but now I have no suitable shortage for a while. I am afraid I have to wait."

The Cao family has been working in the Office of the Internal Affairs for several lifetimes. Doesn’t Cao Yin know the twists and turns of the Office of the Internal Affairs?

It’s not that it’s incomplete, I’m afraid it’s not cleared yet.

Although Cao Qi was Cao Yin's cousin, he had been out of Beijing for many years. In particular, the Cao family only had Cao Xi, the flag carrying the carriage, and the others were still under the banner.

Even if you want to sell the favors of the Cao family, you have to bear the love between Cao Yin and his son. Others are really not taken seriously by those people.

Cao Yin thought for a while and said, "You Ding You were in the Guard Office before. Do you still want to go back there now? Your second brother is in the Guard Office now. If you want to go back to the Guard Office, I will take you to the mansions of several masters in the Guard Office tomorrow."

The Minister of the Interior of the Zhengbai Banner of the Guard Department was originally the Duke of the Assistant State E Fei and the First Class Commodity Fu Erdan. After E Fei died of illness, Bahunde, the deputy commander of the Inlaid Yellow Banner, made up for his lack.

Fu Erdan is now in the Northwest Army and is not in front of the imperial court.

When Cao Qi wanted to go back to the guard office, in addition to saying hello to the Minister of the Inner of Zhengbai Banner, he was also required to lead the Inner of the Inner of Guards A Ling'an.

Although Cao Yin was not willing to be too close to these royal relatives, the person in front of him was not someone else, but his cousin who had not yet been given five qualities, so he also wanted to do his best.

Cao Qi looked very calm and bowed, "The uncle is very kind, and my nephew remembers it. It's just that because my nephew is not in good health, my nephew doesn't want to go back to the guard office, and wait and see what the Interior Office is missing."

"Is it because I am not in good health, is it because I am not suitable for the local environment or what? But have I hired an imperial physician?" Cao Yin said with some concern when he heard this.

"Although the disease has not occurred, I am a little weak. My nephew thought to ask the imperial physician to come and see her in a few days." Cao Qi replied.

Cao Yin nodded and then asked, "Where do you live in? Otherwise, just live in the mansion here. If you have an available yard here, it will take care of you two times."

Cao Qi said, "Thank you for your kindness. There is an old house outside the front door, and now you live there. If your nephew and daughter-in-law are healthy, your nephew would love to serve you. But she is a sick person, and she doesn't have the strength to do anything, but she has to bother her aunt to worry about it. It's too troublesome. When she is well-behaved, we will come and serve you."

Seeing that he was right, Cao Yin did not force it and said, "The imperial physician who often comes to our house for treatment is good. Tomorrow I will ask him to come over to give his niece-in-law a good life."

Cao Qi was overjoyed when he heard this, and stood up and bowed, "If so, the uncle will be the great benefactor of his nephew."

Originally, due to the estrangement of his ancestors, Cao Yin had little contact with his nephew and was very unfamiliar with him. Now, after this discussion, he saw that he was indifferent to fame and fortune and was affectionate and righteous to his first wife, Cao Yin was also closer to his nephew.

"I'll eat here tonight. I'll welcome the Sang'er." Cao Yin said to Cao Qi with a smile on his face, and then ordered the housekeeper to go to the East Mansion to see if the Cao Xiang brothers were out of school. If they were out of school, they would call Cao Xiang and the others to come over.

Cao Qi looked at it and thought to himself that cousin who had served as the Minister of the Office of the Internal Affairs - Cao Yong, the prince-in-law of Heshuo.

In his early years, he had seen Cao Yong at Sun Taijun's funeral, and his only impression was that he was a pretty child.

Unexpectedly, after ten years of hard work, that beautiful child, with a glory in his eyes, became the pillar of the Cao family.

Orchid Courtyard, go to the room.

Li looked at Wang, the niece-in-law, and added pity to her face, saying, "I have two old ginseng trees here, I will ask someone to pack it for you later. How can I be so weak? I have to make up for it."

The Wang family looked very beautiful, but their face was dull and their lips were pale, and they didn't look angry at all.

