Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1149 Celebration

Since the early years of Yongzheng, he was ordered to send the altar of the great lama back to Khalkha, and the county king has disappeared from everyone's sight for three years.

The moment he saw Brother Ten, Cao Yong hardly dared to recognize each other.

It's not that the vicissitudes of the world have caused Elder Brother Ten to lose his former style, but that this master is fat and fat, and his body is twice as big as before.

Elder Brother Shi raised his chin, without the slightest sense of being a "prisoner", looked at Cao Yong, snorted coldly, and said, "I thought you didn't like to drill camps, but you hugged Old Shisan's thighs, and you crawled fast! "

Although ten elder brothers stood brightly behind hundreds of guards, but ten elder brothers still looked like a little rooster, as if the person behind him was not the one who escorted him, but just like his royal family's own army.

Cao Yong was puzzled in his heart, but he refused to be rude on the face. He invited Ann in a polite manner, and then personally greeted the ten princes to go to the Yin Hotel.

In the north of the Yin Hotel, there is an exquisite courtyard, which is used to accommodate the distinguished guests. It is not considered a neglect to arrange the ten princes here.The accompanying officers and soldiers are arranged in the front and rear yards.

On the way from the gate of the governor's mansion to the Yin Hotel, Cao Yong also saw that, except for the two eunuchs behind the ten princes, the others were "caretakers".

After entering the Yin Hotel, Elder Brother Shi stood in the yard, looked around, pointed to the two magnolia trees in the yard, and said to Cao Yong: "The place where the tip of a needle is already bigger, but these hard-working seeds are planted to occupy the space, and I am suffocated to death." , Cut it down, cut it down!"

Cao Yong took a look at the guard who "escorted" Elder Brother Shi to Qingyuan, but that man was just looking at his nose and nose, and didn't intend to show up.

Cao Yong said: "since the king is here, it must be in line with the king's wishes." After that, he arranged for people to cut down trees.

Seeing Cao Yong happy, Elder Brother Shi was a little surprised, and gave Cao Yong a deep look.

Cao Yong looked calm, looking at ten princes calmly.

Although the two had grievances and grievances in the early years, the anger that should be vented has already been vented, and Cao Yong didn't bother to add insult to injury at this time.

Elder Brother Ten looked away, and muttered to himself: "I heard that the roast chicken in Baoding Mansion is the best, this time I'm lucky..." After finishing speaking, he turned around and went into the house with his hands behind his back.

Of the two eunuchs who followed, one hurriedly followed, and the other pleaded guilty in front of Cao Yong carefully.

Cao Yong only said it was okay, and asked him to wait on Elder Brother Shi, and then asked the leader to talk to him in the living room.

Na Shenling, surnamed An, was originally a guard of Prince Yong's mansion. After Yongzheng ascended the throne, he became a second-class guard in front of the imperial court.

When the shrine of the great lama sent by the tenth elder brother was sent out of Beijing, he also followed him as a bodyguard, and the next year he was transferred to the guard to join the leadership.

"When the king drove to Qingyuan, Cao was extremely terrified, and asked Mr. An to give some advice." Seeing that An Shenling was not tactful, Cao Yong didn't hesitate and said bluntly.

"Your Majesty Cao is very polite, and this subordinate is only acting according to the order, so I might as well follow the prince to bother Mr. Cao." Seeing Cao Yong's polite words, An Shenling replied politely: "If you have any orders for this subordinate, Cao Just open your mouth, my lord."

Seeing this, Cao Yong hurriedly said: "Master An is in charge of an imperial envoy, how dare Cao Mou dare to trust him, but he is afraid that the mission may go wrong, so he must ask Mr. An... Lord Dun, what is the regulation outside the mouth..."

These words, even if Cao Yong did not open his mouth and sent others to inquire from the guards who followed, they would know a thing or two.But Cao Yong didn't want to take a detour, because he was afraid that the leader An Shen would be suspicious, so he asked him bluntly.

An Shen took a look at Cao Yong, and answered happily.

