Chapter 881: Wind

Although there are one or two hundred people in the Cao family, most of them have children, and there are many people who can choose from them. Those who are more promising are all around Cao Yong.

The remaining Tianyou generation, the children have to use less manpower. Chu Yu mentioned this matter to Cao Yong before, but because it was not easy to buy people with great fanfare, he wanted to wait until he could make a filial piety.

"The people who buy outside are all different. If there are official slaves in a while, it will be cheaper if you buy some." said the Seventh Prince.

Most of the people who confiscated the official slaves were the families of the criminals. Cao Yong thought of Zijing and waved his hand and said, "Father-in-law, the official slaves should forget it. They have to prepare for Tianyou and the others. If they have resentment, they will be unbeautiful. Anyway, the children are still young, so they are not in a hurry. Let's take a look."

Seeing him saying this, the Seventh Prince put down the matter and said, "There is news from the Imperial Hospital that Zhao Shenqiao is no longer able to do it. I am afraid that it will be the past few days. He submitted a memorial to ask for a leave of absence, but the Emperor Ama did not allow it, so he gave grace to avoid the recovery of the remaining silver. Not only him, Fan Shichong, the Minister of War, has been sick since he returned from the northwest, and is afraid that he can't survive this winter."

Zhao Shenqiao was a Jinshi in the early years of Kangxi. He served as an official for more than 50 years and is already seventy years old this year, which is considered a long life. Fan Shichong is only fifty-eight this year, and he is less than 60 years old.

"Didn't Secretary Fan say he has recovered a few days ago? Why are he so sick?" Cao Yong was a little surprised.

The Fan family was one of the best families in the Han army flag after the founding lord. Since the marriage between Fan and Li families, the Li family has vaguely regarded the Fan family as their backer.

The Li family was very generous in this year's Mid-Autumn Festival ceremony. As far as Cao Yong knew, the tribute given to the wife of Shangshu in the name of Wang was more generous than preparing for Li.

Cao Yong felt regretful at the time. If Li Hanyu was not married to Fan Shichong's second grandson, but the eldest grandson, then the Li family might have really relied on it and the Cao family could be more relaxed.

The Fan family has always been low-key in their behavior, serving emperors for generations, and has not formed cliques and made private acts. They are considered to be the tumbler in the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty.

They were also calm about the enthusiasm of the Li family and just thought it was an ordinary relationship with relatives. Cao Yong asked him to see it. He was really impressed.

However, this also made Cao Yong see one thing clearly, the difference between "meritorious officials" and "favorite officials".

The family of "meritorial officials" has several generations of honor. Even if there are occasional unworthy children, the emperor will be more lenient for the sake of fame and will not easily deal with and kill them. "Preferred officials" depends on the emperor's mood, and remember that "one emperor and another minister" are the few who can end up well.

The Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War was originally an important yamen among the six ministries. Now it coincides with the war in the Northwest, which is even more important.

"In order to build a military station, he has been running in the northwest for more than a year. Not to mention that he is over fifty years old, even a young man may not be able to stand it. Many people are staring at these two shortcomings, and now they don't know what the emperor means. They just hope that someone who is sensible can save you some worries after you get up." said the Seventh Prince.

Seeing that the seventh prince looked worried, Cao Yong said, "Don't worry, father-in-law, even if the Shangguan is more difficult, it will be fine. The son-in-law is obeyed in everything and does not ask anyone to make mistakes. He is really very careful, and the emperor is watching him."

The Seventh Prince nodded and said a few more homely words.

What he felt heavy in his heart was not only the matter of his son-in-law's upcoming resumption, but also the rejected letter of the prince's eldest son.

Hongshu was born in the 36th year of Kangxi, and is already twenty-four years old this year. He is already at the age of requesting a title. The Seventh Prince has already made his eldest son accused of his royal family heir.

Unexpectedly, the memorandum of the request was handed over, but it was rejected. Zhu criticized: "I will discuss it later!"

According to the news from the clan’s mansion, the third prince and the fifth prince both submitted a memorial to the eldest prince. If nothing unexpected happens, the will of the prince will be delivered before the New Year.

The Seventh Prince could also notice the intention of the emperor's father. The eldest prince was born in the county prince's palace, and the weight was very different from the eldest son of the county prince who had been enthroned.

The emperor's father rejected the letter requesting Hongshu because he was unwilling to grant his title of eldest son of the prince, making him the second only to the 14th Prince and the Prince Ping in the Northwest Army.

I don’t know if this unwillingness is because Hong Shu is afraid that the 14th Prince’s military merits and rights are shared by him; or whether he is worried about the identity of the eldest son of a county prince, and the 14th Prince’s bargaining chips in his power.

It was not until this time that the Seventh Prince realized the reason why the son-in-law did not allow his brother-in-law to have more contact with the Fourteenth Prince.

