Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 845

What is the most concerned about in the clan circle in Beijing right now?Without him, it is the auction scheduled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in November.

Prince Jane's Mansion, inner hall.

Yongjia has already sent two groups of relatives who came to the door to post, a little impatient, sitting on the edge of the kang and thinking.

Prince Jane's Mansion is the major shareholder of the Bank of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In addition to his own, there are five posts on his side, two more than other shareholders.

Yaerjiang didn't take these things to heart, and couldn't stand others' nagging, so he gave Yongjia five posts about relatives and let him deal with them.

The capital is not happy, but the news spreads the fastest.

Even the family members of the palace also got the news that there are cheap and good things to buy at the Bank of the House of Internal Affairs.

Fang Fujin Ergen felt that Luo Shi had already talked about it in front of Yongjia. She was an old man in the house, and Yongjia naturally gave her face, so he gave her a piece of paper from her natal family.

In the Fujin side of the mansion, besides the Yiergenjueluo family, there is also Namin.Her natal family is Yaerjiang's mother's family, so this post has to be given.

For the sake of taboo earlier, she was never given a title.Later, because of Yang Zimo's exclusive favor, Yaerjiang didn't care about the palace, and he didn't even think of asking for a seal for this direct cousin.

Later, when Yang Zimo passed away, the empress dowager died again, and the country was filial to the family, so it was delayed for another year.

When he came out of filial piety, the third elder brother, the son of the prince's mansion, went out to fight again. It was not until the beginning of this year that Fujin's imperial seal on this side came down.

Since the two side Fujin's natal families gave them away, Yongjia did not correct the deformity, and put away a post to have someone send it to her natal family.However, people also asked Yongsheng to say that most of the participants are clan relatives, don't fight with others, so as not to offend others without knowing it, and take advantage of small advantages and suffer big losses.

With the remaining two cards, it is difficult to know who is better for them.

Several families from the side branches of Prince Jane's Mansion came to beg, which one should be given to this, and which one should not be given to, Yongjia had to ask Yaerjiang for his decision.Otherwise, if you offend someone for nothing, you have to complain.

Yongjia was still thinking, when he heard chattering laughter from outside the door.

"Emiang..." Following Tiannuo's voice, a little girl with crooked eyebrows came in, followed by two women, each holding a girl in her arms, only three or four years old.

After entering the house, the two girls got off the ground, followed the little girl in front, and greeted Yongjia together.

"Naughty, it's windy outside, and you are torturing your two younger sisters again." Yongjia glanced at the little girl and said angrily.

This little girl is Liuge Gezhener, who was born on the same day, and she is already seven years old this year. She stuck out her tongue playfully and said, "Er Niang, it's not my fault. Grinding people have a headache."

These two girls are Qigege from Ruyi, and Bagege from Yang.

After Yang Zimo died of illness, they were all taken back to the palace.Although the two little Gege's birth mothers died, Qi Gege's birth mother was just a concubine, and Ba Gege's "birth mother" was the prince's apex.

Ergen felt that Luo Shi and Namin both wanted to adopt Bagege with Yaerjiang Ati, Yongjia naturally did not object, she was too lazy to bother, they were raised in the palace, and no one dared to neglect whoever put it in the yard.

But Yaerjiang did not let go, Bagege stayed in Yongjia's yard in the end.

At the beginning, Yiergenjue Luoshi and the others were still waiting to watch the excitement, thinking that the prince loves the house and Wu, maybe Liu Gege will fall out of favor.At that time, can this wooden Fujin still hold Ba Gege?

Unexpectedly, the prince was just mediocre to Ba Gege, let Fujin take care of him, and didn't ask any more questions, let alone go beyond Liu Gege.

Yongjia carried the two little ones onto the kang, Qi Gege was fine, and just smiled while following the rules; Ba Gege said he was three years old, but in fact it was only his second birthday, so he ran into Yongjia's arms and hugged Yongjia She didn't let go of her neck, and said in her mouth: "Er Niang..."

Seeing her tears rolling down her face and her pitiful little face, she looked at her without knowing it, thinking she hadn't seen Yongjia for a long time.