Wang replied softly: "My nephew and his wife thanked her aunt. She has improved a lot now. She was dizzy after walking two steps earlier."

"What else do you say except for both qi and blood deficiency? This is not a long time since you have a sick life, so you have to recover sooner." Li took Wang's hand and said with some worries.

Wang shook his head gently and said, "There is nothing else. The doctor said he should rest and not worry. There is a lot of things in the old house, and our wife has changed again, so we can't be quiet. This time our grandfather went to Beijing, and his nephew and his wife didn't want to follow him. It was still our grandfather who said he could rest in the capital because he could rest. So he brought his nephew and daughter-in-law to come."

As he was talking, Zhao Jia had already arrived with Jinghui, the fourth sister and the fifth one.

Because of the relatives, Li sent someone to go to the East Mansion to invite him.

Zhaojia was still in the filial piety period and rarely went out. It was rare to have the opportunity to see guests, so she naturally dressed up.

When Wang heard that he was an elder, Shanshan stood up and said, "Full blessings," then met Jinghui and others again.

"Tsk tsk, it's really like the people in the painting, but we compare these in our family." Zhao Jia looked at Wang and said to Li with a smile.

With Jinghui in front of him, Li didn't want to say anything else, so he ordered the maid to carry a chair to Jinghui and said, "You are both bodies and can't stand. Please sit down and talk."

Jinghui blushed, looked at her mother-in-law, and then sat sideways when she saw her nodding.

"Speaking of this, I haven't returned to my hometown, and it's the first time I've seen each other with my nephew and daughter-in-law." At this point, Zhao Jia turned her head and asked Li, "Sister-in-law, which one is older, this eldest nephew and brother?"

Li smiled and said, "If I remember correctly, my nephew is a snake, five years older than Brother Ben."

Zhao Jia smiled and said, "It's rare that Brother Yong has these younger brothers, and finally a brother has come. In the future, someone can cure him... can help him."

Listening to this sarcastic sarcasm, Li felt a little uncomfortable, but he was too lazy to argue with her, and smiled and ordered someone to prepare a table...

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

The fourth prince was wearing a regular dress and hung a string of Buddhist beads on his hand. While tying the Buddhist beads, he heard Dai Jin report the news inside and outside the capital in the past few days.

According to news from Changchun Garden, Nalan Fusen, a guard from the first place in the imperial court who was sent to Jinan Prefecture on a business trip, returned to Beijing and had already met the imperial guard. Because he was summoned privately, the content of the talks was unknown.

In the Nancheng Porridge Factory, the five cities relief porridge factory, several sick and elderly beggars died suddenly and their bodies had been burned. It was suspected that there was a problem with the porridge donation, but no one reported it to the Shuntian Prefecture Office.

Among the civil and military ministers, Kuixu, a scholar in the Hanlin Academy, did not come out while sick, and did not even go to the banquet for the Yan Shenggong.

The day before yesterday, the Cao family sent someone to Rehe to deliver a letter. Cao Yin's nephew and former second-class guard Cao Qi came to Beijing.

The miscellaneous news made the Fourth Prince frown.

Dai Jin had finished reporting, and when he saw the fourth prince frowning, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Fourth Master, Kuixu was sick on the same day as the Cao family sent people to Rehe..."

"Oh?" The fourth prince raised his head and asked, "How is the ten thousand taels of gold checked? Did Kuixue make a troubleshoot?"

Dai Jin shook his head and said, "This has not been found out yet, but according to previous news, Kuixu had a confidant butler who left Beijing early last month." Speaking of this, he was a little confused and said, "I just don't know what hatred Kuixu has with the Cao family. If I just say that I stand up for the Ninth Prince, I wouldn't have achieved this."

"Ten thousand taels of gold..." The fourth prince's face was as deep as water, his eyes were full of anger: "The country's worm... Emperor Ama is still too generous..."

Rehe, Chunwang Mansion Garden.

Cao Yong finally breathed a sigh of relief when he looked at the letter in his hand. Jinan's "reward" has been cancelled. Even if there are still some people rushing here on the way, they will be almost done as long as they deal with it for another half a month.

