Chapter 809: Face Lord

The Cao family's Zhuangzi Palace is dozens of miles away, and the Sixteenth Prince was already late when he came. If he only passed on Cao Yong, he could arrive before dusk. Because of the fact that Li family was still concerned, the speed of the carriage was limited, and the Sixteenth Prince did not intend to urge the Cao family and his son to leave.

So the sixteenth prince stayed at Caojiazhuang for a night. The next morning, he and Cao Yong protected Li's carriage and Chu Yu went to the palace.

After two hours of traveling, he arrived at Tangquan Palace. Chu Yu accompanied Li to meet Wangpin with the eunuch, while Cao Yong followed the sixteenth prince to the front of the imperial court.

Compared with the visit from Cao Yong before the new year, Kangxi looked much better.

After Cao Yong finished his meeting, Kangxi ordered someone to bring him a small stool to sit down. He said a few casually family matters, nothing more than how Cao Yong lived in the past few months, how old and young at home, and so on.

Seeing his faint care on his face, Cao Yong sighed in his heart.

Although Cao Yong knew how grateful Kangxi treated the Cao family differently, he was not guilty.

The two generations of father and grandfather said that they were loyal to the king in front of them. Even if they were a man, after ten years of hard work and exhaustion in life and death, they could have fulfilled their duties as a minister.

Kangxi said a few words and mentioned the past many years ago, when Sun Taijun was working in the palace. His expression was full of remembrance.

Cao Yong and the Sixteenth Prince could only listen quietly, not knowing Kangxi's intention.

Kangxi said a few words, stopped for a while, as if he was trapped in meditation.

Cao Yong and the Sixteenth Prince looked at each other, but did not dare to disturb him, so they could only wait quietly.

After a while, Kangxi felt relieved and felt a little relieved. He waved his hand and asked Cao Yong and the Sixteenth Prince to kneel down.

After coming down from the imperial court, Cao Yong was a little confused and asked in a low voice: "Sixteenth Master, what's the matter with me?"

"It's like the matter of inheriting the title. It's been half a year since my uncle died, and the order of inheriting the title should be issued." The Sixteenth Prince thought for a moment and said, "According to the rules, we should surrender and attack, but the Emperor Amasu looked at Chongfuruo, and there were also original-level attack titles. But your previous title was a favor title, not a merit title, and it was difficult to attack together. Maybe it was to be taken back."

Whether it is Zi, Bo, or Cao Yong didn't take it seriously.

Then the sixteenth prince said again: "The Emperor Ama is much more energetic now than before, but his words are very nostalgic. In February, there were few old ministers missing. The Emperor Ama didn't say anything on his face and felt uncomfortable."

When Cao Yong heard this, he remembered Marhan.

Marhan disappeared in mid-February, but the old man lived to be over 80 years old, which was a joyful delight.

Zhao Jia did not come to the hot spring with Li because she was waiting to burn the "May 7" for the old Shangshu.

After the Sixteenth Prince finished speaking, he felt that the atmosphere was wrong, so he shook his head and said, "Look at me, just say these useless things. Seeing that you were living in Zhuangzi, the seventeenth brother also thought about staying in Changping."

"Some days I haven't seen Master Shiqi. How is Master Shiqi recovering from illness?" Cao Yong asked.

The sixteenth prince raised his eyebrows and said, "It's mostly because of a heart disease. I'm so happy that I'm already very at ease. I had a few beautiful girls a few years ago, but his temperament was not greedy. I heard that he was just hanging on it. Why bother? Although it seems that the couple has a deep affection, there is no child under his knees. The seventeenth concubine is still suffering from the face everywhere."

Among all the princes and princes, the couple who are famous for their relationship are the thirteenth prince and the seventeenth prince. Half of the thirteenth prince's children are legitimate, and there are only three legitimate sons, which shows the love between the couple.

The Seventeenth Prince did not have a side room and only guarded the Seventeenth Prince. The two had been married for several years and never gave birth to a child. If it were other princes, someone had already started to ask about it. Because the Seventeenth Prince has been sick for several years, no one cared about it.

This time, the show was given a beautiful girl. I don’t know if it was the palace concubine’s idea or Kangxi’s “grace”.

In Cao Yong's perception, Kangxi was the one who disliked women the most. After all, as the descendant of Aisin Gioro, reproduction of offspring was also the responsibility of the princes. The Eighth Concubine in his early years was scolded by Kangxi for stopping the Eighth Prince to take a concubine.

I don’t know if it’s because of the peaceful temperament of the Seventeenth Concubine or the fact that the Seventeenth Concubine has always been a slight person among the princes, but no one has given the infamous reputation of “jealousy” to the Seventeenth Concubine.

In the palace, where the concubines of the king are.

Wang Pin invited Li and Chu Yu to sit down and asked the palace servants to send the newly made rose cakes in the palace. Since Cao Yin passed away, she has been thinking about Li's cousin, but her status is limited and she has no chance to meet.

"You should relax so that the children can worry. My cousin is a lucky person, and his son and daughter-in-law are filial. How many people envy him?" Wang Pin said to Li.

"Thank you for your care. It's much better, but sometimes I don't adapt to it. I always feel that our master is still there. I'm waiting until the night, the room is empty, and I know that our master has gone." Li said that his deceased husband was heartbroken, and he was forced to restrain himself, but his eyes were still red.

Seeing this, Wang Meng was also uncomfortable and said, "It's all mine, and she's still talking about this. Her cousin was sad."