In fact, the two sisters had breakfast in the upper room, and because of Yongjia's visit, someone carried them down.

Seeing Liu Gege next to him, he didn't like it, covered his mouth and smiled: "Look at this rascal, what is it if it's not a monkey?"

Yongjia looked at the children in front of him, groping Ba Gege's back, and his heart softened a lot. It seems that the yard is more warm and the life is not so difficult...

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Cao Mansion, the living room.

As Li's birthday is approaching, people who have come to Cao's mansion to give gifts have come one after another in the past few days.In other families, the head of the family died of illness, and the children were young, so it was uncommon for people to drink tea, and old relatives and friends were often neglected.

The Cao family is different. Several years before Cao Yin died of illness, he handed over all family affairs to his son.Not to mention, Cao Yong, the new head of the family, is He Shuo's son-in-law, who is more noble than Cao Yin's servant.

Therefore, even though the Cao family did not hold a birthday banquet due to the filial piety, the birthday gifts of these various prefectures were inevitable.

In the past few days, Cao Yong has to go to the living room several times a day to accompany and see off guests.

After drinking half a cup of tea with him, Cao Yong saw Cao Yuan come back from the outside after asking someone to see off the guests.

On Cao Yong's order, he went to Fu Nai's house to deliver the invitation for the Bank Auction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"Meet my aunt?" Cao Yong asked.

"See you, my aunt said I was worried about Mr. Lao. I just heard about this and wanted to join in the fun. My uncle's post arrived. He also said that the Shouwu and Ginseng Biao given by my uncle are very useful. Ginseng is nothing, okay But Shouwu is hard to find, if you still have some, please cut it off and prepare a copy for Young Master Biao." Cao Yuan leaned over and replied.

Cao Yong couldn't help smiling after hearing this.

This uncle, after getting in touch with him a lot, realized that he was a straightforward and interesting person.Only he can say these things so bluntly without making so many detours.

Changling changed from Wu to Wen, and wanted to take the imperial examination, but he didn't expect to participate in the two examinations, and he lost his name to Sun Shan.

But he was not reconciled, studying hard behind closed doors, preparing for the next class, exhausted his efforts, lacked energy, and often fell ill.

At the beginning of the month, Changling was ill again. Cao Yong went to visit him and saw that he had premature hair growth and lack of energy, which was due to excessive use of the brain.After returning, I sent some Shouwu and ginseng over.

"I remember that there are still a few good ones in the house. You can ask grandma to see if there is any other use. If not, send it to my aunt." Cao Yong ordered.

When Cao Yuan agreed, some young servants came to report with famous posts, and some gift-giving guests came.

Cao Yong opened the post and read it. If he didn't need to accompany him, he handed it to Cao Yuan for arrangement and went to the inner courtyard by himself.

Passing Lanyuan, Cao Yong took out his pocket watch and looked at it. It was the time for his mother to take a nap in the afternoon, so he didn't go there, and went directly back to Wutongyuan.

After entering the yard, I heard chattering in the room, which was very lively.When he entered the room, he saw that the room was full of children.

Niuniu sat on the kang with Fourth Sister, Wu'er, and Tianhui, Tianyou, Hengsheng, and Zuozhu sat on the ground, and Changsheng sat next to Chuyu on the edge of the kang. Listen to the people talking.

Seeing Cao Yong enter the room, everyone got up.

For a while, "father", "foster father", "big brother", "elder brother" and other titles were in a mess.

"No class in the afternoon? Why are you all in the room?" Cao Yong nodded to the children, sat down at the kang table, and said to Tianyou.

Tianyou said: "Returning to my father, today is cloudy and windy, Master Ren let the children go on vacation."

Cao Yong looked at Niuniu again, and Niuniu pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Mother Liu also thinks it's cloudy, saying that the room is dark and the embroidery is hard to see, so I will rest for half a day today. I just saw God bless them come back, so I took my fourth sister, Five sisters come here."

The fourth sister and the fifth son come here every afternoon, and together with Niu Niu, they learn from Mammy Liu to be popular.