After all, it wasn't an explicit order to confine him. Brother Ten's life in Zhangjiakou was quite comfortable, and he didn't lack food and drink.It's just that the few servants of the palace who followed were a little uneasy working by the prince's side, and wanted to go out of the palace to wander around, and they were all dealt with by military law.

He only explained the ten elder brother's life in the past three years in a few words, but Cao Yong could hear the bloody and tragic.

When the king of the county travels, there will be fewer people following him. The total number of long followers and guards is not hundreds, but dozens.Today, there are only two eunuchs left.

Cao Yong's heart was heavy, but he breathed a sigh of relief on his face, and said with a smile: "It's good to have rules to follow, otherwise I don't know how to 'place' the distinguished guests. It's just that I have an errand on my back, and I don't have much time to stare at this side , The prince is of great importance, if there is a mistake here, I am afraid that Cao will be blamed for death. I have to trouble Lord An to continue to watch over the safety of the prince." At the end, he was a little solemn.

An Shenling also looked solemn, and said: "It is the duty of the subordinate officials to protect the safety of the prince."

With this sentence, Cao Yong felt at ease.

Elder Brother Ten is in the Governor’s Mansion, so the Governor’s Mansion, the left and right are just a courtyard, and the people who are watching are all the emperor’s people, so he can save himself the trouble of following along.

Just thinking about Elder Brother Ten's "lucky fate", Cao Yong tried his best to think about the ending of Elder Brother Ten that he knew in his previous life.

The tenth elder brother did not die like the eighth and ninth elder brothers. Although he had been in the circle for many years, he survived until the death of Yongzheng and was released by his nephew Qianlong.

Cao Yong was a little relieved, he was really afraid that Yongzheng would have a whim, and he would directly attack the ten princes.

He had nothing to do with it, but he was afraid that Chu Yu would be upset, since he was Chu Yu's uncle after all.

Back at the official residence, Cao Yong ordered someone to send a message to the kitchen to cook roast chicken tonight.

In the kitchen of the Governor's Mansion, there is a master chef who is a master at cooking roast chicken.

Going back to the inner house at night, when he saw Chu Yu, Cao Yong hesitated for a moment, but still concealed the news that Elder Brother Shi had come to the Governor's Mansion.

Talking to her would only embarrass her, but it was of no benefit.

The next day, Cao Yong wrote an excerpt, detailing the placement of the ten princes in the Governor's Mansion in detail, and played it to Yongzheng.

Although he already knew that these news would reach the imperial court through other channels, but he could not be vague, otherwise it would be a sin if it fell into the eyes of the emperor.

A few days later, when the paper was sent back, Yongzheng only approved three words: "Got it."

Brother Thirteen, however, sent a letter along with the royal batch, in which he asked how Cao Yong was doing, how Chu Yu was doing and so on.It seems like gossip is commonplace, but the words "flesh and blood" are repeatedly mentioned in the letter.

Cao Yong read Brother Thirteen's letter several times, and when he put it down, his face showed a bit of bitterness.

The emperor put him under house arrest regardless of brotherhood, but it is ridiculous to ask him, an outsider, to remember "flesh and blood".

Although I don't want my wife to participate in this matter, but since the thirteenth elder brother ordered, who knows if there is Yongzheng's meaning behind it, Cao Yong can only obey...

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Inner courtyard, upper room.

"Uncle Ten has arrived in Qingyuan?" Chu Yu's expression was not joyful, but worried: "Will you implicate me?"

It is no secret that Elder Brother Ten is under house arrest in Zhangjiakou, so Chu Yu is naturally worried.

Cao Yong shook his head and said: "It's not about me, maybe the emperor wants to let the tenth master return to Beijing, and temporarily make a transfer in Qingyuan."

Another possibility is to guard against Elder Brother Ten and the Mongols.

The tenth elder brother's descendant Fujin is a Mongol, and the northern and western borders are not at peace now.

After hearing this, Chu Yu breathed a sigh of relief, but she didn't intend to greet her uncle.

Seeing this, Cao Yong was a little surprised.

In his opinion, with Chuyu's temperament, even if she knew that the Cao family was the most important thing, she would respectfully greet her and do her part as a niece.

