Chang'an, Cao's family

Cao Xiu entered the cave room drunk, and saw Zhen Niang sitting in front of the dressing table in red to make up, Cao Xiu couldn't help frowning.

Zhen Niang turned around, and when she saw Cao Xiu, there was a shy and gentle smile between her eyebrows: "You are back, you have drunk a lot of bars, and I will ask someone to cook sobering soup." ”

There is a way to stretch out your hand and not hit the smiling person, although Cao Xiu is dissatisfied with Zhenniang, but people laugh and talk to him, and he can't go up and scold, so he has to restrain his temper: "Make a bowl of sobering soup, and then bring some food, master, I haven't eaten much." ”

Zhen Niang turned around and asked the bride-in-law to go out to eat, and it didn't take long for a girl to come into the door with a sobering soup and a lot of food.

Zhenniang was also hungry, so she ate something with Cao Xiu.

Cao Xiu was full, and squinted at Zhen Niang: "The county lord has such a big face, I remember that the county lord only entered the door today, and his name has not yet been on my Cao clan genealogy, what's the matter, just with my two girls to act like my mother-in-law, and to teach Zining a lesson, lock up Bining and Zining and tell them to think about it behind closed doors, I want to ask the two little girls what mistakes they made, making the county lord so angry." ”

Zhen Niang originally had a smile on her face, but her smile was embarrassing at this time, she got up to salute Cao Xiu, and the bluffing Cao Xiu hurriedly turned sideways.

"Sir." Zhen Niang lowered her head and smiled: "I can't do it, I was sitting in the house waiting for Master Hou, and the first two girls came over, my heart was so happy, I wanted to talk to the girl, but I didn't want Zining This child to have no rules, accidentally touched the hijab on my head, and touched it off, the child didn't mean it, I am a mother, and I can't be guilty of seeing the children in general." ”

Zhen Niang's words were really thoughtful and good, which made Cao Xiu's anger suppressed again.

She looked at Cao Xiu and said softly: "It's just that the lord doesn't know, the day I married you was specially calculated by His Majesty, and this day is good for the two of us, but it is good for others...... At that time, Zining touched the hijab, I was in a hurry, for fear that she would have some trouble, so I thought, instead of giving birth to the calamity that we don't know and making people frightened, it is better for me, who is a mother, to punish her for a small reason, so that she can avoid trouble, because of this, I asked someone to take Bi Ning Zining back to the room to watch, and told them to think about it in the room for a few days, thinking about what else could happen if they couldn't get out of the house. ”

Zhen Niang finished speaking in one breath, and came to Cao Xiu with a smile: "Even if I marry the master, I should live a good life with the master and his wife, the master's girl is my own girl, I am not so mean and intolerable, I didn't compete with the girl on the first day I entered the door, so what did I become." ”

Cao Xiu listened to Zhen Niang's explanation, the anger on his face was finally gone, and he was moved instead, he took Zhen Niang's hand and smiled: "I didn't think there was such a thing, and those girls didn't make it clear, but they told me to misunderstand the county lord, it's really mine, I will give the county lord the guilt." ”

He really made a salute, Zhenniang hurriedly avoided it, and Cao Xiu pulled her to the bedside: "It's not too early, let's rest early." ”

Not to mention how Cao Xiu and Zhenniang performed that week's public ceremony, but only that Yun Yao went out as a guest a few days later, and listened to a few wives and grandmothers who had a good relationship with the Cao family talk about the Cao family.

But it was said that within a few days of this virgin mother marrying into the Cao family, Cao Zining and Cao Bining sisters had a lot of small pimples on their faces, and their faces were densely grown, and they were afraid and disgusting to look at.

Now these two girls stay at home and don't dare to go out, let alone show their heads, Cao Bining begged God to worship the Buddha and wanted to make a face get better as soon as possible, but Cao Zining lost her temper, only saying that it was An Zhenniang who harmed her, and she had to find An Zhenniang to talk about things, but An Zhenniang cried and begged in front of Cao Xiu, saying that she was treated as a donkey's liver and lungs, she didn't want to live so wronged, and begged Cao Xiu to write her a letter to release her wife and let her go home.

Zhen Niang looks good, and she is the age of flowers, she has already held Cao Xiu's heart a few days after arriving at Cao's house, Cao Xiu's whole heart is here with her, where do you remember the two girls in the family, when she heard Zhen Niang's pleading, she lost her temper, scolded Cao Zining once, and locked her up.

Yun Yao smiled when she heard this, and said in her heart that An Zhenniang has a lot of heart and eyes, and in order not to marry into the Qi family, even the emperor dares to be poisonous, not to mention anything else, this Cao family married her, and it is not far from the house.

Then, for a few days, Yun Yao went out to socialize and heard some things about the Cao family, such as how An Zhenniang fought with the concubines in the Cao clan after she was on the family tree, how to install people in the Cao family, how to clean up the henchmen of Mrs. Cao Xiuxian, etc., all because the Cao family has been a chicken feather recently.

Yun Yao was watching the joke and was looking at it, when she suddenly heard that another minister had written to Emperor Jianyuan for the draft.

Because almost half of the ministers in the court were named, and many old ministers and clans knelt down to plead, Emperor Jianyuan did not refuse, but agreed after thinking about it for a few days.

In this way, the Manchu Dynasty was full of civil and military affairs, and I don't know how many high-ranking families have selected girls of the right age, and they are looking for education and raising grandma to teach the rules, and when they are preparing for the draft, they are favored by the king and can enter the richest place under the sky.