Seeing that the children were all smiling, Cao Yong's mood improved a little bit, and he asked Chu Yu, "What's the fuss about? It was so lively just now?"

Chu Yu replied: "The children are filial, thinking about preparing a birthday present for the wife."

When Cao Yong heard the words, he was also happy in his heart.

Hundreds of good and filial piety are the first, and all evil and adultery are the first.

The children are filial, of course nothing could be better.

However, the room is full of children, the oldest is Fourth Sister, who is only ten years old this year, and the youngest is Changsheng, who is only five years old. What birthday gift can you prepare?
Cao Yong was a little curious in his heart and asked, "Oh, what are you going to prepare?"

Chu Yu smiled and said: "There are several things that are serious, and they have to be written and listed. There are birthday peaches, longevity characters, and hand stove covers. The children said that they have to gather ten things to celebrate their birthdays, and they just happen to be the same. , and give it together at the end, so I wish my wife every perfection."

Not to mention anything else, just talking about a widow status, how can it be called "perfect".

But in the end it is the children's intentions, no one will pick anything else, Cao Yong nodded and said: "It's hard for them to have intentions, there are only three days left, so hurry up."

Chu Yu said: "It's almost the same after the discussion. Except for the work of the two younger sisters who need to be exhausted, the other two or three days are about the same."

With Cao Yong present, she was restrained after all, and after saying a few more words, Niuniu took her fourth sister and fifth son to work in Rongyuan, and Tianyou took Hang Seng and the others back to Kuiyuan. Except for Cao Yong and his wife, only Tianhui and Changsheng were left in the room. two.

Cao Yong glanced at Changsheng and asked, "Have you taken the medicine today? Are you still coughing?"

"After taking the medicine, I still cough." Chang Sheng even replied obediently.

This is the sequelae of a cold a few days ago, Cao Yong recalled a folk remedy Wei Hei mentioned, and said to Chu Yu: "By the way, Big Brother Wei mentioned a cough medicine a few days ago, drink cabbage juice with sugar water. They have been coughing badly since Yaohui entered the autumn, and it is good to use this prescription."

Hearing this, Chuyu said happily, "Yes, that's just right. Changsheng has been coughing non-stop these days. Although the imperial doctor said nothing happened, the wife felt uncomfortable after hearing it. Fortunately, she moved in our yard for a few days, so that the wife could rest for a while. Sleep well. I'll tell people..." After speaking, someone went to the kitchen to give orders.

Changsheng was about the same age as Wei Yaohui, they were the only children in the house who didn't go to school, they always played together and had a very good relationship.

Hearing the name of the little friend, Changsheng's eyes lit up, looked up at his brother, and said bluntly: "Brother, play with Sanlang..."

The northwest wind was blowing outside the window, and it was so cold, how dare Cao Yong take his younger brother out for a stroll.

"It's going to snow, and it's cold outside. Let's go to Sanlang again when the weather clears tomorrow." Cao Yong said.

Although everyone in the whole house loves Changsheng, his temper follows that of Li's. He is not a bit spoiled, but has an excellent temper.When he heard that his brother didn't take him out to play, he was not annoyed, and responded crisply: "Okay, then go tomorrow."

Sitting on the kang, Tianhui already looked like a little lady, looking at her little uncle with a smile.Look at that, if it wasn't for Changsheng being her uncle, she would show contempt, as if to say that children only know how to play.

Changsheng also seemed to see that he was underestimated by his niece, blushing, a little embarrassed to see people, turned back into Chuyu's arms, and muttered: "Sister-in-law, find Sanlang, and recite the "Three Character Classic" together... Isn't it just a joke... ..."

Seeing this, Tianhui shook her head like a little adult, obviously not believing what he said.

Cao Yong saw his daughter's naughty appearance, but he was a bit smart like Cao Yi when he was a child. He flicked her little head and said, "Don't bully your little uncle."

Tianhui wrinkled her nose with a smile, and said, "Who bullied him? Uncle Seven is too delicate."

