Just when Cao Hao was visiting relatives and friends, the major palaces in the capital were undercurrent surging,—— Taifu Temple Qing Bachar had a stroke.

Taifu Temple is in charge of Ma Zheng, and has jurisdiction over Kyoto Fangjian and Gidian pastureland. The chariots of the Son of Heaven on patrol, the elephant horses used for cars, and the horses used by concubines and princes and hundreds of officials according to their rank, are all in charge of the Taifu Temple.

Although the Taifu Siqing family is only from the third grade, and it is not as powerful as the officials of the six departments, it is a close minister of the Son of Heaven and is known as one of the "Little Jiuqing".

Not to mention, it is now before the Wanshou Festival, and both inside and outside the capital are busy for the longevity ceremony in a few days. Kangxi Shengjia stationed in Changchun Garden, before the Wanshou Festival, will return to the palace from Changchun Garden, and accept official and civilian worship along the way.

Taifu Siqing is simply making credit, as long as there is no mistake in this way, then the evaluation will always be a book.

In the yamen of Taifu Temple, in addition to Bachar, the Manqing, there is also Lu Jingyuan, the Hanqing. If it is changed to other yamen, Manqing is just a nominal person, and the errands are basically done by Han officials, but the Taifu Temple is an exception.

Who doesn't want to show his face in front of the emperor, besides, this horse is related to the important affairs of the imperial court, so naturally it cannot be controlled by the Han people. As a result, Han Qing here became a nominal person, and most of the errands were handled by Manguan.

Dongcheng District Tibetan Scripture Museum Hutong, Lianbeile Mansion, study.

Regarding the matter of arranging for someone to recommend a new candidate for the Taifu Temple, the eighth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother had a disagreement.

Because the current Taifu Temple Shaoqing Yi Duli is the cousin of the Fourteenth Elder Brother Fujin Yiergen Jue Luo clan, and the Fourteenth Elder Brother Su said that he has a deep friendship. According to the meaning of the fourteenth elder brother, it is reasonable to make people protect Yidu Li as the temporary servant Siqing, and it is just a matter of raising his hands.

The eighth elder brother disagreed, thinking that Yi Duli was the sixth son-in-law of the former military department Shangshu Marhan, and the brother-in-law of the thirteenth elder brother, who had always been sleek and not a person who could control it. His preferred candidate is Ming An, a disciple of the Anjun Palace, and an alternate Taoist in Beijing.

Seeing that the fourteenth elder brother was still not giving up and said all the good things for Yiduli, the ninth elder brother who was next to him remained silent and did not say a word.

The fourteenth elder brother has always been only keen on military affairs, and rarely pays attention to these officialdom personnel, but now he pays such attention to it, just because the other party is his brother-in-law?

Seeing that the fourteenth elder brother was still waiting to argue, the eighth elder brother waved his hand and said with a smile: "Fourteenth brother, don't say it, just Ming'an, you say hello to Yin Tebu, be careful not to let people take the lead!" ”

Yin Tebu is the secretary of the military department, and now the fourteenth elder brother is walking on the military department and is very familiar with Yin Tebu.

The fourteenth elder brother was stunned, glanced at the eighth elder brother a few times, and then looked at the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother sitting next to him, and reluctantly responded.

The tenth elder brother patted him on the shoulder vigorously and said with a smile: "Fourteenth brother, why do you bother with these messy things?" It's okay to have brothers bother, we don't have to get involved in this. ”

The fourteenth elder brother nodded with a smile, did not say any more about this, and casually talked about other gossip with the tenth elder brother. However, his heart is too crooked.

A large Manchurian family like Ilgen Jueluo has in-laws all over the capital. According to what the eighth elder brother said, because Yiduli is married to Marhan's daughter, and he is a brother-in-law with the thirteenth elder brother, he needs to be guarded against. It seems reasonable, but it doesn't hold water.

All the eight elder brothers want to recommend Ming'an, in addition to Ming'an is a member of the Anwangfu, the main reason is that Ming'an is famous and wealthy, and there are many designations for honoring Baylor's Mansion this time.

