Pingjun Prince's Mansion, inner hall.

Cao Jia took Cao Ying's hand and looked at her carefully. Seeing that she was not only slightly relieved, but also refreshed, she felt relieved. She pulled Cao Ying to sit by the kang, and greeted Cao Yi next to her: "The third sister is sitting too. It is rare for us sisters to gather together and talk about our own things."

Cao Yi sat down with him. Although Cao Ying was thinking about the rules, he saw that the people who were staying in the room were all around Cao Jia, so he did not make such a false and destructive atmosphere.

In a few days, it was Cao Yin's anniversary. Cao Jia sent someone to take his sisters over to burn Zhou for his father.

Cao Ying is his niece and has already lost his filial piety. Cao Jia is his biological daughter and adopted daughter. He must be burned before he can get rid of it.

Speaking of this, the sisters must have a few sad words. Even Cao Ying doesn't care about the dirty things of the Sun family for the time being. He only has the kindness of his uncle when he was alive.

Cao Jia and Cao Yi sisters were even more sad and shed tears silently.

It was Cao Jia who wiped his tears first and said to the two: "Look, we all blame me. We asked the eldest sister and the third sister to come. We originally wanted to talk about burning Zhou's graves. If we didn't say this, we had a golden bead.

Cao Yi also wiped his tears and said, "What are the arrangements for the second sister? My sister thought about not finding a large temple to do a few rituals for her father. If the second sister had other arrangements, the same would be true for her sister."

Cao Jia nodded and said, "In addition to visiting my father's grave on a regular day, I also want to do some rituals for my father in Chongfu Temple and light a few eternal lanterns. I am planning to send someone to the Chongfu Temple to send incense and oil money. If the eldest sister and the third sister are willing, let's do it together in Chongfu Temple."

Chongfu Temple is the oldest ancient temple in the capital. It is one of the famous temples. There are many monks in it and few rituals from outside.

Only Cao Jia, who has the status of a royal concubine, can get what he wants.

Cao Yi, Cao Ying was naturally speechless. Cao Yi said: "But borrowing the light of the second sister can also help us to fulfill our filial piety."

Cao Ying also said, "Yes, I heard that praying for blessings in Chongfu Temple is very effective. If I could pray for one or two for my uncle, it would be great."

Cao Jia's meaning was to ask the sisters to follow the name and the money for the rituals was paid from the royal palace. Cao Yi and Cao Ying refused, and finally agreed to pay 300 taels in the royal palace; Cao Yi reduced the amount of 240 taels; Cao Ying reduced the amount of 180 taels.

Because she thought that Cao Ying was not rich, her Cao Jia sisters were going to give her a fortune, but she didn't do it, and she also thought about doing her filial piety. Cao Jia and Cao Yi were not good at stopping her anymore, so she had to follow her.

After talking about the serious business, Cao Jia remembered that the days were getting colder and said to Cao Ying: "When winter is beginning, I will let someone clean up and send them to my eldest sister's house tomorrow. Let's put on clothes for my eldest sister and my nephews."

After hearing this, Cao Ying repeatedly said, "I have received my heart and I have a lot of it. It's better for my second sister to keep it for my own use. It's better to be filial to my uncle."

Seeing her like this, Cao Jia shook her head and said, "It's true that the eldest sister is. I've heard from my third sister that the eldest sister's fur clothes that are slightly attracted to her are Sun Jue. The third sister can redeem jewelry for her elder sister, and I am also a sister, so I can't do my best for her elder sister? Besides, my mansion is not short of skin. Every year, there are examples from our mansion. This year, our master is not here, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has not given us a shortage. Instead, I received the grace of the emperor and doubled ours. They are all good skins, and I can't bear to send them to outsiders, and it just happens to be used by my own family. I have kept them with my wife and the second wife, so the eldest sister just use them with confidence."

When Cao Ying heard this, his eyes turned red and he lowered his head and said, "It's all useless for me, I'm asking my sisters to make jokes."