After hearing this, Changsheng became more and more like an ostrich, not daring to look up.It was Chuyu who gave Tianhui a look that made her close her mouth and stop laughing.

It's strange to say that most of the children in Manfu are close to Chuyu and afraid of Cao Yong; Tianhui is the other way around, afraid of Chuyu, not Cao Yong.

In a blink of an eye, it was October 49th, Li's [-]th birthday.

Because in the filial piety, no outsiders were invited, only people from the east and west, several aunts of the Cao family, and Li's father and son came to celebrate his birthday.

They are all their own flesh and blood, and there are no outsiders. On the contrary, they lost those vain gifts, but Mrs. Li is really happy.

Then another servant came to deliver the decree, and a birthday gift from the concubine Wang came.

Ten pieces of palace satin with the pattern of longevity, pairs of jade hairpins with pattern of blessing, four emerald bonsai inlaid with gemstones of various colors, and one handle of agarwood ruyi.There are also fur materials of various colors, all of which are excellent fur colors.

There are not many things, but everything is fine.Not to mention anything else, there are four ornaments, all of which are made from within. The leaves are made of emeralds, and the gems of various colors are inlaid into flowers. They look extremely gorgeous.

For decorations like this on the outside, not to mention the ones made inside, even if they are imitations, one piece is worth hundreds of taels of silver.A gem bonsai like this, which is exclusively for the noble master in the palace, has a price but no market.

Others are fine, but Li Nai and his son feel a little uncomfortable.

Speaking of it, Wang Pin's wife is far away from Li's cousin, but it can catch up with Wang Pin's close relationship with Li's family.Li Fuwen and Gao are still the elders of Wang Pin, and the birthday gifts they received are not comparable to Li's.

So high and low, just because Mrs. Li is in the capital, so they take good care of each other?Or is it because the Cao family is more powerful than the Li family, and the concubine Wang is willing to abandon the Li family and use the Cao family as foreign aid?
Li Nai recalled the scene when he begged to see Elder Sixteen again. The reason why he stayed in the capital after there was no hope of filling the vacancy was because he also had the idea of ​​counting on this cousin.

Even if there is a difference in respect, but the Li family sent the concubine Wang to the palace, and the concubine Wang's mother was sent to the end by the concubine Li's pension. The Li family could not be said to be unkind to the concubine Wang's mother and son.

Unexpectedly, when the sixteenth elder brother saw Li Nai, his expression was indifferent, he didn't even say "cousin", he just responded with a few words casually, and sent someone to see off the guest before Li Nai asked for help.

For this reason, Li Nai felt chilled and disliked staying in Beijing even more, so he finally made up his mind to return to Suzhou.

After receiving these rewards, Li Shi didn't think too much about it. Since she fell into the eyes of the Empress Dowager, it has become a rule that there will be rewards in the palace every year on her birthday.

Over the past few years, Mrs. Li has gone from being terrified back then to accepting it calmly now.

After paying homage to Li's birthday, Cao Yong took two cousins ​​to accompany Li Nai and Seishtu to sit in the front yard.The female relatives and children are in Lan Yuan, eating with Mrs. Li.

Li Nai mentioned that the return journey has been fixed, and he will leave Beijing and return to Suzhou on the fifteenth day of next month.

After hearing this, everyone knew that he was not filling the vacancy smoothly, so they had to say a few words of encouragement.

Li Nai listened to his son's nagging many times, and he also complained about Cao Yong in his heart.If Cao Yong hadn't stood idly by, his brother-in-law wouldn't lose his job, and he wouldn't fail to fill the vacancy.

Cao Yong is so deserted, is it because of his temperament, or is he not waiting to see Sun and Li's relatives?Li Nai took the wine cup and hurriedly lowered his head to cover up his gaffe, thinking about it in his heart.

Others didn't notice it yet, only Cao Fu was sitting opposite Li Nai, and seeing his flickering eyes, he had to pay more attention, just in time to see his resentful eyes...

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Aww begging for a monthly pass, Xiao Jiu is begging for a monthly pass.

(End of this chapter)