As long as you are involved in the throne and you will not be able to concentrate on everything, it is really unpredictable and worrying...

The concubine was in the main house, and because the eldest prince returned to Ning, all the female relatives of the royal family came to make fun of it. At the moment, her face was full of joy and kept talking flattering words around the concubine.

It turned out that the fifth princess’s accompanying the princess Fang Ren just returned to the royal palace to announce the good news, and the fifth princess was happy.

This was her first pregnancy for three years after she was married. She said she wanted to eat the small eggplant pickled in the royal palace. In addition to sending letters to her parents' home, she also made a special trip to the royal palace to eat.

The fifth princess got married and was named the princess. The Wendu family who married into was a man of an old man surnamed Manchu and a mansion of a founding minister. But getting married is a marriage, which is different from the princess opening a mansion. She must be thorough in serving her parents-in-law, doing housework, and raising offspring.

Even as the princess of the emperor and the princess and has a noble status, this is a taboo for those who have no children.

Because of the lack of a child, the Seventh Concubine suffered half of her life and did not want her daughter to suffer from her old sufferings.

Since the fifth princess got married, the seventh concubine has not yet become pregnant half a year ago, and the seventh concubine has used two mothers to serve her daughter's medicine. She is worried that she has inherited her uterine cold disease and is not easy to get pregnant.

Now that I can get pregnant, although I don’t know how to be a man or a woman, I am still young and as long as I can conceive, it is good news.

Chu Yu was here, and after hearing this happy event, he was also happy for his sister, and he was already thinking about what gift to send.

"In addition to the pickled eggplant buns, she also likes to eat meat floss. The Ministry of Internal Affairs just distributed some of them. They came from Fujian tribute. They also cleaned up some. The fifth princess should take them there." The seventh concubine was really happy, with her eyes curled up and said to Madam Ren.

Madam Ren hurriedly said, "Father Fu Jin feels sorry for the princess. Princess is so happy recently. After getting this, I'll be happy."

"Hei Xi? Have you lost weight? She was fine when she was a child, but she didn't let go of her snacks for a moment. She was round and chubby. She lost weight when she grew up. She had a lot of worries about her after getting married, and her body looked even thinner." Hearing this, the Qi Fujin couldn't help but worry.

Others were not willing to persuade him, so Chu Yu had to say, "Don't worry, when the seventh prince was '100 years old', the fifth sister also came back to the palace, looking serious. If the mother was really worried, she would let someone go over to see the fifth sister. If she hurt her body again because she was worried about us, the fifth sister would be uneasy if she knew it."

The Seventh Concubine nodded, sent someone to reward Madam Ren's money, took her down to pack up the five princess's belongings, and sent two more madams to visit the house of the fifth princess.

After arranging these, she was a little tired, so she sent the other women to scatter, leaving only Chu Yu to speak.

"I just hope that your fifth sister will have your blessings. If you win a man in one go, the days ahead will be easier." The seventh concubine took Chu Yu's hand, sighed, and said, "Tomorrow, my mother will send someone to Guanghua Temple to spend money to accumulate blessings for your sister. My mother will have no other hope in this life, I just hope you all will be well."

"Fifth sister is blessed, so don't worry, mom." Chu Yu advised softly.

"When your sister gives birth to a son, the rest is left, my mother hopes that Tianyou will marry and Tianhui will get married." The seventh concubine didn't expect Chu Yu to think that he was biased, so she turned the words to her grandson and granddaughter.

Chu Yu smiled quietly and talked about family matters with his mother, but he was sighing in his heart.

In the mind of the Seventh Concubine, the only one who can be regarded as a child is Chu Yu and his biological fifth princess. Even Hongshu, the seventh Concubine, was just a good person.

After saying a few words, seeing that Chu Yu was really happy for his sister and there was nothing unhappy, the seventh concubine was relieved and sent her to the concubine's room.

After leaving the Qi Fujin's house, Chu Yu's smile was a little unhooked.

Just now, the female relatives of the royal family went to the concubine's room to see her, which did not include Chu Yu's biological mother, Vivian Nara.

However, there is no secret in the palace. I believe that Nala should have received news in this moment. The fifth princess is pregnant. Apart from the legitimate wife, it doesn’t matter whether she is happy or not for the other women in the palace. However, Nala is easy to get in love with the scene.

After all, the second princess is two years older than the fifth princess, and she got married one year earlier. There is no news of her pregnancy and childbirth yet.

When he arrived at the biological mother's room, Chu Yu was careful and thought about how to comfort him. Unexpectedly, Nala looked ordinary and did not look unhappy. Instead, he sent all his servants down, pulled Chu Yu, and put a prescription on her hand with a smile.

Chu Yu glanced at it and found that there were Angelica, Polygonum multiflorum, Lily, and Ligustrum. He guessed it roughly and said, "Mom, my daughter has been using medicine to regulate her, so she doesn't need to change her prescriptions, right?"