Cao Jia sighed and said, "I will say what you are doing, let's see what you want."

The three sisters took a while to part. After leaving the palace, Cao Yi pulled Cao Ying to a carriage and talked about the story of Sister Zhixian.

Now that Sun Jue has left, there is no need for these two maids and concubines of the Sun family to hide. They may not be able to live in the village outside the city. After all, they are two delicate beauties. After being left outside for a long time, making something else will also hinder their reputation.

Cao Ying was a little hesitant. It was not that she was small-minded and could not tolerate the Zhixian sisters after her husband was gone, but that she remembered the twins.

She originally took care of her concubine's son and cherished her reputation, so she did not follow her husband's arrangements and sold her sister Zhixian.

When she heard her husband talk to her mother-in-law, the fourth uncle said firmly that her twin son had "deathed". Even if Cao Ying knew something about the inside story, she didn't know how to tell the sister separately.

Cao Ying puts his heart in his heart and can naturally understand the pain of Zhixian losing his son. If the two sisters Zhixian are ungrateful and hate the Sun family for this, will Cao Ying keep them by his side? Wouldn’t it cause disaster for his children?

Seeing Cao Ying hesitating, Cao Yi said, "If my sister is concerned, she will sell her teeth far away. If she is soft-hearted, she will give up some money and give it up. They are concubines and are not old enough, so they don't have to stay in the Sun's family for the rest of their lives."

"Hey! After all, they are all miserable people. The third sister should send them back. I'll ask their sister what they mean." Cao Ying said.

This was Cao Ying's family matter, and Cao Yi didn't know how to say anything, so he nodded.

The next day, the manager of the royal family sent two cars to Sun's house.

When I hired a tailor who made leather clothes to come over, I was shocked when I saw these leathers, and said that the market price of these leathers would be 1,000 taels of silver.

Cao Ying's eyes could only be red in his heart and sighed.

In addition to the jewelry that Cao Yi helped redeem, the fur sent by Cao Jia, a few days ago, Cao Yong also sent someone to send two carts of antique decorations, all of which were Cao Ying's dowry, and Cao Yong sent someone to redeem it from the pawnshops in the capital...

Before there was enough time to be sad, the carriage that the Duke's Mansion gave to him arrived. Sister Zhixian brought a hat and entered Sun's house.

The maids in the room were sent away, leaving only Liang as their company.

Cao Ying whispered with the sister Zhixian and confirmed the twins' true identity. Fortunately, Zhixian was already kneeling on the ground, wanting to know his son's whereabouts.

Cao Ying would not say "death of illness". He said seriously: "If someone hadn't found him, I wouldn't have thought of pursuing this matter. They were taken to enjoy the happiness. Even if the mother and son were not allowed to meet, I just wanted to benefit. That family is richer than the Sun family, and there are no other descendants in this house. There are only grandfathers, grandmothers, and legitimate brothers on it. Their brothers will only live better and will not be wronged."

She didn't say anything clearly, but Sister Zhixian was originally a maid from the Li family, so she naturally knew what she meant.

Even though his son is so rich and separated by his flesh and blood, how could he be happy? Ye Xian couldn't cry again. Zhixian was still afraid that Cao Ying would be impatient, so he persuaded the girl to stop.

Cao Ying did not mention the details of her husband's separation, but only said Sun Jue's words to leave Jing. She did not Liu Zhixian or Sister Ye Xian, but returned their body contracts, and each of them gave them twenty taels of silver and a bag of old clothes for the two sisters.

"I can't keep you, otherwise the uncle and that family will also bury you. You sisters either have to rely on relatives and friends, or find a proper marriage to others, and they are still young after all." Cao Ying said.

Zhixian and Yexian knew that it was nothing for the wealthy families to kill a maid and concubine for the sake of secrets. They were glad that they could escape the disaster and would blame Cao Ying.

The two sisters kowtowed three times to Cao Ying, took the silver items in her body and left Sun's house.