On the side of the fourteenth elder brother, Yiduli also sent a heavy gift. Although the fourteenth elder brother does not love money very much, but it is not only a request for his own head, but it is such a trivial matter, so he agreed, but he did not expect to get his wish, and he also broke his face.

For fear that someone would be targeted, they slandered in front of Kangxi and discussed the matter, so the tenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother took the first step, leaving only the ninth elder brother to speak here.

After the fourteenth elder brother left, the ninth elder brother thought about it for a while, and said to the eighth elder brother: "Eighth brother, the fourteenth elder brother is older, and he has his own ideas!" ”

The eighth elder brother heard the meaning of the ninth elder brother's words, shook his head and said: "No, the fourteenth brother just wants to be decent in front of Fang Fujin. Speaking of this, he sighed, "If it weren't for Ming'an's several trips yesterday, I wouldn't be impatient to worry about this." ”

The ninth elder brother was a little uneasy, and persuaded: "The old fourteen has always been arrogant, and the emperor treats him well, in the past few years, Concubine De has been heavier in the palace than in the past, and the starling brother needs to pay attention to it." ”

The eighth elder brother nodded and said, "Well, I know this in my heart, and the ninth brother can rest assured." ”

The two brothers talked about the money again, because of the large expenses, they were always tight-handed, otherwise they would not have contributed to it like this because of Ming'an's filial piety. Thinking of the big head of the money, he unconsciously said Cao Hao.

Brother Jiu said: "In this world, who can be born to know, it's just a rumor." Hmph, if Cao Hao is really worthy of being a 'tea boy', then I'm not the living god of wealth? The tea plantation in Yizhou, I have already asked someone to check, but it is just a few acres of land, and it is nothing. If it was really valuable, the Cao family would not dare to give it away so openly. ”

Speaking of this, he frowned slightly and said: "It's strange to say, in the past two years, the capital has been a little chaotic, and everyone has avoided it, that is, in my house, although it looks lively, but those high-ranking and powerful foreign ministers have avoided a lot, and rarely come to the door directly." The Cao family has always been cautious in his actions, but Cao Hao can calmly communicate with people, and Huang Ama can also tolerate him. ”

The eighth elder brother smiled: "You don't look at it, who is he walking around?" His brother-in-law's family, father-in-law's family, what is there to avoid? The sixteenth brother said that the two are cousins or classmates, and the relationship is closer. ”

"What about the fourth and thirteenth children?" Brother Jiu was hesitant, and always felt that Cao Hao was not as gentle as he appeared: "I asked someone to investigate carefully, and the filial piety on both sides has never been broken, although it is not as frequent as the Chunping Palace, but there are movements." ”

Speaking of these, the eighth elder brother stopped laughing and asked the ninth elder brother: "Li Xu's son Li Ding, how does the ninth brother look at it?" ”

Brother Jiu raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "How did Brother Starling think of him, but he is an understanding person!" ”

The eighth elder brother picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said, "In the future, the Jiangnan realm will look at this Li Ding's." Cao Yin has put on an attitude of ignoring everything in the past few years, and the errand over there is now also managed by the Sun and Li families. Sun Wen is busy, and I have asked about his Sun Jue, but he is just a nerd, and it is not a big deal. Only the Li family, father and son, have always had eyesight, or they can be used. ”

Brother Jiu still didn't give up and said: "Brother Starling, the Cao family has oil and water, although the matter of the tea garden is false, the hundreds of acres of land in Changping are real, if you can get it in your hands, it is enough to chew for two years." ”

The eighth elder brother listened to it and said to the ninth elder brother: "Old Jiu, my brother also advises you to act more restrainedly, there are a lot of imperial histories staring at you in the past two years." If I hadn't made someone stop you, the impeachment of you and the people would have been sent to the Emperor Ama. Who doesn't know that the Cao family has returned the treasury silver, and now the starry industries are all in the capital. Whether it's given by Huang Ama or given by Xiao Sixteen, who would dare to fight that idea? ”