There are also many high-grade ladies who hand over signs into the palace and want to see Qi Baobox, thinking about having a relationship with Qi Baobox, so that they can ask Qi Baobox to take care of their own girls during the draft.

There are also many people who handed the Qi family a sticker and wanted to enter the palace by the way of the Qi family.

It's just that Qi Baobox didn't see anyone under the pretext of being pregnant, and the Qi family was also closed, and no longer went out and walked around.

Everyone can't, so they have to find a way to go to the door, especially the Cao family, the Cao family has long fantasized about being able to call their own girl into the palace to be the queen, and then continue the glory of the descendants, naturally, the Cao family also chose a few girls of the right age and good looks, including Cao Bining.

Speaking of which, this Cao Bining has so many pimples on her face, it turned out that it was not suitable to enter the palace draft, but this child is very strong-hearted, after the doctor told her that she could not eat, and she must only enter the water for three days, Cao Bining completely followed the doctor's method, not only put a thick medicine on her face, but also guaranteed not to eat a mouthful of anything no matter what she was hungry for, and even drank not a lot of water.

In this way, Cao Bining has the qualifications for the draft.

Cao Xiu looked at the beautiful Cao Bining, as well as the other two very good girls in his family, he was really full of ambition, and sent the girl's name portrait and the name of her father and ancestors to the Internal Affairs Office and many draft girls' materials in one place.

Originally, Cao Xiu thought very well, thinking that with the Cao family's family background and the appearance of the girls in the family, I am afraid that he can really be selected, but he can't be selected, but as long as one enters the palace, it is a good thing.

But where did I think of it, all these materials were sent back within a few days, but this time Cao Xiu was confused, and I didn't know what was going on.

Just when he was puzzled, suddenly, Emperor Jianyuan passed the edict.

Cao Xiu had to pack up and follow the eunuch into the palace, he walked on the front foot, and the back foot Zhenniang sneered on his face, and said to the girl: "Look, this time, I have to be scolded all the time, and I can't say that I have to take our master and servant out of anger, you go and prepare it for me, these **** are inconvenient to come forward, you have to pretend to be sick." ”

Don't say how An Zhenniang pretended to be sick, only that Cao Xiu entered the palace with questions, and after meeting Emperor Jianyuan, Emperor Jianyuan scolded without giving any face in front of several ministers who were still discussing state affairs: "Cao Qing, I remember that you are less than forty this year, it stands to reason that you are the age of strong and strong, you should be thoughtful and shrewd, how can you do such a foolish thing?" ”

Emperor Jianyuan's scolding made Cao Xiu more and more confused, and he quickly knelt on the ground and snorted: "I don't understand what Your Majesty means?" ”

"What do you mean?" Emperor Jianyuan slapped the table: "The head of the Internal Affairs Office told me that your Cao family also signed up for the draft, and all of them are your junior girls, is this true?" ”

Cao Xiuzheng didn't know about this matter, so he naturally agreed: "It's true, the minister also has the heart to repay Your Majesty's kindness, and the girls in the family are more respectful to Your Majesty and are willing to enter the palace to serve Your Majesty." ”

"What a respect, what do you think I do? I'm not that foolish. Emperor Jianyuan was even more angry, and slapped the table and made a lot of fire.

As soon as he got angry, the ministers next to him didn't dare to speak, but Qi Jing didn't look like it, and boldly stepped forward: "Your Majesty, Lord Cao is still kneeling, let's get him up first, besides, it's just a draft, girls from other people's families can sign up, and girls from the Cao family can naturally sign up, Your Majesty is angry for no reason......"

"For no reason?" Emperor Jianyuan sneered: "The girl of the Cao family can sign up for the draft, but it depends on which generation it is, if it is the same generation as Cao Xiu, it is nothing, but it is a girl of his younger generation, this is not possible, my sister married Cao Xiu, Cao Xiu's daughter should be called my uncle, where in this world is there an uncle who accepts the truth of his niece, you are all dizzy, I am still awake." ”

Just such a sentence made Cao Xiu immediately sweat, and quickly raised his head again: "Minister, the minister is dizzy, I really didn't expect this, I almost fell into His Majesty's injustice, the minister deserves death, and the crime deserves death." ”

Seeing this, Qi Jing quickly knelt down and said, "I really didn't expect it, the minister was confused." ”

Emperor Jianyuan eased his expression at this time, and nodded to Qi Jing: "This is not your business, let's get up." ”

Qi Jing got up, and he smiled at Cao Xiu: "Lord Cao, you go back and change people, replace them with your sister-in-law or something, but don't make a junior girl, Your Majesty is not that greedy for beauty, if you don't get the name of marrying a niece, this will be stinking for 10,000 years." ”

The cold sweat on Cao Xiu's forehead came down again, and he hurriedly responded: "Yes, yes, what Lord Qi said is true." ”

Emperor Jianyuan glanced at him: "You get up." ”

Cao Xiu got up at this time, wiping his sweat and crying with a sad face: "The sister in Kechen's family has already married, and there is no suitable age." ”

Emperor Jianyuan smiled: "Even if you don't have it, it's just that if you don't draft, I'm not domineering, I just say that there is a suitable list, but I don't have to ask any family to send a girl." ”

Cao Xiu was about to cry, bowed his head and said yes, but in his heart he hated Zhenniang very much, only saying that it was because he married Zhenniang, and he simply called his girl lower than Emperor Jianyuan's generation, which was the way to the draft, but this time the draft could not enter the palace, who knows if Emperor Jianyuan will be drafted in the future? If there is no draft, the Cao family will want to restore its former glory for decades, and in the long run, the Cao family will fall. (To be continued.) )