Cao Ying was worried and made people stare quietly for two days. After receiving the news, the two sisters boarded the ship south, and it seemed that they were heading for Suzhou to find their children.

I knew there was a tiger in the mountain, but I was on the way to the tiger mountain.

Cao Ying admired the courage of the two sisters Zhixian. Although she was a little worried, she thought that Zhixian had always been a sensible person. With her, the two sisters would not be foolish about the Li family asking for their son, so she would not mention this matter...

In a blink of an eye, it was September 12th, the anniversary of Cao Yin's death.

Early in the morning, a row of carriages lined up in front of the Cao Mansion. The three sisters of the Cao family came back and followed Cao Yong and others to the Cao family cemetery in Haidian.

The ceremonial ceremonies, wine offerings, and various tedious etiquettes came down, and the sensation was not over until noon.

I had already booked a vegetarian meal in a temple near the cemetery, and at noon, everyone came here to rest for a while.

After today, except for Li and Cao Yong, who also needed to be filial to immortality, everyone else was filial to them.

In the Zen room, Cao Yong met Gu Na in blue.

Gu Nada Cao Yong is four years old and is thirty years old this year. He has short beards on his mouth and looks thin. He is really a bit honest and eternal.

When he saw Cao Yong, he had already bowed down: "Cousin!"

Cao Yong hurriedly stepped forward and helped him up, saying, "I finally met you, and I had to say a few words, but why did you spend time making fun of the empty ritual?"

After carefully looking at Gu Na for a moment, he frowned and said, "Why have you lost weight again? Now your immediate boss is your father-in-law. He has always valued you, so why don't you take care of me?"

Now Gu Na is on duty in the Inspectorate. The then left-level censor of the Inspectorate was Cai Shengyuan, who served as the chief examiner of the Jiangnan Provincial Examination in the 44th year of Kangxi.

He is not only Gu Na's attendant, but also Gu Na's father-in-law.

Gu Na smiled bitterly and said, "My father-in-law is a straight man and is most afraid of others saying favoritism. Although the relatives in this dynasty avoided the 'father and son, uncle, brother' and not the relatives, but my entry into the inspector's office also attracted many people to talk. I originally wanted to avoid it, but was stopped by my father-in-law, but now I can only endure this mission."

The current avoidance system implemented in the Qing Dynasty was formulated by the Shunzhi Dynasty. The regulations on avoidance of relatives were not complicated. In addition to the provisions of children of current third-rank officials above the Beijing rank were not allowed to be selected as officials, such as fathers and sons, uncles, and brothers were not allowed to work together. In addition, it was supplemented in the 55th year of Kangxi, "All children of grand sages are not allowed to serve as cabinet bachelors."

Of course, this "grandson" refers to the grandson in the dynasty. After all, the family of father and son in this dynasty has two bachelors and uncle and nephew has two bachelors.

Rules are dead, and people live.

The emperor's preference is the biggest rule in the world. Otherwise, according to the rules, Cao Yong could not be appointed as the Ministry of Revenue's supervisor in the past two years.

In the face of the word "selected", rules are decorations.

Seeing Gu Na like this, he thought it would be difficult to come to the Inspectorate Office. Cao Yong thought for a while and said, "Maybe it doesn't have to last for so long. I heard that Chen Shin-kuo, the Minister of Rites, has not been very healthy since the beginning of autumn, and now he has been asking for leave due to old age and illness. If the Minister of Rites is vacant, your father-in-law may have to transfer to the Ministry of Rites. He was originally a minister and has always won the holy heart. Now all the great scholars of Manchu and Han Dynasty are vacant. If the emperor wants to promote him, the Ministry of Rites will have to go through the motions."

Gu Na was overjoyed and said, "If this is true, it is a blessing. My father-in-law is upright. In the past two years, I have been worried about him day and night. I can leave the Inspectorate as soon as possible and be safe as soon as possible."