Brother Jiu shook his head hurriedly and said, "Brother Starling, am I crazy to worry about those two Zhuangzi?" I'm talking about the hot spring realm of Xiaotang Mountain, except for those springs near the palace, many others are on the surrounding barren mountains, and many of these lands are in the hands of the Cao family. In the past two years, the land price has been several times, and it is worth hundreds of thousands of silver dollars. ”

"Little Tangshan?" The eighth elder brother groaned, remembered something, and asked: "I remember that someone impeached Cao Hao for having a personal relationship with the prince a few years ago, and it seemed to be something related to the land, but the land over there?" ”

Brother Jiu smiled and said: "That's it, but Cao Hao, this kid is also smart, but this land is not given, but resold to Xiao Seventeen, so that Yu Shibai can do a good job." His uncle, those bookworms in the Yushi Yamen are all dying, just staring at our princes and brothers, and their courage is fat enough. ”

The eighth elder brother smiled disdainfully and said, "The scholar asks for fame, but Er'er is useless." Speaking of this, he pondered for a while and said, "Regarding the matter of money, let's think of other ways, don't worry about the Cao family." Not to mention the trouble, Huang Ama can't hold it on his face, even the seventh brother and Narsu also have mustard. I have carefully checked that the reason why Cao Hao went to the fourth and thirteenth places to pay homage is just to save his life. ”

Hearing this, Brother Jiu was puzzled: "That being the case, maybe this kid is already the fourth child, and we should clean him up, why is the starling still stopping?" ”

Eighth elder brother smiled: "There is no such thing, if he really has that courage, my brother really won't stop you." If Cao Jiazhen hooks up with the fourth child, what will happen to Huang Amma? Now, my brother still wants to be like this! Although this matter can be fueled by the trouble, but it can't be done by us, or when the time comes, it will be boring to choose a bad bar and make a shame! ”

*Xicheng, Caofu, Lanyuan.

Cao Yin and his wife sat on the kang, and Chu Yu sat on the lower chair, talking to her mother-in-law.

According to the rules, there is no seat for a daughter-in-law in front of her parents-in-law. Chu Yu was a rule-abiding person, and he was going to stand, but Li said it again and again before he was willing to sit. Because she doesn't have the county lord's shelf, the Li family treats her more and more kindly, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are pretty good.

Cao Hao hugged his son and walked around on the ground, happy and very liked. Bai said that those frustrations were also swept away, and he couldn't help but feel that "everything is enough to have a son".

Cao Yin was a little overwhelmed, and just wanted to open his mouth to reprimand him, he glanced at his daughter-in-law, but finally didn't speak, just snorted softly.

Cao Hao listened, and saw Cao Yin looking at Xiao Tianyou in his arms, his face was a little dark, and he stepped forward with a smile and said, "Father, Tianyou, this kid has eaten, slept, and eaten all day, and he is fat again." You hug and see. So saying, he sent his son into his father's arms.

Cao Yin just wanted to say let ** hug with a straight face, but he heard Xiao Tianyou "giggle" and laugh out loud. His heart softened, he lowered his head, looked at the big fat grandson in the crook of his arm, his heart was very ironing, and he couldn't help but smile on his face.

Li saw it on the sidelines, and said to his son and daughter-in-law with a smile: "You don't know, although the master has never seen his grandson before, his heart hurts so much, he has to mention it twice every day." ”

What she said was the truth, because Cao Yin, who was in his thirties, was only added, and the old couple was still worried about their son. I'm afraid that Cao Hao will be like his father, and he will be late.

The old couple are both old, and they want to hold their grandchildren as soon as possible, the family blood is multiplying, and they are worthy of their ancestors when they die. Although Cao Hao was a kid who was only added in the third year of marriage, he was left in someone else's house, and his parents and elders had already urged him; But in the Cao family, compared with Cao Yin's back then, it was already too much morning, which exceeded their expectations, and Cao Yin and his wife were only happy.