After Li finished speaking, she felt regretful. She knew that Wang Concubine was kind to comfort her. If she continued to feel uncomfortable, she failed her kindness, so she said in a different way: "There has been better in recent days. My parents' niece is waiting to marry and asked me to stay by my side, which has made me feel a little more lively. She should have brought her to pay tribute to the Empress, but she has no grade and is not good to bring it into the palace at will."

"Niece-girl-girl-sister from Sun's family? In the 44th year of the emperor's southern tour, he was stationed in Suzhou Weaver Mansion. I had seen her. She was a baby of a few years old and could just call people. In a blink of an eye, it was time to get married." Wang Ping also felt sad when he said that.

When talking about the southern tour, Li also remembered something.

In the 44th year of Kangxi, it was the emperor's fifth southern tour, and Jiangning Weaving Mansion also came.

That spring, my husband was ordered to publish the "Complete Tang Poems" in the school, and he was particularly rewarded because of this. My husband was not concerned about the reward, and he loved it with the newly published book. He even talked to Li twice, saying that he had not finally come to Jiangnan for the past few years, and he was considered to have done his best for the scholars in the world.

Li thought to himself and said, "Yes, he is already a big girl. He is a chaste girl, but he looks very polite, but he looks like her mother. He is a good child. The son-in-law's family is also first-class, and it is Fan Xueshi's Mansion, which is the Huangqi Banner of the Han army."

Wang Ben listened with a smile and said, "She is the eldest granddaughter, and the eldest cousin of this marriage is chosen by many people." As she spoke, she called a palace maid and whispered a few instructions.

After a while, the palace maid brought in two big and one small box.

Two large boxes opened, one filled with Ruyi with gold inlaid jade, the other filled with gold jewellery, a collar, a pair of step-shaking, a pair of bracelets, and a pair of gourd-style earrings.

"I am also my grandma, and I always have to add some makeup to my children. There is nothing rare, they are all filial to everyone, and they are very vulgar. My cousin will help me bring it to my elder sister." Wang Ping said.

Seeing that the Wang Concubine was rewarded, Li and Chu Yu had to stand up and thank Li Hanyu for their remuneration.

Wang personally helped Li up, and called Chu Yu to get up again. He smiled and said to her, "There are many gifts coming in outside before the New Year. The one that suits my heart is the ones that come from your mansion, you prepared them, right? I haven't thanked you yet. The things in this palace are all very fond of use, and I'm not willing to give them to you ordinary people. I heard that you couple prepared rubies for your little princess as dowry. I happened to get a box of goodies before the New Year. I remember you in my heart and kept them for it." As she spoke, she took the small box from the palace maid and handed it to Chu Yu.

Chu Yu must thank him again. Wang Pin had already pulled Li to talk about the dowry prepared by the Li family for Li Hanyu, and also talked about the imperial edict of Wang, the wife of Li Xu.

Since Li Xu's first wife, Han, passed away, Li Xu has helped Wang, the second wife, as the wife of the house. However, he has not yet requested a formal title from the court. This wife of Wang is Wang's cousin and has been raising Wang for several years, so Wang's special question is about this.

Because they were far apart, Li did not know the details of Li Xu's family affairs. In her heart, she was close to the late Han family. During her lifetime, Han and Wang had been fighting openly and secretly for half a lifetime. Even if they were underground, they might not be willing to watch Wang occupy her own position.

I don’t know if it was Li Xu who was in love with his wife or if he didn’t take Wang to heart, but things became vague.

Wang Peng just mentioned that after all, Li Xu worked as a servant in Suzhou for many years and was just a successful minister. He did not make any great achievements and did not make any special trip to ask for a royal title for the wife of the house to fill the house.

It was rare to see Li once. How could Concubine Wang let her come and go in a hurry? She had already ordered to prepare meals and keep Li's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law for food.

When Cao Yong got the message from Princess Wang, he knew that his wife and mother were going to leave the palace after dinner, so he followed the sixteenth prince to his residence in the palace to use meals.

Because the journey was long, after the meal, Concubine Wang did not delay much, so she asked someone to send Li's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law out.

The sixteenth prince personally sent everyone out of the palace. Seeing the Cao family's carriages and horses go away, he turned back to the palace and went to inquire with several bachelors on duty.

As expected, Cao Yong's order to inherit the title had been drafted, but it had not been announced yet. There was no reduction in the amount of gratitude and reward for the original level. Cao Yong would become a second-class uncle in the future.

But it was said that the Cao family and his group did not return to Zhuangzi until dusk.

Although Li Hanyu knew that there was a cousin and grandmother who was a concubine in the palace, today, her cousin and aunt also went to pay tribute to the concubine, but she did not expect that she would have her own reward.

Because she said she was adding makeup, she immediately blushed and didn't dare to look at Ruyitong jewelry, so she asked the wet nurse to put it away.

This little daughter's appearance made Li feel very moved. I remembered that before she got married, there were many people who added makeup, some of whom had never heard of the name. At that time, I was also very curious and blushed in front of others, and I didn't dare to take a look.

It was three days later that Cao Yong officially received Chengjue's order.

The relatives and friends in the capital also received news. Some directly sent gifts to Cao's mansion to congratulate him, some sent people to Tangquan Zhuangzi to pay tribute, some had a good relationship, and some made a special trip to Changping to visit Cao Yong during the rest.
Chapter completed!