Seeing her husband looking at her with doubts, Chu Yufang sighed, and said in a low voice, "It's not that I'm cruel, it's just that Aunt Sixteen's lessons from the past are still there..." She said with a bit of sadness.

Even if the [-]th Fujin made a mistake, it may not be intentional, but the emperor's punishment is not ambiguous at all. If one side Fujin and several concubine Fujin are bestowed, the peaceful life of Prince Zhuang's Mansion will come to an end.

Cao Yong was speechless for a while.

I can't blame Chuyu for being afraid. It's because Yongzheng, the emperor, is too free-spirited. He doesn't have the generosity of a king of a country.

"It's what Lord Thirteen means, so you don't have to worry too much. Take a few children there tomorrow morning, just treat it as an ordinary greeting." Cao Yong said.

Chu Yu nodded in agreement, and the couple's arrangements were not mentioned.

Early the next morning, when Tianyou came to say hello, Chuyu stayed behind, and sent someone to call Tianhui and Tianbao, and the mother and son went to Yin Hotel together.

Tianyou and Tianhui are old, mature and sensible, and they just quietly followed behind their mother without asking any more questions; Tianbao is four years old, a lively and active age, writhing like twists and turns in his mother's arms, with black eyes Looking around.

When they arrived at Yin Hotel, Chu Yu didn't go in directly, but asked someone to go in first to report.

Tianbao had already been put down, stood beside Chuyu, glanced at his brothers and sisters, and then at Chuyu, as if he also understood that he should not be rude, and was much quieter.

For a while, a eunuch came out of the courtyard and passed on the words of Brother Shi, asking Chuyu and her son to come in.

Outside the door, there were four guards. They didn't look sideways, but they didn't open their mouths to stop them.

Chu Yu took a few children into the yard.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, the curtain of the door of the upper room was pulled open. Elder Brother Shi strode out, followed by an eunuch, holding a chair in his hand.

Although Chu Yu was surprised by the fatness of the tenth elder brother, he still stepped forward a few steps, and said: "My niece has met the tenth uncle, I hope the tenth uncle is safe!"

Elder Brother Ten asked the chair to be placed in the yard, and after sitting down, he waved his hands to ask Chuyu to get up, and then asked someone to bring the chair out to her: "The room is too stuffy, it's better to be cool in the yard!" Vigorously shaking an ebony bone fan.

Both Tianyou and Tianhui found it extremely weird. After all, it is already late August, the weather has turned cold, and everyone has changed their clothes. It is early in the morning, and the autumn wind is bleak, who knows how to use a fan?

Tianbao was young and didn't think about anything else. When Chuyu asked his brothers and sisters to greet the person in front of him, he obediently followed his brothers and sisters to say hello.

Elder Brother Ten glanced past Tianyou and Tianhui, and landed on Tianbao, the youngest, and said, "This is your youngest son? He looks solid enough."

After Tianbao suffered a serious illness last year, Li Shi and Chu Yu tried different ways to nourish him, making Tianbao fat and fat.Before Piansheng came out today, the nanny put red dots on Tianbao's eyebrows, making him look as icy and cute as a boy in a New Year painting.

Tianbao is not afraid of life, seeing Elder Brother Shi looking at him, he smiles at Elder Ten too.

Seeing his innocence and brilliance, Elder Brother Ten also felt better. He took out a suet jade safety buckle from his waist, put it under his thumb, rubbed it twice, and handed it to Chuyu, saying, "This is the reward from the Lord." His meeting ceremony..."

As the elder brother of the tenth elder brother, since he met three children, how could he only give a greeting gift?

Chu Yu only felt sad, felt a little bit ashamed in her heart, and said, "It's too precious, since it's uncle Ten's personal possession, it must have a special origin..."

The tenth elder brother was impatient to listen, stretched out his hand and pulled Tianbao over, tied the safety buckle around his waist, and said: "It's just a dead thing, so why is it so expensive... If you feel sorry, you can send this child over to treat him more in the future." For a while, seeing him made me feel happy..."

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It’s New Year’s Eve, Xiaojiu wishes everyone a New Year’s greetings, I wish you all smiles, family reunion, health and wellness...(*^__^*)
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