Listening to Li's words, Cao Hao just laughed, but the situation in his mind that Cao Yin was rummaging through the Four Books and Five Classics in the study to choose a name for Xiao Tianyou.

It is said that the next generation, the next generation, even if he has always been as strict as Cao Yin, he can't keep a straight face in front of his little grandson.

Chu Yu smiled and said, "Father and mother love Tianyou, but it is his blessing. It can let God bless us to fulfill our filial piety, and also make the uncle and his daughter-in-law feel a little at ease. ”

Cao Hao stopped laughing, and Cao Yin and Li also looked up at Chu Yu.

Chu Yu was a little restrained, got up from the chair, and said to Cao Yin and Li: "Father, mother, as sons and daughters-in-law, we can't be around the second elder in the morning and dusk, serving day and night, and our hearts are very uneasy. Since the beginning of Tianyou's landing, we have thought about sending him to his father and mother, and doing his filial piety on behalf of his son and daughter-in-law. ”

Cao Yin lowered his head, looked at the eldest grandson in swaddling clothes, and sighed in his heart when he saw him smiling and his eyes were round.

Although Cao Hao had the intention to send his son to the south, he always hesitated and couldn't bear to let his wife and children say goodbye. In his heart, the most appropriate way is to wait for filial piety to be full and then add a child, so that the two times can be considered.

Cao Yin glanced up at Cao Hao and asked, "Let's take Tianyou, this is your idea?" ”

Cao Hao glanced at Chu Yu distressedly, thinking of her indifference to her son, is it just for these words? I'm afraid that I can't be reluctant, so let's distance myself first?

But when the father asked, he still needed to answer, so he said, "Yes, father, it was the son's idea!" ”

Although Chu Yu is the most expensive, she is a daughter-in-law after all, and if she leaves a bad impression of "self-dedication" in front of her parents-in-law, it is not beautiful. Therefore, Cao Hao can only answer like this.

After hearing Cao Hao's admission, Cao Yin grimaced and reprimanded: "Nonsense? He is only a little older, how can he be filial to me and my mother? Your mother and I are both old and weak, so do you bother us to bring you a son? ”

Although Li said that he was reluctant to give up his grandson, he was not a hard-hearted person, and said to Chu Yu with a smile: "I know that your filial piety is commendable, you have this heart, and my lord and I are already content." Although we say that we love our grandson, it really hurts, but we are embarrassed to snatch children with our sons and daughters-in-law. ”

The old couple said most decisively, but their eyes couldn't help but look at Tianyou.

Cao Hao walked up to Chu Yu, very guilty, and asked in a low voice, "Chu Yu, are you ...... because of me?"

Chu Yu seemed to know what he was talking about, shook his head hurriedly, and said softly: "It's not because of the forehead, Chu Yu, as a daughter-in-law, is very uneasy every time she thinks of the loneliness of the second old man's evening scene. ”

* Shicha seaside, Li Ding's private residence.

Li Ding returned to the house in Shichahai after dinner, and just happened to see his father's carriage leaving.

Thinking of Yang Ruixue in the house, he was really a little sour. Yang Ruixue's man died of a horse stroke a few years ago, whether he was really unlucky, or someone did something, but outsiders don't know.

The Yang family's pearl field and Bihe Building are all controlled by people sent by Li Ding. After a lot of exchanges, Yang Ruixue gave birth to a sincere heart in Li Ding.

Knowing that he wanted to be an errand in the capital, Yang Ruixue was afraid that he would marry a wife and take a concubine here, and forget the old people, so he grinded hard and said that Li Dingyun would allow her to come to the capital too.

Under the guise of going to the nunnery to keep filial piety to her deceased husband, Yang Ruixue left the New Year and quietly set off to Beijing. Speaking of which, he arrived in the capital half a month earlier than the Li family's father and son.

Even if he lost his temper and couldn't say that he was chaste, but today's encounter is also a nightmare for Yang Ruixue. What man in the world wants to be a cuckold? is a rotten person like her ex-husband Bai Dexi, who is not taboo on women's meat and vegetarian food, and since Yang Ruixue and Li Ding had a personal relationship, they have not touched her.