Cao Yong remembered the ninth prince who was about to return to Beijing and was worried about Gu Na's career.

Everyone knows that Gu Na is the disciple of the Ninth Prince. When the Fourth Prince comes to power, Gu Na’s name must be included among the people who liquidate.

"It is not suitable to stay in the right and wrong place in the capital for a long time... After listening to my words, I will plan to have a job outside. I will be able to work outside for a few years. When the weather is calm, it will be the time for you to show your talents." Cao Yong thought about it and advised: "Even if you are the Ninth Prince, it is not easy to get close to you. If you can be alienated, you will be more alienated. The Ninth Prince is arrogant by nature and does not know how to restrain yourself. He has already buried trouble. In the future, he will not only tiring himself, but also tiring others."

Gu Na sighed and said, "My nephew also knows this truth. It's just that my father-in-law was admitted to the imperial examination and there was no domestic help in the court. Over the years, I have been trashing myself and dealing secretly to protect this peace. If I leave the Ninth Prince or be jealous of the Ninth Prince, my father-in-law will not be able to calm down in his later years. How can my nephew bear it?"

This is the case with the Beijing officials. The more they are in the position, the more dangerous it is. Gu Na said, not aimlessly.

"You have to think about it. If this continues, you can certainly ensure that your father-in-law's life will be ruined for several years." Cao Yong sighed and said.

When Gu Na heard this, his expression changed and said for a while: "It's not that my nephew is nostalgic for the officialdom and is greedy for wealth and honor. But over the years, my nephew has also understood some truths. If you want to be very free, you have to be uneasy. If you don't have the support of power, it's not easy to live in seclusion in the countryside. Please teach me."

Life is so helpless. He is a transparent person. Of course, he will not naively think that he can escape from the officialdom.

"Even if you keep going, you can't get too close to each other. You can't be too close to others. Otherwise, in the eyes of outsiders, you are just a dog under the Ninth Prince's disciple. Since you are at an important yamen, show off your skills and don't be afraid of offending others. When it comes to showing your skills, someone will watch it." Cao Yong thought about the Fourth Prince who is a person who cherishes talent. Although Gu Na is a disciple of the Ninth Prince, he has a low position and a reputation. He has never done bad things under the name of the Ninth Prince. As long as he leaves the impression of a "capable official" in the Fourth Prince's heart, it is always good.

In the past two years, Kangxi has been in poor health, as we all know.

No one dares to say it clearly, but they know in their hearts that maybe the weather will change.

Gu Na knew what Cao Yong said. Only by doing his own achievements will he attract the attention of the new king and will not ruin his future due to the Ninth Prince.

He got up and bowed, saying, "My nephew, thanks for his cousin's teaching."

Cao Yong waved his hand and said, "The teaching is not enough, no one can guarantee it. But as long as you try your best to achieve the word "no regret", you will feel more comfortable even if you really leave the officialdom." Speaking of this, he paused and said, "You went to the cemetery in the morning and saw the wine you left behind."

Gu Na nodded and said, "My nephew is gone. Speaking of which, my aunt and nephew have had several years of upbringing, so I should go there. I just avoided it in front of others, so that the Ninth Prince will not know about it and have to use this to make a living."

Speaking of the past, Cao Yong also sighed.

Gu Na lived in the Weaving Mansion for four years, went to school with Cao Yong and practiced riding and archery together. Speaking of which, their friendship was deeper than that of Cao Yong and Yongqing and Ning Chun.

If the Ninth Prince hadn't been troublesome and forced Gu to join his disciples, the relatives would not have been so sneaky.

"If you have to wait for a few more years, the Ninth Prince won't always be so powerful." Cao Yong said with a little melancholy.

After hearing this, Gu Na could only nod and respond.

Because they met in private, Gu Na was not willing to pay tribute to Li in front of everyone. The uncle and nephew talked for a while, and Gu Na quietly retreated with the familiar little monk.
To be continued...