Nala shook her head and said, "The ones who regulated their bodies and nourished their yin this time are prone to conception. In two months, the prince will be filial. When he is young, he is serious. Although there are many children in your house, they are not their own blood. Tianyou has no brother, and it is really thin. Even if you are not in a hurry, your mother-in-law will be anxious. Instead of pretending to be generous and adding people to the prince's house, it is better to be born in your belly."

Speaking of this, she paused: "This prescription is already available, and I didn't dare to use it for you before. She has used it for half her life, but she has never raised a little prince. I just thought it was useless. Unexpectedly, the fifth princess used this prescription to regulate her body and became pregnant. I have already asked the imperial physician that this prescription is mainly used to nourish yin and warm the uterus. We women have more or less problems with this prescription, and it is always no harm to use this prescription. In a few days, people will get medicine according to the prescription and give it to your second sister. If they had known that they were short of medicinal materials, they should have prepared more of this in their dowry."

Although she did not say it clearly, Chu Yu also heard that this prescription was sent by the Seventh Concubine.

A thin piece of paper, she felt heavy and overwhelmed.

The method of "borrowing prescriptions" by the biological mother may not be glorious, but she loves her daughter sincerely. She is unwilling to think about why her mother has never thought about giving her prescriptions to herself over the years. After the fifth princess got married, she sent someone to serve medicine.

Raising grace and raising grace are all kindness.

As children, there is only gratitude. Compared with the two, not only does it lose the sense of respect and filial piety, but it also makes one's heart feel disturbed. Why bother?

In this world, not only do you need to be confused sometimes, but you need to be confused sometimes...

Forbidden City, Prince's House.

Although the Sixteenth Prince said he would "confinement" with the Sixteenth Prince, it was hard for him to stay in the Sixteenth Prince's house. It was not that he was afraid of gossiping others, but that his buttocks were severely damaged and he did not want to show off his movements in front of his wife to avoid her worry.

Finally, the sixteenth prince was placed in the study.

Now, although he was lying on the soft couch, his face was as cold as frost. He stared at Qiuyue kneeling on the ground and said, "What was going on in the past? Tell me again. If you dare to say something lies, be careful that I will peel you!"

July knelt on the ground, feeling bitter in his mouth, tears had already come out, and hurriedly kowtowed, "Master, I swear to the sky, everything I say is true. After the Second Master left, the Fujin Master was fed with fetal aura. Before the imperial physician, the Fujin Master told me to be careful not to let others touch the Second Master, so as not to alienate the mother-son relationship, make it difficult for the master to do, and make it a joke for outsiders!"

These last few sentences are in line with the usual temperament of the Sixteenth Concubine.

Besides, July is not the dowry of the Sixteenth Concubine, but the palace maid. Over the years, it has been considered sensible and dedicated, and it is unreasonable to spread rumors.

The sixteenth prince waved his hand and sent July out. He pondered for a moment, and said to Zhao Feng: "Hongpu has always been well-behaved and filial. No one urged me, so he would never do this. When I go to pass on my words, Duan and Jin took care of the little master, so he chased him out by fifty. The palace maids and eunuchs who were serving the second prince were all locked up and sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for disposal."

Duan and Jin are Hongpu’s wet nurses, and now they are taking care of Hongpu’s daily life.

When Zhao Feng heard this, his heart trembled. Not to mention the person next to him, the little eunuch Duobao, who was served by the second prince. He personally took him for many years and called him "Master".

Now that the Sixteenth Prince has been cleaned up, he will have no future in this palace. How can the servants who were expelled by their master get better?

"Master... I'm going to deal with these people all at once, and I don't know what bad things will lead to. Why don't you examine them privately and see which black slave is chewing the gossip, and you can find them out and exhale them to the concubine's master?" Zhao Feng said in a low voice.

"No need. What others say, do the most important thing?" The sixteenth prince waved his hand and said.

Although he was annoyed, he was his wife on one side and his eldest son whom he had always loved. The sixteenth prince said in a deep voice: "It is also possible for Hongpu to have a long memory of what can be done and what cannot be done..."

Outside the front gate, Dexing Hutong, Shangshu Mansion.

The fourth prince and the thirteenth prince gave Kangxi an oral order and visited the disease. Zhao Shenqiao's children and grandchildren personally sent them out of the door.

The fourth prince turned his head and gave a few more instructions before he went up the bridge with the Thirteenth prince.

Everyone knelt down and felt relieved. Before, the imperial court recovered the corruption case of the corruption ink caused by their brother and his uncle Zhao Fengzhao, the former prefect of Taiyuan, and the imperial court recovered the corruption ink silver and cleared the entire Zhao family.

Now, my father is seriously ill and he is only able to get medicine by pawning the official clothes and beads.
Chapter completed!