Although he didn't like socializing, he was so sad that he was trapped in the garden like he is now and was in and out with soldiers.

Thinking that the Sixteenth Prince had been bored for a long time, Cao Yong rushed over and told the news.

The sixteenth prince was overjoyed when he heard this and said with a smile: "Qi Min can rest now, and he has been unable to survive these days. The prison on the yamen has been detained for about a hundred times. A farce will finally end."

"Yes, it's such a farce." Cao Yong thought of what his father said in his letter that it was Nalanfusen who went to Jinan Prefecture to solve the problem, and was moved and confused.

If the government can solve the problem by coming forward, then the so-called "reward" of the world is not heavy. According to common sense, even if the government wants to intervene, shouldn't it be in a daze?

Nalanfusen was ordered to arrest the "reward" person in Jinan less than a month after he arrived in Jinan. It seemed that it was a bit smoother.

After the sixteenth prince finished laughing, he also noticed something was wrong, and stopped laughing and said, "In this case, can we really make a farce? Could it be that they are idle and make fun of people?"

Cao Yong, who was not good at making fun of it, didn't know, but was just curious about the whereabouts of the person who would be escorted to Beijing.

"Sixteenth Master, I'm dead, who is the happiest?" Cao Yong asked.

The Sixteenth Prince said without thinking, "That's all right, it's the Ninth Brother. He, a famous 'God of Wealth' in the capital, was crushed to pieces by you, the "Shancai Boy". I'm afraid you'll have the heart to eat it raw."

Cao Yong shook his head and said, "The Eighth Prince is in trouble now. The Ninth Prince will not do anything more than that and will only make a mistake. Besides money, who else is looking forward to my death?"

The sixteenth prince said with his fingers: "Guishan became a cripple and lost his fame because of you. It was a deeper hatred than the sea. When the capital was in an epidemic that year, you and the fourth brother were fighting the epidemic and blocked the gates of several Beile Mansions. Among these mansions, if their family members died, they would not dare to vent their anger on you. The people in Shandong ruined many powerful and powerful pot-burning villages, and made the court purged the wine order. Those who are well-informed naturally know that Yizhou is not in chaos and have a bright mind. Thinking of you is nothing... In addition, this time, the internal affairs office bidding, some old households did not prepare the silver, lost their bids, and lost their jobs. Who can you hate if they don't hate you..."

Speaking of this, the Sixteenth Prince shook his head and looked at Cao Yong and said, "Furuo, look at you, there are not many friends, you will almost make enemies from all sides."

Cao Yong looked at the Sixteenth Prince, but the fifteenth Prince appeared in his mind.

Is it really an unknown farce, or a "two kills you" strategy?

Kangxi was already very afraid of the Eighth Prince. Just like the deposed prince back then, so many charges may not be related to the prince, but Kangxi was already suspicious, so of course it was "conclusive evidence."

Among all civil and military officials, the most indispensable one is the person who speculates on the holy heart.

This reward happened to be when the Ninth Prince and Cao Yong’s Office of Internal Affairs failed. Even if there was no evidence, I was afraid that many people would think of the Ninth Prince.

Whether it is killing Cao Yong or blaming the Ninth Prince, it is not a waste of time to get the two.

However, the first fourteenth prince also made a "gentleman appointment" with him. Will the fifteenth prince be the one who makes trouble?

Not to mention anything else, even if these two young princes really join forces to make trouble, where did they pay for the money?

Cao Yong was thinking hard that the sixteenth prince patted his shoulder, raised his eyebrows and said, "Why don't you speak? Furuo is afraid?"

Cao Yong smiled and shook his head, saying to the Sixteenth Prince: "Sixteenth Master, Sukhbaru and waiter are at the school grounds, let's go over and see the fun."

"Okay, I'm so stupid that I'm itchy." The Sixteenth Prince replied with a smile, and the two of them went out together.

Suzhou Weaving Mansion, Study Room.

Li Xu stood in front of the window, staring at the rockery in the yard in a daze, and heard someone come in and say, "Father, the old lady is a little uncomfortable...Madam asks her father to come over..."

The one who came was Li Xu's eldest son Li Nai.
Chapter completed!