She lay motionless on the bed, looking at the roof, only feeling that there was no way for her to survive in the world. Tears fell silently, and the pillow towel was wet in an instant. Although she felt that she couldn't live anymore, she couldn't think of her daughter who was with her mother, but she couldn't give up the strength to die.

When Li Ding entered the house, he saw her immortal appearance, but he was really a little distressed, stepped forward and sat on the edge of the bed, tried her tears, and persuaded in a low voice: "Father drank too much and wronged you, don't take it to heart." ”

Yang Ruixue listened to Li Ding's words, her face was filled with grief and indignation, and she said, "Master...... Father...... You kill the slave, the slave really has no face to live again! After speaking, he covered his face with a handkerchief and wept loudly.

In the half month of entering Beijing, the two of them were like glue, and when Li Ding left in the morning, he said that he was reluctant. Later, after the main house enters the door, see if it is for her to change her identity and take her back to the house Sauvignon Blanc.

However, after half a period of hard work, these changes occurred, and Li Ding was also a little uncomfortable. Seeing her exposed fragrant shoulders, with spots on them, full of traces of love, he couldn't help but snort coldly in his heart.

It's embarrassing for my father to "take it for himself" like this. If he hadn't been worried about coaxing Yang Ruixue and saving her from seeking death and making trouble, he really wanted to go back to the Li Mansion in Dongcheng immediately to see what his father used to compensate him.

Li Ding sighed, stretched out his hand to hold Yang Ruixue in his arms, and said softly: "If someone else bullies you like this, the master will appoint that person to cramp and peel the skin to give you anger." In the end, the lord is not a son-in-law, where dare to offend him? Don't cry anymore, if you cry again, you'll commit suicide and apologize! As your man, but he can't protect you, he is also uncomfortable and panicked! Speaking of this, he patted Yang Ruixue on the back and sighed.

Yang Ruixue nestled in Li Ding's arms, sobbed and said, "Master...... The slave is dirty......"

"Just talk about it!" Li Ding scolded in a low voice: "If that's the case, there are dozens of women that the master has handled, isn't it getting dirtier and dirtier?" ”

Yang Ruixue knew that he had good intentions, but what he said was really wrong, and muttered: "The master is a man, where can he compare with the slave family?" ”

Li Ding touched Yang Ruixue's back with his hand, and comforted him softly: "Who decided that there can only be one man for women in this world?" If so, where can you come to your side? Those nerds think that they should not have read a few books of sages and give women such and such dogmas. Men and women love each other, which is the natural surname of people, and it can be forbidden. Today's incident is just an accident, don't take it to heart. The first two days, didn't you take a fancy to a few sets of new heads, Ming'er went to the steward's silver money to buy, and wanted to buy a few sets to buy a few sets, as long as you feel comfortable, I just ask you to get out of this breath, don't get sick. Otherwise, I feel sorry for my father! ”

Yang Ruixue sobbed and said angrily: "What is it to be a slave?" What kind of rarity is it, does the slave have no private house of his own? ”

Li Ding lowered his head, kissed Yang Ruixue on the face, and said: "What's yours is yours, what the master gave you is what the master gave you, you are the heart of the master, as long as you can make you happy, let alone buy some jewelry, even if you want a silver building, the master will give you something immediately." ”

Yang Ruixue was afraid that Li Ding would dislike her, and when she was far away, she felt so scared that she couldn't do it, and felt that she had no way to live.

Listening to Li Ding's soft words, Yang Ruixue's heart was a little calmer, but her tears flowed more fiercely, she stretched out her hand to hug Li Ding's waist, and cried: "Master, those jewelry, slaves are not rare, just ask the master not to dislike the slave family." ”

Li Ding personally helped her to taste her tears, frowned and said: "What are you talking about, what do you expect to grow old with you, and why do you mention these tasteless words?" The master asked someone to fetch water, serve you once, and rest early when you are done, don't think about these things that are out of tune. ”

(To be continued)